Palthu Janwar

I think movie was short and a bit boring to be honest. Probably because I watched with family and paid close to $100. First half looked like a promising comedy. Second half mostly boring. Even the kids song at the end was boring.

When I went to watch I thought given Basil is actor there will be a lot of comedy. Surprisingly there wasn't much. Shammi Thillkan role looked pretty good and lot of comedy but his was a short role.

I liked the scenery and the village like ambience. Songs were pretty ordinary.

May be it would have made sense to watch myself before taking family. I never review but I think I lost money here. So thought of reviewing. Thanks for reading if you made it this far and sorry if I made you feel bad.

The film starts off well, and then collapses miserably in the second half. The premise, the people, their problems really helped make the first half more convincing. The second half was more of a stretched version to prove the mettle of the protagonist, to give the character much needed high, and that leads to a bigger issue of characterisation.

The protagonist is weak in every aspects, the initial graph builds up very well and then it strays and leads us to a place where I was wondering what was this movie all about. I felt the protagonist did not led me to any particular emotion where I can connect, everything looked superficial, even his qualms, his humiliation, his sudden spark of anger, all of these came out very casual without any empathy element, probably that could lead us to another aspect, the treatment.

Yes, the treatment worked for me to a large extent, the realistic approach. The treatment somehow loses its grip to convey the noble thought visually owing to poor characterisation and probably lack of some interesting plot points, especially in the second half.

Performance wise, nothing much to brag about except this should be Shammi's film, he gave a fab performance, the moment his character went offscreen, I felt the film took the downhill.

This could have been a far better & impactful short film.

On a normal day, we wouldn't care much about a movie focused on animals; however, Palthu Janwar conquered our hearts and drastically changed our perception 😃

-Lots of odd humor that came especially from Indrans. His awkward gestures and lines were ridiculously hilarious!

Dileesh Pothan and Shammi Thilakan also nailed it!

-The photography and color grading were simply top-notch; great accents on the amazing countryside.

-It was significant to have a view of Molly's baby inside the womb as it accentuated the message that "animal life is also life"

-The director was intentional in displaying the amount of care and attention the residents showed to their animals.

When people wouldn't generally care about a sick animal, we saw a group of individuals coming together to help in every way possible

-Palthu Janwar brought a rather different perspective when it came to work in non-passionate fields, it taught us to adjust to circumstances we have no control over

-Another spectacular element was the design of the lead actress (Sruthy Suresh) which diverted from the norm

It's so redundant to always see a lead actor with a crush by his side. Palthu Janwar took on a more gentle and natural approach

-That kids fashion show in the end credits was 🙌🏾

Basil Joseph is the main attraction. Every supporting cast did their best at performance including Shammi Thilakan, Johny Antony,Dileesh Pothen, Indrans.

Many youngsters can relate to protagonist as he is doing a job that doesn't satisfy him.

One thing that is very appreciable is the length of this movie,if it exceeded 2 hour duration there may be pacing issues but the crew managed to do it under 2 hour

They should have put more efforts to conclude sub plots rather than the climax because they were very much important for the movie.

You can leave the theatre with smile on your face.

As a meat eater I feel hypocritical by saying this 'All lives matter'

I love slow movies, I love original simple movies, I love low budget cute little gems from Malayalam. But this movie wasn't one of them. There is this guy who is pushed to do a job that he didn't wan't. Good premise and I was expecting a his nice journey which changes his perspectives and growing as a person. But none of these things happen in this movie. He goes there, few things happen and a cow delivers at the end. That's it.

I don't understand the hype of this film, or the box office success. Did I miss something or did I watch a different version on OTT !!

If you love good movies , just skip this one. Watch may be Home once again.