Kaapa

RATED 6/10 Language: Malayalam Source: Netflix

Watched Kaduva and then decided to give this one a try. This one failed to impress me as the previous one. Lot of scenes are quite unique and presented the gangster rivalry in different people point of view.

This movie is trying to portrait the gangster in half cooked way. It rides in some classic Malayalam cinema way for some scenes and derailed to mass elements in most of other scenes.

Looks like Shaji written the climax and started to develop the story towards that. This is not clicked in right way for the mass masala lovers, like me. Looks like it succeeded in half for both mass and class way.

***Kaapa Malayalam Movie Review***

Kaapa Movie starring Prithviraj Sukumaran Asif Ali Aparna Balamurali Ana Ben, Jagdish in lead role..

Directed by Shaji Kailas

A Gangster Story with a deep Vengeance

Various forms of Gangster films we have seen, kaapa doesn't offer a variety or a unique kind but still Kaapa able to entertain & that is because every character has a powerful impact..

When these characters are performed by talents, then it's always thrilled to watch...

Prithviraj as Kotta Madhu. When it comes to serious genre roles, this man effortlessly performs.

Asif Ali's screen presence comes at certain points of time but during that period he delivers well.

Aparna & Ana Ben , had not been given much screen presence except the last 10 minutes. They should have been exposed more.

Jagdish & Nandu performance was also good.

Although movie directed by Shaji Kailas, at some points we could see his signature film making shots but still this was different from what he done till now.

BGM was fantastic.

Overall a watchable movie.

First of all, this movie should have been directed by Venu. The material clearly demands a gritty, slow-build approach and not just a series of scenes that lead to some inconsequential set-piece. Shaji Kailas, I must say, has almost given GR Indugopan's screenplay the typical mass treatment, robbing us viewers the chance to connect better with these characters and their milieus. As a result, you get a watchable film with some fantastic shots (by Jomon T John), an occasional glimmer of hope that Kotta Madhu (a stiff Prithviraj) isn't your usual gangster, and a climax that's predictable from the get-go. Among the performances, Jagadeesh and Dileesh Pothan are solid while Asif Ali is alright. In fact, the film falters when the storytelling perspective suddenly shifts from Asif's character to Kotta Madhu. The ladies, Anna Ben and Aparna Balamurali, don't have much to do here.

I watched this film only because I had nothing else to do. I am not a huge fan of Shaji Kailas films, especially his last outing was such a duller I even forgot the name of the film. Again, very weak on the story part. However, liked the small suspense scenes in the beginning. Impressed with Asif Ali's performance. I think he has done a really good job in this film. His innocence and desperation was quite a watch. Prithvi Raj also impressive with the accent and image. Apart from this nothing worth mentioning. This time though I actually sat through the whole film unlike Kaduva where half the time I felt the need to leave the film half way through but had to stay back because of everybody else. The ending is quite predictable. Like I said, watch it only if you have nothing else to do.

Why did we have to wait until the very end for the movie to get exciting?😖 Kaapa had all the pieces to be a grand movie, it's just that the storytelling dragged and only became interesting toward the end

DELICIOUS

-Anyone watching Kaapa will definitely admire the mad drone skills of the cinematography!! It was insanely great

-An outstanding work of the lighting

-It was different to see that the film portrayed the gang leader's humanity

-Kaapa's ending was spicy as it brought all the characters to life and showed us the big picture. We were excited and wanted to see more

BLAND

-Kaapa was presented like any typical gang movie with Prithviraj being the one-man army. Basically, the entire movie was about him defeating this and that enemy without ever being injured 🙄

-Asif Ali played the role of an IT guy, but we never saw him go to work; somehow he had all the time to meet police officers and other parties

-The score was quite overpowering, so loud that it drowned the scenes...