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Kurup unfolds the story of India's most wanted fugitive Sukumara Kurup who has been missing since 1984.
Plot:This incident is based on a true story.
It was a high profile murder case in Kerala back at 1984.Sukumara Kurup murdered a person Chacko for getting insurance amount of his own and fled the nation never giving a chance to be nabbed by police.
Coming to the movie,A big applause is needed for the crew of this movie eventhough making a known story more engaging.The non-linear patterned narrative of the story is used to good effect with the blanks in the story getting filled like puzzle pieces at the end.The structure has been carefully built out and makes for an entertaining watch from a story line perspective.A slow burner,the story slowly drives you nicely with some nice twist.A half ultra realistic plot mixed with some fictional liberty which is very engaging.Special credits for ar team for the execution.Creation of 70s,80s,90's bombay & madras were well executed..The vintage era is shown with bitmark accurisation.Sushin Shyam has done a great top edge work at the Background Music and Sound Engineering of the movie.
By looking at the performances,
•Dulquer's screen presence has been great and his character as Kurup has aced the whole show.His cunning & charming performance moulds an everlasting impact on the audience.His elegance and versatility portrayed different makeovers of the villain shades.
•Shine Tom chacko's terrific performance stands out for the portrayal of a crooked drunk.He has given the best performance till date as the character Bhasi Pillai.
•Indrajith Sukumaran as police officer successesed in his role
•Shobita dhulipala as Kurup's wife also showed an exceptional performance where her character makes audience feel for her uneasy life caused by her husband's wrongdoings.
•Tovino as Charly a.k.a Chacko has also made his short written role more complicated
The first half is a documentary style of storytelling.Many reviews said there was lot lags in this part,but it founded more space for the drama dragged storyline to act in the part
The second half is a fast paced engaging thriller.It is phenomenol and electrifying with lots of surprises and ends with an unexpected double climax suspense in its third act.
After seeing the movie,it showed how a person who joined the Indian airforce became the india's most wanted fugitive of of all time.His smartness,greed,villainist attitudes lead the way to a restless running life.
The film is a well executed crime drama which will be remembered and it will be a great experience for all watchers.