Malik ( Malayalam) is nothing but a rehash of the the I V sasi- T Ddamodaran films on the Calicut backdrop with smuggling- Muslim community - scheming politicians and cops. It used to have almost entire stars in the film . It used to come right when the newspapers were hot about these topics. Now those of my Tamil friends say that it bears resemblance to Nayakan. The old man character is the reason for this I guess. Fahad Faasil himself has said that Nayakan does hang like a cloud over the subject. I would disagree . There are shades of Tharadas to the role. By just Fahad's acting or the technical prowess at play by director Mahesh Narayanan , does not make it an engaging viewing to those who watched I V Sasi film and to those who take Nayakan as the benchmark for a gangster film. Nimisha gets a meaty role and she delivers it.
Vaazhi comes from Arun Prabhu who directed Aruvi, a well appreciated film. Add to it that it is produced by Sivakarthikeyan ( not known to do any films of substance), it turns out to be a film for viewers who are on a trip and not to those who look for some sort of a sanity in the proceedings. The film is said to be the misadventures of an IT guy. The film is one big bore that you keep looking at the running time ( on Sony Liv). To all credit the last 15- 20 minutes of the film is visually a treat with excellent sound design- BGM and superb editing. On the TV screen itself, it looks great and on big screen it would be mind blowing. As I said before it is for the full blown.
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