Emil Thomas

Rating: 4.5/5 GRANDIOSE, EPIC, AND MYTHICALLY MAGNIFICENT If you ask me which is the greatest film that Malayalam cinema has given in 2024 so far, I would say it is Malaikottai Vaaliban. Lijo, the most eccentric filmmaker of Mollywood has brought an epic never seen before, something fresh, stylistic and grandiose. The visuals, score and story, all together are a well-crafted blend of a multitude of cultural elements, specifically from world cinema, brought into a plot that sounds subtly the ethos and elements of Indian mythology. It contains a plot-line resembling Indian mythology and brings into it a Spaghetti Western-influenced score and setting, A Samurai-like character resembling Kurosawa's samurai films, and even elements of popular Indian cinema, like Sholay. Overall, it is a well-crafted blend. Mohanlal, one of the greatest of Malayalam and Indian cinema, truly asserted the mythical image and stuns with a magnificent performance. The only error that came into the writing is Vaaliban's lack of enough brawls. His magnificence and aura are built largely through praises from his companions, if a few more brawls were given, it would have been a perfect construction of his larger-than-life image, such an image, the film did create, but the lack mentioned here created a void, it was more rhetoric and less action. Overall, the film is a wild wild experiment. Something totally fresh, and never seen before. And that is probably why the film failed commercially. The experiment was too big for the audience to comprehend.

A FESTIVAL OF LAUGHTER Undoubtedly, this flick brings to the viewer newly tested jokes that could make him jump from his seat. The writing overall, is intricately poised and tied all together like a complex spiderweb, which does the work of giving a sweet base for the humour. And the dialogues coupled with performances make the film more than just watchable from beginning to end.

The first half of the film has got some dull moments as well as awesome moments.and also the first half is pretty laggy and stretched,anyway it was somewhat okay. The second half was really awesome and mind blowing.especially the action scenes in the end where super awesome.the script is superb as well as pretty long. The direction is not bad The theme and storyline is a variety. A combination of 80s,olden times and hindu mythology. When it comes to the actors' performance everybody acted pretty well. And when saying about the performance of rakshit shetty he killed it and he was mind-blowing on the screen. The entire movie is filled with comedy which is pretty enjoyable. The protagonist in this film is being like sherlock holmes in the style of his investigation. Avane srimannarayana is an awesome film with some not-very-big dull moments.anyway,its a great entertainer.