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Ullas Unnikrishnan's Zacharia Pothen Jeevichirippundu builds suspense like a thriller film high on steroids. An anti-climax, it narrates the personal investigation of the deaths of three people - a couple and a stranger - that happened on a Christmas Eve 10 years ago. Lal's character is a friend of the man (Manoj K Jayan) in the couple and is now joined by his acquaintances (Neeraj Madhav and Anjana Menon) to find out what really happened on that unfortunate night. Director Unnikrishnan has a basic story in hand, but uses long, very long shots and a brilliant background score with multiple genres to lift the story ahead. Flawed as it may be, with a plot that is riddled with holes since the start of the investigation, there is a charm in the shots that take the film forward. Although a tighter editing would have removed more than an hour of the running time (a lot of unnecessary shots here) and made it a much better watch, it is still an unconventional craft. You rarely see such experiments in Malayalam cinema, and even if you leave out the horrible performances and those slow-mo sequences that seem to be the style of Mammootty in most of the film he has been doing lately, Zacharia Pothen Jeevichirippundu earns a few good points for being peculiar and attractive to say the least. The final one hour is complex, and brings out the predictability in the plot, which under performs compared to the electric and intriguing start, which is why I could finish watching the movie. An average afternoon watch with your family because Unnikrishnan should be given a chance. TN.

If you want to get bored or want to feel irritated or want to just waste your time watching an extremely boring movie, then this is the apt movie for you. This movie could have been shot as a short film ending in almost 30 mins, instead, they dragged it and extended it to 2:20 hrs testing the patience of the viewers. The romance sequence between Manoj. K.Jayan and Poonam Bajwa were super boring. The director tried to present this movie as a horror investigation thriller but failed miserably in producing an engaging movie due to the shoddy screenplay and limited plot space. The movie had the thread for a suspense thriller, could have been expanded wisely with a better plot twist and engaging characters, instead of going with unattractive narration style and irritating slow motion sequences.

A good thriller movie with and excellent cinematography..