Finals narrate the story of cyclist Alice(Rajisha) and her father Vargheese (Suraj).Alice sets her goal to win Olympic medal in 2020 Olympics and starts her practice day and night.But fate and sports authority changed everything.

Finals begins with title card paying tribute to Olympic medal winners and starts similar to the story of rise of a cyclist from a village in Kattapana to Olympic medal.But Director Arun wants to convey more than and he succeeds in it too.

First half establishes the issues of Vargheese Maash and the relation of Alice with his childhood friend Manuel. Script gives equal priority to the politics inside Sports department ,difficulties that the players face and the dreams of Alice and Vargheese. Barring few flaws in execution initially,The best part is that Director Arun is not trying to be loud and explain every aspect. Let the visuals speak for themselves.(That’s good).It’s also good that Director handles emotional scenes (especially climax) subtly. Rajisha performs quite well as a professional Cyclist and apts her body language too. Suraaj puts up a magnificent show(probably the best in the list) as a doting father and helpless coach.Other notable perfromers are Niranj,Maniyan Pilla Raju,Nisthar Sait ,Sona Nair and TiniTom.

Pradeep Elamon elevates the beauty of the movie with his landscape and aerial shots of Vagamon and Kattappana.(Cycling championship scenes) .Songs suits the mood and so does the background score. Finals stand apart from the Star-budded festival season potboiler entertainers .It is disheartening to say that i watched this film in a theatre with almost 80 % of the seats empty.

Give a chance to Finals.It won’t disappoint .

Rating:3.5/5