Mohanlal plays Sukumaran who approaches Gopalakrishnan (Sreenivasan) for the approval of building a house. Gopalakrishnan is a corrupt officer who accepts bribes from almost everybody and does the same from Sukumaran. Gopalakrishnan has big dreams for his daughter to get an admission for medicine and so accepts bribes to make money.
There are instances in the movie that reminds of the great pair on the screen years before. In all fairness, there are some really nice elements in the story and Sreenivasan has smartly woven it all into a decent script, which makes the movie a watchable one. But the problem here is that, it never goes beyond a superficial level with the story of a corrupt system being limited to a few characters.
The narrative could have been more interesting if the director had gone for a more stylish or a modern presentation, but no such luck here. The strength of the story is some surprising twists in the tale but too many of them make it a tad boring after a while.
MG Sreekumar's music is fine and the song 'padan ninakkoru' is hummable.
Sameera Reddy plays Mohanlal's wife who suits a petition for divorce. She looks wooden most of the times, perhaps her character is moulded in that way and she has done it nicely. Devayani has to do a very dumb character as wife of Sreenivasan and has done well.
In all, the movie is a good one if we consider the acting level of the casts. But acting alone can't do all. The main problem is the second half of the movie, may be it has been made very bad, even worse. The first half of the movie is a real pleasure to watch where Mohanlal has done a very superb performance. But considering other movies that are released in these days, the movie will surely run for over 60 days.
Movies 4 U Verdict: 6 stars out of 10.
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