
nairtejas
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Madanolsavam (Odyssey) is a quirky little family drama centered around a naivete. He's an average Joe and lives with his aunt. Things take a turn and change his life forever when he gets embroiled in a conspiracy unbeknownst to his knowledge. There are shoots of humour in the film that has characters eerily familiar to us in Kerala, yet with fresh writing that has become the backbone of Malayalam cinema in recent years. Suraj V is phenomenal as the central character but I was more amused by Babu Anthony's role here, which has a similarity with a real-life person prominent in Kerala. Although the film meanders in the middle, it manages to hit the right spot at the end. A good watch.
Rekhachithram (Sketch) is a commendable effort in invoking nostalgia, which it does using a fashion that cannot exactly be called a trope. The film follows the investigation of a crime committed several years ago and quickly manages to involve the audience in the hunt. While the audience is a mere spectator, they're bound to enjoy the procedural, with past movie references and CGI-improved footage that makes for visual glory in the film. The smoothness in which the film flows and the novelty of the plot are what made me lose my breath as I watched the story unfold. I kept thinking about the characters long after I left the theatre and that's enough evidence for me to call this a fantastic film. The forced English dialogues are my only gripe.
ED: Extra Decent took me by surprise as I saw shades of rare black humour in a Malayalam film. The titular moniker is for Suraj Venjaramoodu's character where he dons the hat of the "most dysfunctional" in his small dysfunction family. The attempt at comedy is mostly tired but ED still manages to make you laugh here and there. But what definitely grabs your attention is Suraj's performance as the eccentric and weird grown-up who has scores to settle. I had a ball watching this with my family as we could ask each other if we would ever do something like what the characters in the film do to each other. A good watch!