A sloppy film with filmy story hinges. Overall, the film had a moldy feel to it. The initial scenes reminded me about films after 2010 and parts of Listin's JGM film, and an irksome thing that still remains with me is the transitional songs used, it reminded me about films that used such transitional songs for genre's other than this. From seeing the sketch of the preparator, I for a moment thought Ajay Devgan was in this film, but no, he wasn't. That was a bad sketch artist. I also didn't like the dynamics of the film, it was slow and a 1x faster nearing the end. I didn't like the unrealistic and filmy use of law and cases as well. The maximum those refered cases compensated were around INR 300,000 and that obligation didn't and doesn't fall on the police officer by law. I don't know how this plot hinge wasn't scrutinized before it was used as motive for re-investigation. After seeing Kannur Squad, I don't think Malayali audience is simply ready for listening to how a case is solved, cause for that there are far better and real-life case presentations and narrations on YouTube by experienced Malayali police officer's. I believe this is where the film skimped money, and opted the low-budget strategy. I heard Suresh asks INR 6000,000 for 4 days of acting, I believe actors with a staggering box-office performance or without any recent box-office hype should cut their fees in half and opt a profit-sharing strategy. Otherwise, medianly budgeted films wouldn't have resources to do these films properly. For some unknown reason, I wanted to see Saikumar in this film, I haven't seen him for such a long time. He could have handled one of the roles very brilliantly in this film with his presence. I felt Biju Menon's initial acting as a bit unimpressive, the director could have asked him to do things differently, maybe as a newcomer he didn't have the guts to do it. Though later on the actor added his weight onto the character, that reinstilled my confidence in him. Overall, the film lacked a patina of brilliance that couldn't be drawn out and visualized due to the inexperience of the Director. I believe if Shaji Kailas or Vinayan had this script, they would have crafted this film differently, and the executions might have been different. Newcomer's should do films in tie-up with experienced Director's and such contracts should be made via production companies, and there should be no shame in it. At least, some of the veteran and semi-retired directors should be hired as consultants that wouldn't involve in the final decision of the hired director but would be there to provide suggestions and guidance, even if they are not given face value. The craft and knowledge of one generation of Industry Master's shouldn't become extinct with them and the industry shouldn't be facing a situation where new people who come in have to reinvent the wheel. Otherwise, these newcomer's should have that experience or guts to execute films that demands proficiency a film in this span needs, more coherently. Sad fact is not many have it, and even after 1-2 films some still don't have it. Go watch it, if you have the money and feel like watching a criminal investigation film, but don't expect much.
