Oruthee

RATED 7/10 Language: Malayalam Media Partner: Prime - ManoramaMax

Solid drama without any lagging. Movie was bit slow in the beginning and quickly settles in the plot line. Good comeback Drama for Navya. The acting was solid and the expressions are authentic. I Liked Vinayakan role very much. He steals the show towards end. His cunning look and the role perfectly suits for him.

The only problem is the predictability of the story and simple story.

Worth the watch.

I saw people rating it 6/10 movie, don't get discouraged and just watch it, you won't be disappointed! I don't think this movie ever lagged!! Director have done a good job overall and story is pretty good. It's comparable to Action Hero Biju movie, more like real life movies. Just watch it..

Navya Nair makes a good comeback performance. She has done exceptionally well. Also director Vk Prakash makes a good comeback

Like others say first 30 mins of movie might appear bit slow and pointless. But once the story picks up , it is good with twists and turns and emotions.

Vinayakan scores really well. The blending of story with politics of BJP purchasing MLAs was a good thought.

Unlike other regional languages, the strength of Malayalam movie is its stories. Let more smaller good movies like this happen in Mollywood.

Oruthee was like taking a few simple ingredients to cook something fantastic😀 It was so brilliant how the writer transported us on a dynamic ride with the different layers of the plot. You will not be bored!

DELICIOUS

-Beyond the fraudulent jewelry store narrative, Oruthee passed a strong note on the injustice happening to the common man.

-The film had a good balance of quiet and vigorous sequences. One moment, we're looking at Vinayakan in an intense car chase, another one, it's Navya Nair doing a dance performance

-The movie will remain memorable due to the numerous pieces of advice we received on dealing with businesses.

-The actinggggg was 😍 Don't think it's necessary to mention it!

-Give it up to the sound effects that put us in a thrilling mood!

-The omnipresent cellphone, from the boat passengers to Radhamani always using it. The phone was a symbol of the support system people have to connect with each other and expose injustice.

BLAND

-Vinayakan was shown sporadically that we almost forgot about him. And having many scenes constantly featuring Navya Nair became a bit redundant

-Radhamani's chasing scene left us a bit divided. On one hand, we saw her weakness in keeping up with the thief because she was running with a child, then on the other hand, it appeared a little unreal as she let herself distracted by her shoes, shawl, and bag...

I feel like the director wanted to capture emotions like an indie film but also couldn't compromise on the commercial flick aspect, especially with the core fanbase of Navya Nair - older women. The first hour of the movie is extremely pointless. It follows the track of an indie slow burner but in such type of movies they might focus on the visual aspect, or the capturing of a character's emotion...in this nothing of that sort happens. There are character predispositions which eventually contributes NOTHING to the movie we are watching. Then there's 2 songs which follow the cliche formula. All in all, if this was well-edited to a 1h20m or even 1h30m it could have been a brilliant film.

Now let's move onto the next aspect- the story. Oh my goodness..it claims to be based on a true story. Now, "based on true story" might be used for even fiction (like Fargo), but here there's no intelligent use of this phrase. They literally mean to milk off a real-life incident but wait till you realize there's only 10-15 min part in the movie that is inspired by a true event. And even then it could have been done in less than 5 mins. But they chose to add extra masala and make it 10x exaggerated...it goes on for 10-15 excruciatingly boring sequences.

They also tried to make the ending stylish but it came off as goofy and laughable.

There are some forced references to Navya's debut film Nandanam. Not really a spoiler but when you hear her phone's ringtone in the movie you'll notice. If you are someone who loves that song, you'll hate it after watching this movie. The forced reference is so painful as we hear the ringtone play some absurdly high number of times (at least 20+ times in the movie). I hope someone tells the director that this doesn't count as an intelligent film callback or reference, rather it's just plain annoying.

Vinayan's performance was a saving grace. Actually excellent. That has to be said. Wish he could have gotten more screen time in the first half of the movie.

In the end, the current rating of 9.1 for this movie is an outright crime. It's barely a 6.5 or 7. But then we have cliche flicks like Jan E Man and Bangalore Days at 8+ and well made films like Salute down at 7..so this is expected anyway. IMDb needs to even further review their weightage systems for such films to avoid inflated and misleading ratings.