Munnariyippu- A Multi layered Psycho thrille...oh no..i am confused.

There are some films that communicate indirectly with the viewer.
There are some films that you cant leave at the halls.
There are some films which you cant resist to carve your brains.

Munnariyippu opens with a lengthy shot / title card depicting a group of ants carrying a dead lizard.The protagonist Raghavan also has his own philosophy about life," its just a quandary before it comes to a stand still."

Unni R

One cannot call this film an experiment in malayalam since we had witnessed much more strange/extreme experiments once in this language but considering its time of birth after a decade( or more) of stereotypical, star-centric film culture we should acknowledge it using the term 'audaciously bold'. Dialogues with insight which doesn't feel artificial, and requires a re reading can only be written by a man with genius. Unni R nails it off in its most adorable fashion. A multi layered ,genre defining movie that starts rolling in your mind once you finish watching it.

Movie is centered around C K Raghavan ( Mammootty) who lived twenty years in Jail for murdering two women, and a freelance journalist( Aparna Gopinath) who finds the writings of Raghavan interesting and try to translate and sell it out to fulfill her career dreams. As Mammooty is playing Raghavan everyone will be excited to know his past and impatiently waiting to get answers for "did he killed?" ," If not who else", " if he did, then why?" and at least a glimpse of that sepia toned flashback that gives a vague hint. But what makes it a unique watch is the decision of our film maker to keep the narrative straight and right in the present . You will be leaving the theatre with no information regarding his past and each one will come with a different answer according to their sensibility and Raghavan still remaining a mystery .

Another face of the movie is about the real freedom and new age corporate journalism and a chain of events that connects them..Raghavan is really caged once he is released from jail and the journalist who is supposed to use her medium to find the human in him try to use his genius as a stepping stone for her career and once she finds it impossible ,thinks to start everything afresh.And suddenly comes the culmination point of this drama and even the less engaged viewer will start thinking about the whole plot.

Backed by some excellent actors( both senior and new age,specially mentioning that little boy who supplies him food) and of course Aparna who transferred us all the tensions of that journalist till the climax and the carefully lit up room of C K Raghavan and his speechless shots that felt like a poetic display by a veteran cinematographer.

Venu, an old still with John

There are some films that need a repeated watch to contain it in whole.
Brilliantly written, outstandingly narrated and leaves you shocked with a mind full of questions/answers.

NEVER MISS