Malayalam Movie Rahasya Police Review

RAHASYA POLICE
Producer : Siyad Kokker
Director : K.Madhu
Cast : Jayaram,Jagathy,Samrita,Sindhu,Ayilya
Story,screenplay,dialogues : S.N.Swami
Review by : Unni

K.Madhu’s latest offering ‘Rahasya Police’ doesn’t come up to your expectations, especially expectations about a K.Madhu brand of thriller. The climax of course has been worked out in true K.Madhu style, but the film as a whole won’t impress you. There are a lot of flaws that mar the totality of the film. ‘Rahasya Police’ takes us to a village where there is a small police station. It’s here that our hero, S.I Rajan (Jayaram) works, assisted by constables including Arjunan (Harisree Ashokan), Raveendran (Indrans) etc. Things take off after Bhadra, who is a friend to Rajan’s sister Manikutty, is found dead. Parambaththu Raju (Ganesh Kumar), who is a neighbour to Bhadra and whose sister too is Bhadra’s friend, is arrested on charges of murdering Bhadra. Rajan begins his investigation. And then pops in Chala Mani (Jayaram), a look alike of Rajan, who is a goon and who wants to get Raju out of bars. The film then picks up momentum.

Performances

Jayaram does the dual roles in his characteristic style, but of course at places his performance, especially as the cop, misses the mark and doesn’t impress us. Jagathy Sreekumar, Indrans, Harisree Ashokan, Suraaj Venjaramoodu, Riyaz Khan, Mala Aravindan etc have done their respective characters in their respective styles. Nothing outstanding to mention at all about these artists. Samvritha Sunil has nothing to do at all.

Technical aspects

The cinematography (Venugopalan), the editing (P.C.Mohanan) and the art-direction (Sajith Highness) are in tune with the mood of the film and seems to be average on the whole.

Music

The background score by Rajamani syncs well with the tune and is typical of Rajamani.

Script

The script by S.N.Swami, who has scripted many taut thrillers teaming up with K.Madhu, is not up to the mark this time. He has worked out the climax excellently well, but many scenes in the first half seem to test your patience, especially if you expect to see a K.Madhu-S.N.Swami brand of thriller. The result is that the film doesn’t impress you on the whole though there are portions, especially towards the end, that hold your attention.

Direction

K.Madhu seems to have done ‘Rahasya Police’ with a detached mentality. The film lacks those many ingredients that a K.Madhu film is supposed to have, though there are scenes that are conceived and executed in true K.Madhu fashion. But such scenes are few and the film fails to impress you on the whole.

Overall verdict- Just so so.

Malayalam Movie Winter Review

Director- Dipu
Producer- K.Radhakrishnan
Cast- Jayaram, Bhavana, Manoj.K.Jayan, T.G.Ravi, Vijayakumar, Jayan, Vijeesh etc.
Story, screenplay, dialogues- Dipu
Review by – Unni

‘Winter’, director Dipu’s debut film (his second ‘Crazy Gopalan’ had been released earlier), is in fact nothing new, theme-wise. A psychopath on a killing spree, specializing in slitting the throats of little kids, gets killed as his car crashes during a hot chase by the cops. Years later, a doctor, his wife and two kids (one of them with some unexplained psychological disorder) comes to stay in the very same bungalow where the psychopath stayed and which at present is reportedly haunted by his ghost. And then a series of eerie happenings moving towards an unexpected climax. This is the story in a nutshell; and it’s to be pointed out that ‘Winter’ is no ghost movie, though it’s made like one.
Coming to the review part, the first question that looks you in the face is- Why and for whom did Dipu make the movie? ‘Winter’ is taut, slick and pacy. It’s technically brilliant. The story is narrated brilliantly. The performances are all good. But what does Dipu want to convey through the movie? It seems there is an element of confusion there. Still, the film is definitely worth a watch, for it’s got more of plusses than minuses.
Performances
Jayaram and Bhavana (playing Dr. Ramdas and his wife Shyama) have done full justice to their roles. Vijayakumar, as ACP Saju, is his very usual self while Manoj.K.Jayan is good and so is T.G.Ravi. Vijeesh is his usual self.
Technical aspects
‘Winter’, made four years back, is technically brilliant. Cinematography, by Ramakrishna Gummidi, is simply excellent. And so is the editing by Arun Kumar is good. It’s the sound-mixing that stands out as far as the technical aspects are concerned.
Music
The background score by Benny, though of the usual kind, suits the mood and the tempo of the film. The only song, written by Anil Panachooran and set to tune by Rajakrishnan, too is good.
Script
It’s the script that proves to be the main villain as far as the film’s totality is concerned. Director Dipu himself has penned the story, screenplay and dialogues for ‘Winter’ and it’s to be said that the story indeed is fine, with the writer not bothering to give explanations to each and every aspect, which if done could have made the proceedings intolerable. The dialogues are also good. But on the screenplay side, Dipu could have sought the help of someone else too and made it a bit different. There are scenes that could have been avoided (like the doorbell ringing too often, making the audience laugh rather than get startled), scenes that could have been worked better so as not to seem clichéd.
Direction
It’s the direction that stands out as one of the major highlights of ‘Winter’. As director, Dipu is in full control of things and has crafted the movie well. Every scene, every shot is canned well, though many could have been conceived better (that’s the screenplay side anyhow). Hats off to the young director!

Overall verdict- Worth a watch!