Traffic

Traffic (2011) : Brief Review -

Goes over the top occasionally but this Breathtaking ride is very well acceralated. I never thought a film titled Traffic would be based on actual 'Traffic' elements and provide such a humanly dramatic segments through anthology. Usually, we don't get to see such films or better say such ideas because the risk is there and we don't have many filmmakers who can dare to take it on. Traffic is a fine breathtaking experience, no doubts on that. But, does it fulfill all the criterias of a Classic film? No. It has some things gone wrong, not in experiment but in mainstream flow and that's the problem. It would have been no big problem if it had failed to convince few things while experimenting with the narrtive. The equation is opposite here, it delivers everything in experiments but fails in mainstream flow of the storytelling. A rare example of human error it is. Anyways, excluding that i don't think there is anything incorrect about it. Traffic is very good attempt and well delivered, that matters the most. In the film, the lives of some different people get intertwined when a girl is in urgent need of a heart transplant with the only heart donor being many miles of traffic away. Traffic has too many characters to name so it's not possible to talk about individuals but to end it in short i would say all the actors are decent to good. Some of them are not used properly in the screenplay but that's a mistake of screenwriter. It could have been more specific about elaborating characters but it had so much chaos to handle that it forgets to do so. The narrative goes over the top while making the mainstream drama look high-voltage but overall it ends up on a nice note. Rajesh Pillai gives it that much needed acceleration in the second half and Traffic wins the race in time.

RATING - 7/10*

By - #samthebestest.

A movie which completely did justice to the genre 'thriller'.

Rajesh Pillai's traffic has got it's unique place in the Malayalam movie history(so far)considering the type of plot it handles and mode of narration adopted.The essence of the story is based on real events happened in Chennai.The plot revolves around (most of the time) the events happening between morning and evening on a particular day. Super star Sidharth Shankar(Rahman) is on a desperate run for a donor for his daughter's heart transplantation,Raihan(Vineeth Sreenivasan) an aspiring journalist is on his way to office, Traffic Constable Sudevan(Sreenivasan)is on the first day of duty after suspension and Dr. Abel Tharyan(Kunchako Boban) is test driving his dream,a car!!These 4 strangers are connected through the string of fate.How???that is the rest of the story. This movie adopted a non-linear method to tell the whole story going back and forth on the time line,during the whole movie.but the screenplay is so solid that the spectator never looses the grip on the story.The director and editor is so keen on keeping the viewers on edge of their seats most of the time.

The movie goes extremely well on human relationships. Mother- son,Father-son,husband-wife,lover-lover,friend-friend. This was really a first time feel in Malayalam movie industry! All the professional characters in their role was up to the best. The doctors,Police , etc have done such a great experience to the viewers. One thing which we can miss is all about the background music and effects, which made us clinch with the thriller mood. Especially all songs were Emotional and require for the plot. All roles have their own importance which never makes the viewer feel bored ! Great Screenplay and Direction. A great successive thriller from the start to end !

Rajesh R Pillai with is his second film in malayalam industry after his debut film hridayathil sookshikkan has given something memorable to the audience of Kerala. Though the film has strong similarities to many other Hollywood films, we cannot say that it is a copy. The film is set on a usual urban day at Kochi. We have 4 parallel stories in this movie and the 4 of them gets mixed together after a tragic accident occurs to one of them at a crowded junction in Kochi. The 4 main lead actors are Sreenivasan, Rahman, Kunchacko Boban and Vineeth Sreenivasan. All the actors have given a strong performance and a special mention to Asif Ali. The script looks solid enough to make the film contest for the highest grossing malayalam movies of this year. I strongly believe that movies like these will certainly lift malayalam cinema industry from its current crisis and will help build a unique era the industry haven't witnessed before. I would give the film 8.7 out of 10 (since IMDb doesn't allow that, I would give it a 9). Just go for it and make this movie a hit!!!