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7/10
It's a good film
aniyanadarsh5 January 2021
The film and the casting was good Saiju Kurup and other main actors did a good performance but the cinematography was kinda like a low budget movie and the dubbing. If it had a good production value then it would have reached a Drishyam level.
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6/10
Not bad
laijus-1032512 January 2021
First Malayalam movie of 2021. One time watchable.
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1/10
One of the worst movie
lazares14 October 2021
Poor delivery of dialogues, sounds like reading it without any expression or natural flow. Also doctor marrying a patient immediately after getting out of hospital, police officer narrating every step, sounds so stupid. Overall a stupid movie with no memorable moment in it.
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8/10
Excellent Thriller
pnikhil5 January 2021
Totally unexpected. Brilliant movie. So much engaging. Screenplay is very good. All actors done their job.
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1/10
Worst
vishnug-765679 January 2021
I thought the police officers has already watched this movie before they got into this case.
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8/10
A clean suspense thrilller
tigeron-102164 January 2021
This movie is an evidence that with low budget and a few stars, creation of a good movie is possible. Really an underrated one.
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1/10
A really trashy movie
visakhsankar10 January 2021
An All round horrible movie. I think it ranks as one of the worst ones I have ever seen. First of all the dialogues and direction is phenomenally bad. The acting is just plain bad. I don't know why such good actors like Saiju Kurup selected a movie like this. Please don't spend your time watching this.
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1/10
Terrible!
Wolverine4ever27 January 2021
One of the worst Malayalam movie I've seen. While my list of terrible Malayalam movies is long, this one falls somewhere at the top of that list. Given Satheesh Paul wanted all the credit by creating the Story, Screenplay, Dialogue, and taking ownership of Direction of this movie, it's only fitting he owns how bad this movie turned out. I will admit, the concept was good, but poorly executed. I think Satheesh thinks audiences are stupid as he is. He gave the male cop most of the dialogue and had him basically explain every step of the freaking investigation. We are not that stupid, give our imagination some credit and stop spelling everything out. As one of the other reviewers indicated, it was like the cops were given the playbook of how the crime took place. One of the scene had the cop detect a floor squeaking, which basically led to "there must be blood washed here." Of all the places the could have been standing, the cop was standing exactly at the place where murder took place. Give me a break. There were hundreds of stupid scenes like this. To make matters worse, if you were unfortunate enough to make it to the end, you may have discovered a pointless, no climax, and unsatisfying ending... this was a story of a cop who couldn't find evidence even though he knew exactly how the murder took place. What a joke of a movie. I wish I could get 2 hours of my life back....
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8/10
Guardian is good crime thriller movie
vikramkatangi20 July 2023
Warning: Spoilers
Satheesh poul is good writer and good director... Guardian is a mind-blowing crime thriller movie. There should definitely be a second part of the film. In this film, people have been given a lot of information about forensics. The film keeps Darsako hooked from the very beginning. One line of the doctor in this film is probably taken from Drishyam movie " We will never talk about this" SP Nandakumar ji's investigation is very good.

Doctor Arun ne bahut hi achhi acting ki hai unka scenes of human bahut hi achha hai. Vo apni wife ke liye pura game khel jate hai.

Es movie me mene first time Desi katta dekha.

So i am wating next part......
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2/10
Below Average, Could've been better.
jt-342557 July 2021
The story revolves around a doctor(Saiju Kurup) who tries to save his wife from a past boyfriend who is threatening her with old photos in compromising positions. Saiju Kurup tried his best in this movie. The plot is a good one. The good plot is ruined by the unnatural dialogue and dramatic music. The characters seem to talk in written language. It is very distracting and makes the audience lose focus. Many of the scenes are dumbed down, probably because it underestimates the audience. The police officers explaining every single thing to each other is kind of unnecessary as it makes the viewer think that they are learning to be an investigator from the movie. There are so many unwanted scenes and moments that just feel like its just to pad the runtime. But the main thing that bothered me is the 'Samuel Group' namedrops. What is it? Is it a group of people named Samuel saying "Hi, I am Samuel"?!. Another thing that bothered me is a part of the first act. A doctor-patient relationship turned into husband and wife. That too from a suicide attempt. When you think about it, very weird. But overall, could've been better.
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8/10
A clean thriller.
tigeron-102166 January 2021
Good movie. Despite not having enough superstars in this, this movie provides a good experience. Even though some dramatic moments are there, this movie is adorable.
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2/10
Poor acting!!
irinalex-6054514 January 2021
Poor acting...not everyone..some of them..the story is good..can watch one time
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1/10
The worst movie.
paulsonmta9 April 2022
Like drishyam, its a successful murder coverup movie. As there is no option to give zero rating, I am giving it One star. And that one star is for Saiju Kurup and his acting.. The so called celebrities, miya Nayana and all doing ultra nonsense in the movie. Sijoy is another character, who failed in this movie. Miya plays the role of ASP Meera, a newly appointed police officer who already had IAS, and she went for IPS as her father was a retired Police Officer. The way senior officer Sijoy Varghese's character SP Nandakumar, offering her guidance and investigation tactics is the worst part. It might make you wonder whether Meera joined the police force straight after completing her Matriculation.

Nayana, another moving statue with only one expression throughout the movie. Script, dialogue, Music, BGM and cast except Saiju Kurupp is very bad and please don't invest your precious time in this movie.

My verdict - Utterly flop movie...
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10/10
SUPERšŸ”„ MOVIE
kochikaran9 January 2021
Super movie, hig detaling and highly informative. No waste seans is not added. Siju kurips acting is so natural. No disopoinment in this movie.
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1/10
A badly made Malayalam thriller!
Asterix8319 August 2023
Most of the movie was a masterclass narration by SSP Nandakumar to DSP Meera Mohandas. Saiju Kurup as Dr Arun was the only saving grace. While the plot was interesting, the script and direction were simply horrible. The ending was abrupt. SSP Nandakumar's condescending and dragging narration was hard to listen to and ruined the movie for me. Mediocre acting by Sijoy Varghese, Miya George and Shiyas Kareem was a dampener. For a cop who claims to never accept 'defeat', the 'know it all' SSP gave up way too easily at the end Overall - A pathetic attempt to replicate Drishyam but fails miserably. Not worth your time, so please skip it.
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