Positives-
1.)Direction,script and story- Lijo's Visualization of gangster life and lower class lifestyle was excellent. His direction style reminded me of Anurag kashyap's style of film making. It is also inspired from gangs of wasseypur which is one of the rawest films in Bollywood. In short Lijo tried to make kerala version of gangs of wasseypur. His movies like amen and double barrel disappointed me but with this movie he came back with full power and energy. Script and story which is by chemban vinod needs to be applauded. Each and every characters created by Chemban are with grey shades and these characters stay in our mind for so long. Its narration pattern also needs to be appreciated. Chemban and lijo tried their best in making it raw and crisp and we can see that through this film and yes it worked out well.
2.)Antony Varghese and rest of all cast- Antony as Vincent Pepe portrayed his role without any flaws. As a debut actor he didn't show any flaws and he had all those conventional looks of a normal Malayalam hero and definitely he has a great future. Rest all actors (sorry i don't know the names) were all good and did justice to their roles. But the guy who played the villain was outstanding. He looked skinny and was perfect for local goon. So in short casting team needs to be appreciated.
3)Music and Background score- Music and background score by Prashant Pillai helped in giving life to the movie. His unconventional music along with fresh tunes were really good and enjoyable. Especially the local songs of Angamaly. Music and background score gave us feel of anagamaly and i really loved it.
4.)Cinematography- Cinematography by Girish was superb. Each scenes captured by him showed the real life and culture of Angamali and it gave us the feel of Angamaly.
5.)Edits
Negatives
1.)Slow in some places 2.)Too much uses of alcohol and cigarettes
Overall- To sum it up its one of the honest attempt of Lijo and Chemban and they both succeeded in showing the local side of Angamaly by adding rawness to its making and giving us Malayalam version of Gangs of Wasseypur.
My rating- 3.5/5 (for full review go to ridinbal movie reviews)
1.)Direction,script and story- Lijo's Visualization of gangster life and lower class lifestyle was excellent. His direction style reminded me of Anurag kashyap's style of film making. It is also inspired from gangs of wasseypur which is one of the rawest films in Bollywood. In short Lijo tried to make kerala version of gangs of wasseypur. His movies like amen and double barrel disappointed me but with this movie he came back with full power and energy. Script and story which is by chemban vinod needs to be applauded. Each and every characters created by Chemban are with grey shades and these characters stay in our mind for so long. Its narration pattern also needs to be appreciated. Chemban and lijo tried their best in making it raw and crisp and we can see that through this film and yes it worked out well.
2.)Antony Varghese and rest of all cast- Antony as Vincent Pepe portrayed his role without any flaws. As a debut actor he didn't show any flaws and he had all those conventional looks of a normal Malayalam hero and definitely he has a great future. Rest all actors (sorry i don't know the names) were all good and did justice to their roles. But the guy who played the villain was outstanding. He looked skinny and was perfect for local goon. So in short casting team needs to be appreciated.
3)Music and Background score- Music and background score by Prashant Pillai helped in giving life to the movie. His unconventional music along with fresh tunes were really good and enjoyable. Especially the local songs of Angamaly. Music and background score gave us feel of anagamaly and i really loved it.
4.)Cinematography- Cinematography by Girish was superb. Each scenes captured by him showed the real life and culture of Angamali and it gave us the feel of Angamaly.
5.)Edits
Negatives
1.)Slow in some places 2.)Too much uses of alcohol and cigarettes
Overall- To sum it up its one of the honest attempt of Lijo and Chemban and they both succeeded in showing the local side of Angamaly by adding rawness to its making and giving us Malayalam version of Gangs of Wasseypur.
My rating- 3.5/5 (for full review go to ridinbal movie reviews)