Kuttavum Shikshayum

A realistic cinema , felt like a documentary ( still it is based on true events). Made like a complete police procedural documentary. There is no cinematic elements or thriller but had a good experience. If you are someone who love to explore genres and have much lot of patience you can go with it. The film has touched the realistic view of North Indian cops and their racial perspectives towards the police from kerala. The director's previous works are way too beautiful and I'm a big fan of it but this movie was not one of it. I watched with some big expectations but doesn't gave me an effect of Rajeev ravi's filmography.

Unlike how many reviewers remarked, Kuttavum Shikshayum doesn't have pacing issues. Where it does have problems is in its deadweight mystery. There isn't much going for it in terms of texturing the antagonists (as they're regular village folk), so Rajeev Ravi focuses on the atmospherics of rural Rajasthan to engage the viewer. While Asif Ali's character has some semblance of a redemption arc, the rest of the team (played by Alencier Lopez, Sunny Wayne, Senthil Krishna, and Sharafudheen) has none. The script by Sreejith Divakaran and Sibi Thomas (a cop in real life) focuses almost entirely on the finer details of the procedural. For instance, the film features multiple scenes of the team members taking turns to withhold a suspect in a hotel room.

Your enjoyment levels depend on how you take to realistic procedurals in cinema. There aren't any mass moments, punchlines, or a bombastic score. I liked the film more in the second half when the setting shifts from hilly green Kerala to rustic Rajasthan. Both scenes set in a village are particularly chilling. The unfamiliarity of faces, languages, cultures, and intents is put across in a way that someone like Rajeev Ravi truly excels at. The film has a bit of a weak, forgettable conclusion, as I didn't feel like the writers wanted to offer closure to what I'd watched for over 2 hours. Performances are uniformly good, and I wouldn't mind if Rajeev Ravi brings this team back together for a more compelling case in a sequel.

Good story, tried to come up with orginality but some things in the direction failed to create thrill, the jewelry theft was not shown at all, the police dog coming, investigation and catching the thieves were all done in a very cool way, I give it a six out of ten mark.

This is an nth style of making by Rajeev Ravi,who doesn't like to repeat what he made previously. And I really liked the entire film for no reason. The characters, realism and slow pace of an investigation in its extreme originlity is very pleasing to watch. But the problem is with the climax. The climax,literaly have collapsed the entire thriller.

Kuttavum Shikshayum ( Crime & Punishment ) starring Asif Ali, Alencier, Sentil Krishna, Sunny Wayne & Sharafuddin...

Verdict of the Movie: Average... 2.5/5 ⭐

Plot of the Movie: A jewelry shop robbery, case assigned to CI SAJAN alias Asif Ali. He & his team while undergoing the investigation realise the culprits belongs to another place called Dhanaganj in northern India which said to be highly violent place but how CI SAJAN & his team nabs the culprit from that dangerous place forms the rest part of the movie..

Positivity of the Movie:

1) Not by taking as a commercial film, it focuses on the pure form of reality in terms of the officers when going on a mission what all hardships they need to face etc were being showcased...

2) Asif Ali as a matured police cop had been beautifully portrayed...

3) As the title depicts if there is a crime, there has to be punishment too but after the movie, the film asks to the society that whether this statement is really being applied?? Answer will be Yes to those who don't have power of money...

Negativity Of the Movie...

1) 1st half was quite ok but second half was dragging... Being execution taken in a realistic approach, after a certain point, it fails to grab the the audience attention..

2) Sentil, Sunny Wayne, Sharafuddin being proven to be the versatile artists doesn't able to give their best shot...

Overall an average one time watchable movie

Movie will be premiered on Netflix.