Marana Mass

Story sets out in a fictional village in Kerala where a serial killer targeting the elderly man and creates a chaos in the law & order situation. On the other hand, a so called influencer, a self-claimed Sigma Male who is a constant nuisance to the people of village & to his girlfriend is being packed to Czechoslovakia to get rid off him & then a Bus Driver who after 21 failed marriage proposals finally getting married & warns the public of the consequences if someone tries to breaks his 22nd marriage & then his brother like , conductor who is an introvert & also mourns frequently for the loss of his dad.

One night the above characters meet in a bus & a murder happens on that night in that bus & how they deal with it forms the rest part of the story.

Usually serial killer, serial killing when designed in a thriller mode, its always in a serious mode but here the director, translates into a full-on fun mode leaving no space of boredom. Dark comedy is not seen much in Malayalam Movies but "Maranamass" comes out to be the winner.

Coming towards the performance, Rajesh Madhavan steals the show. From the trailer, we could see a glimpse of the character, but we could able to see the transition of the character especially at the 2nd half and during the climax we could observe character's extreme inhuman nature & he just stands out well.

Other lead artists like Basil Joseph, Siju Sunny, Anishma Anilkumar, Suresh Krishna had done their part very well.

When coming to fun entertainer movie, its audience does not able to laugh whole heartedly then its of NO USE, but Marana mass gives no complaint.

Rating - 3.25/5

A series of funny and chaotic events weaved in dark humour template coupled with complementing BGM's.

The plot of the story revolves around a young sigma male trying to blossom the relationship with his love interest unexpectedly falls into a chaotic situation wherein his lady love is involved and how they made out of it forms the storyline.

Sivaprasad & Siju Sunny has fairly managed to come up with a unique and distinctive narrative style without giving any hint of what is going to happen. The first half of the movie may keep the audience puzzled until the story makes an elevation towards the intermission meanwhile giving delectable and laughter moments through some dialogues. The filmmaker has put the audience in a story loop wherein you have to watch the movie till the end to conceive the complete story .

Impressive performances by Basil Joseph,Suresh Krishna,Puliyanam Poulose & Kudassanadu Kanakam. Startling performance by Rajesh Madhavan throughout the story and he has effortlessly carried the character through his style of conversation and mannerisms. Anishma,Jomon Jyothir,Baburaj & Pooja Mohanraj also made convincing performances.

The impressive background scoring by Jay Unnithan that stands coherent with the mood of the story is worth praising.

A decent movie for the ones who follows this genre but may not be everyone's cup of tea.

A really terrible movie - haven't seen anything this bad in recent times. It's getting way too much promotion and glowing reviews which are most likely paid. Honestly I expected a lot more from Basil The story just doesn't work - it's what you'd call lazy storytelling Even my friends who watched it felt the same.

When I saw it in the theatre to be honest there wasn't a laugh But when you see social media flooded with people calling it a laugh riot. Seriously start to wonder if they're even talking about the same movie.

Hope you guys come back with something better next time Waiting for that.

Movie is show cased by interestingly taken first half with some interesting characters and events which is follows a comedy track. Characters are brilliantly intertwined each other and movie follows a sarcastic approach throughout its events. Some scores are good and it makes the movie more interesting. However, movie became a bit down after second half. Comedy elements are bit low in the second half comparing to first half because it shifts into an emotional track. Screenplay also contain its own faults and it is evident that they lost the control of maintaining the consistency of the screenplay. Screenplay of the movie became a bit wandered after first half, during second half. I didn't got a satisfying climax to the movie. However, the movie became back on track by the arrival of Babu Ramachandran from 'Vallathoru Katha'. I didn't expected it and it was so surprising for me. His portions are well made. Movie in totality follows a sarcastic comedy track with a dark comedy mode. Movie trolls many things and many persons and it was well taken and satisfying for me even though I am their fan boy. Like I said earlier, the characters are more interesting and performance wise they did a great job, especially that of Basil Joseph's and our convincing star Suresh Krishna's. Suresh Krishna was great in this movie and he deserves mention as equivalent of Basil Joseph. Rajesh Madavan also worth mentioning along with them. What a great performance he made. Bro got a good future. Anishma, Siju Sunny and Babu Anthony also did a great job. I felt Babu Anthony's character as unfitting at some situation. At some portions I felt that he is tired by acting. But in some situations, he did a great job. Overall a good dark comedy movie which follows a sarcastic mode throughout the movie, which followed by first half. Even though screenplay became a bit messy and down in the second half, it is brilliantly masked by perfect characters, performance and successfully maintained emotional track. Score also deserves mentioning, especially that of the antagonist during climax portion. Overall a worth watch.

It is a very funny movie. However, the movie is strictly for the younger audience i.e people in their 20s till early 30s.

Positives- 1. Good comedy where it is required.

2. Great acting by everyone.

3. Good technical side.

4. In one frame, the director tried to use the LJP-alike frame setting, which is reminiscent of Nanpakal Nerathu Mayakkam (2022).

5. Music is great!

Negatives- 1. The movie tries to be funny by using the already-overused trope of callback from other movies or events.

2. Comedy is age restrictive, with a lot of reliance of new-age slang, words and mannerisms.

Overall, I liked the movie. It is a theatrical for the enjoyment of it. However, it's OTT release will bring the possibility of pausing/rewinding, to read a lot of hidden jokes.