There is a favorite quote of mine - venda veruppa pullaya pethu gaanda mirugam nu per vachaanam. Maareesan movie does quite fall into that description, but looking at the way it ended, made me wonder, indha padathuku kaanda mirugamnay per vachurkalam. But why Maareesan??!!!
Malayalam movie world has made Indian cinema take note of its success and its mastery in the thriller genre. The movie begins in similar note to any Malayalam crime story with even the lead actor being borrowed from there - Fahadh Faasil. Vadivelu in a "Maamannan" lite avatar, hardly gets to crack an emotion on face except for sticking very close to the character of being an Alzheimer patient. Alzheimer's patient na emote panna koodathu purinjintaangalo enamo!! Or probably it is called under play?? ennamo onnu. He comes with same pose mood and performance throughout the first half and the story moves from one town to another, taking as much time to travel in real time in reel as well!!! All just for stealing 21 lakhs in bank balance from vadivelu by Fahadh who offers to take him to all those places in his stolen bike!! The interval portion totally turns the story into a whole new genre and a vigilante avatar of vadivelu comes to fore. The reason for all those killings by an old man, who is well into attaining senior citizenship status and considering the strength of the people killed by him, it makes no logical sense. And cleverly the director doesn't dwell deep into those killings and poses them as a passing reference. The second half struggles because you can only sweep away so much into a paper thin carpe of a story and somewhere the conflict has to be "shown". The pedo villain reveal towards the end was a nice twist and the moment it is revealed you can guess how he would be killed. The best part about the movie being, it keeps you hooked on to almost 3/4th of the running time and that makes up for the rushed climax and ending. The entire journey and the camaraderie between Fahad and vadivelu who make up for almost every scene in the movie, makes it worth a watch.
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