Kilometers and Kilometers

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After a long wait where it was unsure whether the Tovino Thomas starrer would have a theatrical run or be screened on any OTT, Kilometres and Kilometres premiered on Asianet today.

And the team composed of 3-National Award winners didn't disappoint, delivery an above average experience. A quaint, quirky road movie that never achieves greatness but manages to entertain, Kms n Kms works primarily because of Tovino, who gives an earnest performance.

Call me biased but as a bullet owner, I instantly connected to the protagonist's deep love for his two-wheeler which forms the crux of the movie.

As the trailer gave away, the movie narrates the story of a broke village handyman who embarks on a cross-country road trip as a guide to a tourist. The various trials and tribulations they face on their journey forms the rest of a simple, heartwarming tale.

The stunning visuals as the lead pair traverses Goa, Gujarat, Rajasthan and the Himalayas add further sheen to the narrative.

Sidharth Siva and Joju George shine in their supporting roles while the female lead played by New York-based actress India Jarvis is adequate.

Set your expectations rights and this will not disappoint. Recommended. See less

Movie is purely realistic. Tovino just nailed. Joju George gave his good performance in 1st half but not found in 2nd half. Clearly the movie shows we should be proud to be an Indian amd to follow a good relationship. Money saves today but makes us fall throughout the life from tomorrow

Poor screen play, dialogues and an average story line . Didn't feel emotionally connected to the characters or the story..even the chemistry between actor and actress was also weak.the cinematography atleast could gave been better as it is a travel movie but that also was weak. Biggest tragedy is that the script writer is giving life to his idea of American culture in a very negative manner and praising the indian family system.. propagating this stereotypes in today's world is a below average thinking.

It started off as a pretty interesting road movie and ended by confusing everyone,because it feels like even the writers found it difficult to conclude this movie within a single genre and a decent ending.Moreover the American traveller character is pretty much a stereotyped version as of how Indians consider foreigners(caring only about themselves, thinking only about money are some prejudiced ideas).Such a depiction is similar to how hollywood movies depict India in their movies;like an undeveloped and illiterate society of people.Over all it is one time watchable.

A new movie of an upcoming star of Malayalam movie industry released directly to a satellite channel had raised much expectations. Right from the title to the promos viewers were expecting a road movie. It starts ok. But then gets confused on which direction to move on to and ends up being a mishmash of genres. The lead actor who's had some nice movies hams it up over here. Nice locations, a couple of good songs and a hope that things will turn for the better is what keeps us going along with this poor effort on storytelling. Eventually one ends up realising it is beyond redemption. I watched this on cable network and am not sure if the channel had further edited the movie at their end which turned the movie for the worse. It was the premiere show of the movie released on cable channel and this was my take away.