Gold

This movie doesn't deserve all the hate that is receiving now. Yes, it is not the kind of movie we expected from Alphonse, but isn't that our fault ? This is a no brainer fun movie, the kind of a 90's movie starring Mukesh and Jadageesh, with an absurd plot and a lot of characters. It is not a slapstick one or a laugh riot, but it does invoke smiles. This might not be a movie that is meant for the masses and the classes, but for people like me who loves light hearted feel good comedies. To get a perspective, I liked Money rathnam by Fahad Fazil , another movie of similar genre. I guess you got the picture 😂

Whats wrong with Prithvi..such a pathetic movie.. The basic plot itself is illogical. A simple push from "strong" Joshi would have moved the vehicle and solved the issue , similarly a simple push on my remote would have saved my time. 20mins in to the movie I felt Prithvi and Alphonse have taken the audience for granted. Vain attempts at Humour.. unnecessary bgm.. illogical story , dialogues and situations. Characters over acting...detailing at certain portions were really unnecessary... Major efforts were put in to include almost all cast of Premam plus few others from Malyalam industry and for what?? This dumb movie shouldn't have been made.

I don't understand why Prithviraj and Nayanthara signed up for this crap.. Prithvi being an Amazing director himself wouldn't he know what is being cooked atleast when the shooting started.!!!!

Was it just for money ?( I am sure he is already one among the top 5% richest in Kerala) . I really adore his knowledge of cinema and his passion to bring great content for Malayali audience. He was supposed to take Malayam industry to global level and he ends up doing movies like Gold and bro daddy( which was atleast watchable like an ad film ) but gold is really really poor. No story and screenplay was also crappy.

Movie is watchable for the cinematography.. Nice locations and all the insects. Special mention red ants.

Let me start by saying that I didn't have expectations even though my group did. That's because Alphone Puthren had raised his bar through Neram and Premam, a movie that created a wave in Kerala and started a new phase in Malayalam cinema. The goodwill that Puthren and crew created pulled me towards the movie, and I am disappointed. Not with the movie, but with the fact that he has ruined his own filmography.

Coming to the movie, the best way of putting it is by wondering what this movie was actually about.

A lot of characters introduced just for the sake of it, probably to give the feel of a star studded movie.

Plain boring. That's it.

Alphonse Puthren brings new making style to Malayalam and probably new in Indian cinema as well. He mixes music , cuts and use of symbols to bring a new style. But the movie lacks the content to support the experimental making style.

Lalu Alex is remarkable. Shammi thilakan , Vijay fort , Krishna Shankar also done well. Prithviraj done decent job, but nothing to excel. Nayan comes for 15 mins and appears cute and that's pretty much all she got to do. Lot of leading actors comes and goes in junior artist roles without making any impact.

Puthren is known to be crazy experimental in his moving making which often gives great trouble to producers every time. Like not doing promotion , and taking months for post production, and not even relaxing good posters. When the experiment works it's a happy ending for all, but failure is also huge.

Alphonse puthren has gained a very large fanbase just with his 2 movies. His first movie "Neram" was a very crisp and clear thriller with amazing writing, music and performances. His second movie "Premam" was a industry hit and one of the best hangout and vibe movie ever to be made in Malayalam cinema. "Gold" on the other hand feels like a mix of both. A story like "Neram" and making like "Premam".

Prithvi raj Sukumaran gave a good performance. All the other actors who performed in the movie did good. The movie had a good story for a interesting thriller. Some jokes work. Editing, camera work and all the other technical things were done nicely.

The movie really stretches a lot. I felt the story deserved a crisp treatment like "Neram" instead was stretched too much with unwanted characters and scenes which never clearly adds anything significant in the movie. Alphonse tries to create a vibe and atmosphere with his sketchy characters and nature shots like in "Premam", but totally falls flat and fails to create an impact. Most of the jokes never land because the characters are not effectively written or established. Nayantara just feels like a talent being wasted, she gets no scope to perform or a effective character. The songs feel pretty unnecessary and could have been avoided. The writing is just weak, never felt emotionally invested with any character, No proper and impactful antagonist and the climax feels like a joke.

Hopefully Alphonse will give a better comeback with his next movie.