I watched Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum on Hotstar (Eng. subtitles), based on the numerous excellent reviews and of course I have seen a few good films starring Fahad Faasil as well as Suraj Venjaramoodu's Kollaiyude Sivarathri so I felt this film too must surely be good with such excellent actors.
TD is very realistic, at times perhaps too realistic for comfort such as the police brutality scenes - which are probably worse in real life than what is depicted.
The incident of chain 'snatching' .. it clearly wasn't snatching in TD but a smooth and skilful operation, anyway such crimes are a slice of very real life! The lead up to Nimisha - Sreeja and Prasad - Suraj's romance and marriage against her father's wishes and subsequent developments were portrayed in a matter of fact and very realistic manner just as such events unfold for so many others in life. Nimisha and Suraj are very believable as the couple and Fahad is the perfect slippery smart crook.
The policemen and the police station could be any real taluka level PS, in fact all the sets and the locations seemed entirely real.
TD is like watching a fictional story set in a documentary so to speak because it is all too real.
The camera work, costumes, action shots, the relationships between the various characters, the events that unfold, the settlements, everything is perfect.
The only minus is the length of the film, it dragged a bit in several scenes and could definitely have been much better had it been shorter.
Overall, good cinema and worth watching.
TD is very realistic, at times perhaps too realistic for comfort such as the police brutality scenes - which are probably worse in real life than what is depicted.
The incident of chain 'snatching' .. it clearly wasn't snatching in TD but a smooth and skilful operation, anyway such crimes are a slice of very real life! The lead up to Nimisha - Sreeja and Prasad - Suraj's romance and marriage against her father's wishes and subsequent developments were portrayed in a matter of fact and very realistic manner just as such events unfold for so many others in life. Nimisha and Suraj are very believable as the couple and Fahad is the perfect slippery smart crook.
The policemen and the police station could be any real taluka level PS, in fact all the sets and the locations seemed entirely real.
TD is like watching a fictional story set in a documentary so to speak because it is all too real.
The camera work, costumes, action shots, the relationships between the various characters, the events that unfold, the settlements, everything is perfect.
The only minus is the length of the film, it dragged a bit in several scenes and could definitely have been much better had it been shorter.
Overall, good cinema and worth watching.