I am not a Malayali, but I watch Malayali movies, and I came across this wonderful little feel good movie
Kerala organizes a small tournament where more than 700 upcoming young footballers play football matches against each other of their clubs. Malayalis have become crazy about them and they come to watch the matches in hordes. The special attraction is African origin players, who have become local celebrities in Kerala's rural hinterlands.
The movie is about such a young team manager - Majeed, who does not make much money because his team does not win many matches, and thus he is not able to find a suitable girl to marry. When one of his team young African footballers Samuel is injured - to save expenses, Majeed shifts Samuel to his home where he is staying with his mother Jameela. How Majeed helps Samuel who adjust in Indian household is depicted with humane humor.
The story is woven with interesting characters, super casting, great care for details, and good acting by the whole cast. The writing, script, screenplay, dialogues, direction, music camera work - everything is exceptional - especially kudos for a first time debut director young Director Zakariay Mohammed (a Media and Mass Communication graduate) who has written and directed this movie.
Soubin Shahir as Majeed, Samuel as Samuel and Savithri Shreedharan as Jameela are excellent.
The narration is heart-warming and subtle with intricate events and characters that we can related throughout the movie which make us smile from time to time.
The movie is set in a typical small Kerala town with eager and enthusiastic rural folks who call all African players as Sudanis - and because Samuel is from Nigeria - they call him Sudani from Nigeria - worth a chuckle...!
Made from a budget of INR 20 million is a worldwide superhit raking more than INR 120 million and is trending on Netflix (catch it over there for sure)
Very rarely such movies are made, and die hard movie buffs should celebrate this unique effort for a clean family entertainer - compared to what is dished out by India's commercial mainstream cinema
I would go with 7.5 out of 10
