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Mohanlal as Sandeep Balakrishnan a heart transplant recipient is slowly coming back to his normal life. One fine day Ms. Haritha whose father's heart was being donated to him visits him & invites him for her engagement in Pune. Sandeep travels to Pune & thereafter Sandeep's life witnesses a change.

When it comes to Sathyan Anthikad sir's film, it never fails to convey the human emotions & again "Hridayapoorvam" conveys the human emotion which we tend to hear & see in sathyan sir's movie.

Mohanlal as Sandeep Balakrishnan had flawlessly performed & hence the character's pain, the revealness of the untold loneliness of Sandeep gets connects to us. Malavika Mohanan as

Haritha & Sangeeta as Devika had given a notable performance.

Sangeeth Pratap as Jerry had created laughter & his screen space with Mohanlal had taken back to the Mohanlal -

Sreenivasan; Mohanlal - Jagathy era. Siddique as selfish brother-in-law of Sandeep had given a notable performance in his limited screen presence.

Overall, a decent & refreshing to watch the simplicity of Mohanlal in a Sathyan Anthikad's world.

Director Dominic Arun had created a world of Lokah through the myth we often heard from our grandparents with an incorporation of the relevance of the characters in the myth in today's time & the director had able to convince it very well.

If Anthony was a beginning of the action kinda role for Kalyani Priyadarshan, her character in Lokah had opened a window for her for more action driven characters. Chandra's characteristic in terms of her look, a face of mysterious nature, swag, Kalyani able to adapt it very well & that what makes it watchable.

Talking about other performances, Naslen, Chandu Salim Kumar had brought laughter to the audience. Dance master Sandy had also given a notable performance. A proper elevation had been given to his character.

Score of Jakes Bejoy, cinematography of Nimish Ravi, Chaman Chakko as editor, Banglan as the production designer, Yannick Ben handling action choreography had made the movie a theatrical watch.

The cameo's & end credits had raised the expectations of watching upcoming instalments in this universe.

YRF's latest spy story does not talk about the life of the Raw Agents who deals with their nation's dreaded enemy this time the WAR is personal. Yes, Kabir the top most RAW AGENT deals with a person who he cannot call as enemy or as a brother & when such a person deals with Kabir the war will be tougher.

But WAR 2 faces backslash in its content. YRF's other spy stories like WAR, Pathaan focuses on larger-than-life action sequences, covering international landscapes but there was a story although it was a repeatedly heard story but still director Siddharth Anand ensure it has also needed to have an emotional layer as in WAR if Kabir's mission was to find the dreaded enemy of India at the same time, he also needs to give his buddy Khalid's life sacrifice a meaning.

When it comes to Pathaan, John's character Jim portrayed as an antagonist but when his back story was revealed we cannot blame him as what was he in present is because of the unhealed wound which he was the recipient & a sympathy towards Jim would form but when we enter the world of WAR 2, the emotional kick is gone.

WAR 2 just focuses on the international landscapes, over the top action sequences which at one point seems to be a laughable factor as we knew it is a high-octane action film but still there must be a limit in delivering an action sequence as no one could believe a RAW agent able to run Fastly in a high-speed bullet train. It just took me back to the RA- ONE train sequence.

Coming to the performance, Hrithik reprising his role as Kabir is no doubt had not failed to entertain but casting JR. NTR as Vikram was a fault as Vikram's journey was not the same as Kabir from the back story they portrayed has anger, hunger to be the best always & this culmination of the features would make that character insane which had not fully been extracted from JR. NTR. If this would have been done by Vidyut Jamwal, the tone of the movie would have gone high & there would be whistle blowing moments.

Coming to the technical aspect

Ayan Mukerji at various places had used the references of Brahmastra specially the in the colour tone & his making was decent but it cannot be at the level of how Kabir Khan made "Ek Tha Tiger" Ali Abbas Zafar made "Tiger Zinda Hein" & how Sidhharth made "WAR2 & PATHAAN"

VFX was dull at various areas.

No comments on action sequences as when it comes to larger-than-life characters, physics & other scientifical aspects will remain silent

Score of Sanchit Balhara and Ankit & Balhara was OK but not of the level of WAR & it sounds to be irritating to hear the same score whenever Vikram's character comes into picture.

Also, the post credit scene was not impactful as it meant to be.

Overall WAR 2 will be perfect treat for the audience who loves actions but it would not be in the favourite list.