Kaanekkaane

Kaanekkaane is a slow paced thriller that grips onto your curiousity unhurriedly. It does take its own time to establish the characters, the relations and the plot.

Once it does, there is a plot point where the viewers are dragged into the mystery, along with Suraj's character.

It does ascend from there and reaches a climax that is pleasantly satisfying.

Suraj and Tovino play the lead roles along with Aiswarya Lekshmi and Prem Prakash playing supporting roles.

This is definitely one of the better films that has come out recently in malayalam after the OTT wave kick started with Drishyam 2. Having a lower budget and lesser production cost has affected the quality of a lot of such films but not this. This film has a screenplay strong as concrete and so are the dialogues.

At a time when drone shots are overused, this film strangely makes us miss such shots, atleast in the climax.

Manu Ashokan who did a good job by directing 'UYARE' repeated his quality work here too.

Suraj wasn't surprising as he did magic in 'ANDROID KUNJAPPAN' and 'DRIVING LICENSE', he did the same here.

What surprises us is Tovino who did a fantastic job in a role that could've easily made him sweat or overexpress at times, given the plethora of emotions he has to portray. He did a very matured and controlled acting that makes us believe he is the character. Aiswarya too demonstrated her talents to show the emotional turmoils the wife character goes through. Special mention to the kid who is pretty much the better actor than other kids of last 2 years.

The film is strong, gripping, thrilling and ofcourse the return of writer duo Bobby-Sanjay who gave us masterpieces 'Ayalum Njanum Thammil' 'Mumbai Police' etc and the recent disaster 'ONE'. Hope the writers stay onto the track now.

Overall, a very well made film that does awake one's mind with beautifully acted characters.

We have seen heartbroken fathers onscreen, revengeful fathers avenging their children onscreen, often we see portrayal of the grief of mothers and the eternal connection between children and mothers. But here's a movie which portrays a heartbroken, helpless, revengeful at the same time remorseful father. Fatherhood also needs to be talked about. Thank you for that. Layered and complex characters, heartfelt moments, a heart wrenching yet heart warming end. The script becomes predictable in its course eventually yet keeps up the intrigue. Performances are noteworthy.

Someone please ask the Malayalam film industry to stop flexing so much. Tell them they've made some really good movies for the next five years and that they need to let others catch up. I was looking forward to this movie and it didn't disappoint.

The trailer looked like a family drama, but the genre listed was "Thriller". It's got drama and turns out, it's a thriller, it's a murder mystery, it's a story on relationships, morality, loneliness, forgiveness, revenge, and so on, everything so seamlessly edited together that'll make you go "Stop doing this to the other film industries xD"

The acting - Suraj Venjaramoodu - somebody give him a national award, if he hasn't received one already. They owe him awards in back-payments from Android Kunjappan and before. Tovino and Aishwarya were really good also. The storytelling was really good, subverts your expectations, complemented really well by the editing.

There are layers that keep shifting and you get to discover what this slowburn is all about. There are enough clues left here and there for you to guess something is going wrong. Blink and you'll miss.

Would totally recommend.

The movie has an amazing story line and casting was very well hand picked. The concept, the making and the music... everything was on the proportion. Heart smiled and mind blown!