Nayattu

Nayattu hits us with the devastating truth. It's we the people, who're guilty. It's we the people, who lead the system to bury truth, and pander to media fanned mob frenzy.

When Nayattu (The Hunt) starts, you have to leave everything and give it your full attention. Because once it starts, it never stops. And even after the film has ended by putting a crushing weight on you, you will stay seated wondering about helplessness. The story of three cops finding themselves in the middle of caste politics cuts open some of the ugliest truths about our country and the world in general, and this time it's not the common man who is at the receiving end. This is artful, subtle filmmaking. Nayattu (The Hunt) is eerie.

I'm surprised to have seen an Inside police department story for the first time.

Directed by Martin Prakat, after 6 years since Charlie (2015), the movie gives you a gripping-intense-situation within the police system. The movie focuses more on the faceless system, and naturally only someone from within could give you more clarity on the reality.

Few scenes of the movie were surprisingly shot in Ramamangalam. A great watch indeed.

This is how movies should be made. Very good story, good acting, music, cinematography. It doesn't seem like over done the theme or underdeveloped story, but more authentic approach of story telling.

Nayattu (2021) : Brief Review -

The Third Malayalam Classic of the year after The Great Indian Kitchen and Drishyam 2. Nayattu is not a film but a slap to the dirty system which includes politicians, police, casteism wolves and unfortunately common man too. Nayattu is told as a thriller and it somewhat thrilling too but it's not enough to be called a complete thriller as the genre requires more thrill. But it has got much more than that mainstream thrill to provide you a cinematic experience that will shatter your mind, heart and perspective and maybe you'll start looking at things differently. You need guts to make a film like Nayattu where you fearlessly expose all the dirty secrets of the system and then give a tight slap on common man's face by proving that he is also the part of this system afterall. Yes, we are all part of this absurd system because we are the Voters and we always fall for their tricks without knowing the actual truth behind it. Nayattu is about Three police officers who are on a run for life, escaping the outbreak against them due to the unlawful arrest and torture of a civilian. It brings in a few shades of arrogant yet very much human police officers and their helplessness and how they fail to fight the powerful system who just exactly know how to handle things.l according to their comfort. The film is bounded by realistic surroundings throughout the narrative and it doesn't fear to show ugly side of all the people who are involved in this system. Martin Prakkat has achieved something brilliant of a whole new level with his extraordinary directorial technique as he compiles multiple genres and themes so well together in one narrative. All the actors are superb in their roles. Dialogues are decent but very realistic and maybe that's why they are not that filmy. Overall, Nayattu is Classic Film but more than that it is a miserable realisation of our own mistakes that we can never correct as far as we are living in this society. A MUST SEE!

RATING - 8/10*

By - #samthebestest.