Jeet Renjit

Of late, i have seen a plethora of malayalam films with new directors or existing actors trying a hand in the direction field, which results in numerous mediocre and sub-par movies unpalatable to anyone with a good taste in movies. Lijo is a force to reckon with. I will not dwell into the plot or story etc but simply say this - this is one of the most artistic movies I've seen to date. The actors and cinematography as well as the camera movements and scene lighting were extremely amazing. This movie is a poem . In order to embrace this movie, you must visualise the buffalo as money. Yes! I said it right. The buffalo is a visual representation of money in the current world. This movie is a straight to the face factual documentary of how money is by far the most admired and sought after thing on the planet. To those who believe this movie is just about men chasing a buffalo, you've missed the entirety of the movie's message. Money turns man to beast. Money creates order when kept under control but creates havoc and destruction when set free. Mankind has barely evolved mentally. We used to fight for food before. Now we wage wars for money

1.5/5 This is by far one of the worst directorial debuts I've ever seen by a human who has been in the entertainment industry for an extensive period of time.. The 1.5 is fully accredited to the actors and humour. I've seen people claim best movie, best editing, best director, etc. These are merely paid fans . The story has great potential. Had, would be appropriate. It was so poorly executed due to the horrendous directing of Shajohn. I've never seen such a confused execution of timelines in my lifetime. The villain had no enigma apart from deliberate "twists ". The so called "TWISTS" were so overdone. The camera angles were far from interesting. Sound engineering and final colouring were good. For the love of God, Mr. Shajohn, never call yourself a director. You're far from it. What appalled me most is you actually casted a director genius like Prithviraj to play the lead in this movie after spending months watching him do his magic. You've learnt nothing. Start with short films and practise. You're not a Nolan or Prithviraj to jump nuts deep in this game.