There's a scene in Jayesh Mynagapally's Gandhinagaril Unniyarcha where a character played by Rosin Jolly says that she wants to get married to Donald Trump. That itself is the biggest hint about the fact that the makers of this film have no idea what they are doing. Why would someone even cast Rajini Chandy, that woman who was the center of ridicule after Jude Anthany Joseph's Oru Muthassi Gadha (2016) released, in a film where the main character is supposed to be a good Samaritan? I don't see any because had this rundown story not told, the cinema world wouldn't have missed anything. Chandy plays this loud-mouthed and obnoxious woman in her sixties who roams around with a bunch of goons, throwing her weight around and taking law into her own hands. She is supported by her henpecked husband (Kochu Premam) and granddaughter (Jolly), but everything comes raining down on her when a new policeman takes charge with some ulterior motive behind his transfer. Gandhinagaril Unniyarcha is unpleasant to watch and has no sense of direction. On one hand, it is a film made from crass that has scenes stitched together like a collage, while on the other it feels like a joint audition roll of some of the most average and non-funny actors in Malayalam cinema. You have Kottayam Nazeer, Ramesh Pisharody, Saju Kodiyan, and Noby Marcose, all trying to complete with each other to win the worst performance award. It's supposed to be a comedy drama, but all I can say after braving this 2-hour nonsense is that Gandhinagaril Unniyarcha should not have been made. But now that it has been, let's together execute its funeral. TN.
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