Reviews

I'm not calling this film as the best film, but must say that this film never deserved this hate! They say there is no intolerance and on the other hand they're degrading a film just because the actress in the film raised her stand on a cowardly act towards students! We live in a society where people supporting assassins of Mahatma Gandhi are considered as patriots and people raising questions towards the government on economic downfall, lack of education etc are considered as anti nationals! Religion is being the first priority and this shows how much we are falling apart as a secular society. Such acts should never be supported and everyone should have the right to uphold and raise their stand! Now coming to the film, the only negative that I have is that the film should have been a bit more powerful and should have given importance to the inner conflicts of Malti (brilliantly portrayed by Deepika) just like how they showed the court scenes. People should understand the seriousness of such acts and basic education on the so called "feminist" topics like toxic masculinity should be discussed and should not be kept aside by tagging it a "feminist talk" The performances, the title song sung beautifully by Arijit Singh, and the technical aspects made the film a good watch. Instead of focusing and degrading the film for no reason, people should watch and support such films. In an industry like bollywood where star studded flicks having double meaning jokes and forced patriotism are collecting more than 100 crores, it's a great initiative that an A Lister actress and a leading filmmaker took the chance to make this film and raise such a serious topic. Ignore such bogus reviews, watch the film and be the judge!

Nowadays malayalam cinema is following the trend of giving "over hype" to it's upcoming big films! This over hype involves things like a massy trailer, first looks, actors and technicians' reaction towards their product, etc. Such methods at the end gives a disappointing watch for everyone even if the film is a good one! Kammarasambhavam, the dileep starrer vishu release and the mohanlal starrer villain, are the biggest examples of how wrong promotional methods can spoil a good film! Now coming to Ranam - Detroit Crossing, it's a damn bloody brilliant film having it's emotions and craft at the right place. And what went wrong? Again, the wrong promotions which gave the audience a completely different imagery of the film! The negative reviews the film is facing currently is mainly because of the "not up to the expectation" comments from the masses as they expected a "mass action film" from the team. Ranam tells the story of Detroit, once the economic capital of the United States that gave employment to many, which turned into the hub of drugs and guns and Aadhi (Prithviraj Sukumaran) the "Loyal and Expert" malayali gang member of the gang lead by Damodar Ratnam (Rahman) a Sri Lankan Tamilian gaangster and his brother Selvam (Ashwin Kumar). The film also tells the life of how circumstances and situations makes a person to take decisions which can turn their life completely upside down, as sometimes they don't have a choice in front of them! The film was perfect in its technical side, and yea except for a lag in the middle of the second half, the film is moving in a proper pace throughout. The film is an emotional crime drama, and is not an action thriller! Other notable performances include Isha Talwar, Nandu and a few unknown debutants who have effortlessly done a brilliant job throughout the film. The debutant director Nirmal Sahadevan has undoubtedly made an impressive debut through the film as he crafted the film in a proper way! Definitely not everyone's cup of tea, but the film would have done bit more well if the team gave the film the promotion it deserved. Hope malayalam cinema tries to soo this "over the top" promotion tactics!