Tag: #KhalidRehman

Love

A puzzle built with hallucinations and few incidents. That’s how love can be summarized easily.
Love begins with a scene where Rajisha’s character coming to know that she is pregnant. Then we witness a fight between the characters of Rajisha and Shine .We feel like have seen such situations in many films earlier. Few characters enter and gives the story a strange U Turn.


The biggest positive is the writing of the characters. Before introducing the central characters, Khalid Rehman gets into the pivotal incident and builds the tension in the viewer. Then Gokulan’s character walks in (well-written one). The character is thinking about suicide due to family problems. Soon, Sudhi Koppa’s character enters. Through both these characters, we could get an idea about Shine’s character. Scene with Johny Antony talks about patriarchy hidden in the mind of Shine’s character.
But the final twist may keep questions unanswered for few. Rehman could have kept scenes clarifying the twist.


My pick of the performances is obviously Gokulan as he has got a meaty character. Second best will be Shine as he portrays the conflicts of the flawed ‘Anoop’. Rajisha did her part well in total but scores nicely towards the end when she gets more screen space.
Background score keeps building the tension in scenes throughout. Few shots were top class. Cuts were fine though few scenes may feel stretched.
Love transports us to that flat and gives a thrilling experience, added with a pinch of humour. Love isn’t a movie to throw out when you come out of the cinema hall. It need a complete retrospection or decoding after watching for better understanding.

Unda

Unda follows a gang from Kerala police travelling to Bastar for election duty.What happens when they head to maoist attack in a situation where bullets are inappropriate and arriving bullets go missing.

After watching trailer,i felt it similar to the brilliant Hindi movie Newton.Newton focussed on educating the importance of election to the local people.Unda starts from newton setup and Khalid rehman adds satire element in their inexperience of handling tough situations.1st half quickly set up the base including casual approach of the officers,Water scarcity and personal issues of the officers.Interval block was unbelievably funny.Rehman reduces satire in 2nd half and inserts the adivasi issue to the major conflict.The emotional scene after fight and the shocking bomb blast beautifully relates the audience to adivasi issue.Kudos to the Khalid for narrating the message visually.

Mani sir is an officer who hasn’t faced challenging cases in his 15 year career. Mammotty as mani sir puts up a splendid show (Watch for the scene where the team captain asks to forgive him).Shine tom ‘shines’ as egoistic officers.Arjun ashokan as cool guy was also good. Prasanth pilai’s bgm created the ambiance well(especially in that pickpocket scene)with northern folk song.Frames were good enough for an unexpected attack at any time.Only negative is that 1 or 2 felt forced.

Mani sir and team are never usual cinematic cops.I could digest the climax mass fight because it was required for survival. In short, Unda is a realistic ode to the restless service of cops.

Rating:3.5/5