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Thalavan Movie Review : An investigative thriller let down by confusing second half
Karthik (Asif) joins as the SI at Chepannamthotta station, where CI Jayasankar (Biju) is the SHO. They are both hot headed and get off on the wrong foot, and seem to be working at cross purposes throughout. The situation turns even more tense when Jayasankar is implicated in the murder of a goonda’s wife and Karthik is put in charge of the investigation. The story and how the case is solved is narrated in flashback by DySP Udayan (Dileesh Pothen), who initially headed the tricky investigation.
The first half of the film, directed and co-scripted by Jis Joy, along with Sharath Perumbavoor and Anand Thevarkad, is straightforward and takes a total hold of you, with a couple of interesting red herrings. In the second half, however, the investigation takes a different turn and gets confusing with new suspects and situations added to the ones from the first half. Also, the climax seems to get overly dramatic and the flow gets a bit bumpy.
Despite keeping the typical cop demeanour, both the lead actors have amazing screen presence and are well-supported by side characters, be it Dileesh or the other cops, and even Miya and Anusree in smaller roles.
Jis Joy, who is veering away from his earlier lighthearted genre like Sunday Holiday and Vijay Superum Pournamiyum, has made a fairly engaging investigative thriller, but missed the opportunity to craft a super one.
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Dr R Sriram PhD102942 days ago
FollowA very interesting thriller till end with a simple story around a criminal case well crafted screenplay with multiple suspects.. The end was leading towards part 2 which was set interestingly... If u are a regular crime thriller watcher and passionate about crime thrillers u could easily nail down the killer options half way through the movie if not for the reasons.. But that does not tone down the interest in the movie which had good twists and turns.. This had good shade of Jithu Jospeh crime movies... The actors were seasoned who played their role really well and the best part of such Malayalam crime thriller movies is about the unknown face revealing of killer which makes it interesting as well.. No unnecessary songs or comedy which is another highlight of such Malayalam movies.. Definitely worth a watch for crime lovers like me.. GO FOR IT and don't miss it when it comes on OTT.
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