Tovino Thomas' last film was the 2020 feel-good comedy road movie Kilometres and Kilometres where he played a timid, witless village handyman.
Kala sees him take up a polar opposite character archetype, that of an egoistic, Machiavellian farmer who after years of living under his ruthless father's thumb, is aching to let loose his demons.
Kala is one long, drawn-out, bloody slugfest that excels in its extremely realistic close combat sequences. Tovino and an excellent Sumesh Moor who plays the antagonist, excel in their roles, constantly straddling the sides of the good and the bad.
The audience is hooked from the get-go by director Rohith VS's masterful use of close shots, tense music and animal/plant motifs that build up a sense of foreboding akin to Jordan Peele's Get Out (2017).
If Jallikattu (2019) used the conflict between man and beast to communicate its message, Kala highlights the beasts innate in every man which can be brought out, given the right triggers and environments.
Not for the faint-hearted this one. But unmissable for lovers of the action genre.
P. S: Suitable only for mature audiences.
Kala sees him take up a polar opposite character archetype, that of an egoistic, Machiavellian farmer who after years of living under his ruthless father's thumb, is aching to let loose his demons.
Kala is one long, drawn-out, bloody slugfest that excels in its extremely realistic close combat sequences. Tovino and an excellent Sumesh Moor who plays the antagonist, excel in their roles, constantly straddling the sides of the good and the bad.
The audience is hooked from the get-go by director Rohith VS's masterful use of close shots, tense music and animal/plant motifs that build up a sense of foreboding akin to Jordan Peele's Get Out (2017).
If Jallikattu (2019) used the conflict between man and beast to communicate its message, Kala highlights the beasts innate in every man which can be brought out, given the right triggers and environments.
Not for the faint-hearted this one. But unmissable for lovers of the action genre.
P. S: Suitable only for mature audiences.