The first half of the movie includes the childhood and adolescence and romance of Kochunni. In the first half Director and writers strived hard to justify the circumstances how Kochunni became a thug. The first half of the movie is in a slow pace.
The movie take off by the powerful interval punch featuring the introduction of Ithikkara Paki. Next 20 minutes you see the daring performance of Paki and further shaping of Kochunni and the influence of Paki on Kochunni. The movie slowed down after the departure of Paki. The later second half includes betrayal of Kochunni by his first love and his capture and finally his adventurous escapes from the prison which is distortion of a historical fact.
Unfortunately the script was pretty underdeveloped, the makers didn't know how to make the movie interesting beyond the robbery of Kochunni. Performance -wise star of the movie is Mohanlal. Navin was just ok, in some of the combination scenes with Mohanlal he was perplexed and confused. Comedy by the Jude Anthany was good. One memorable seen was Sudev Nair as Swathi Thirunal. Performance of Babu Antony was good and that of Sunny Wayne is average. Music department was below average including one unnecessary item song. Art direction I felt very mediocre, and unnatural. Action scenes was okay. The photography was above average by the Binodh.
It is just a one-time watchable movie on a big screen. Other than that the movie failed to deliver the sky-high expectations from a promising cast and crew.
Unfortunately the script was pretty underdeveloped, the makers didn't know how to make the movie interesting beyond the robbery of Kochunni. Performance -wise star of the movie is Mohanlal. Navin was just ok, in some of the combination scenes with Mohanlal he was perplexed and confused. Comedy by the Jude Anthany was good. One memorable seen was Sudev Nair as Swathi Thirunal. Performance of Babu Antony was good and that of Sunny Wayne is average. Music department was below average including one unnecessary item song. Art direction I felt very mediocre, and unnatural. Action scenes was okay. The photography was above average by the Binodh.
It is just a one-time watchable movie on a big screen. Other than that the movie failed to deliver the sky-high expectations from a promising cast and crew.