Ira

Director Saiju S S has a predictable story in hand but uses a fluent narrative style to keep his audience hooked. Ira, therefore, is a crime thriller that works mainly because of the fairly good cast performance and occasional twists. Gokul Suresh plays an amateur cardiologist who finds himself at cross with the police when a minister is claimed to be murdered at his hands. Unni Mukundan, in one of his worst performances, carries out an investigation in parallel that connects the murder and the accused with a love interest of his (Mia) whom he met in a case in another part of the country. The story flows like a straight river sloping down to meet the sea, adding in a courtroom drama in the final minutes to make it more appealing. How people in power can stop journalists from raising their voice is the primary topic of Ira, and if you were wondering, has no resemblance to the Dileep-Bhavana case. However, much like that case, there are one too many characters in here. Suresh's character has at least three love/friendship interests here, and all of them have sizable roles to play. As a result, Ira inches forward because of the characters and good performances of some actors like Alencier Lopez, Lena, and Prasanth. Suresh still has miles to go if he wants to compete with his father or any of his contemporaries. Don't go in with too many expectations and Ira will treat you for a cool afternoon watch. TN.