Kaanekkaane

There was potential in the theme. The first reaction after watching the movie was how the Padmarajan-Bharathan era used to have been so much better. Those movies used to just feel right, used to communicate directly to the heart.

Kaanekaane has a good subject. However, there were many half baked portions to the script. The movie and the viewer end up in different places at the end of the movie. Performances were less than stellar. Camera work also felt very plain.

"Paalnilavin" song was really good. This is the kind of movie that has the potential to be a tear-jerker in the hands of yester-year masters, and also had the potential for remarkable standout performances. However, performances were below par. Suraj Venjaramoodu was definitely not at his best in this movie.

Bobby-Sanjay duo did not match up to themselves in their writing either. The turn around realization moment for the main protagonist is almost infantile.

"Joseph" was a movie with an incredible theme whose execution did not take the most advantage of it. This one is similar. What remained as far as it's experience was a strain full of start imperfections. I did start with high expectations for the movie. It was a good subject but did not hit the mark in terms of it's writing, performances, execution.