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.