Kurup : Says nothing new

 Kurup tells us nothing that we did not know about the mysterious disappearance of the criminal. In fact it goes on about the Indian Air Force Days of Kurup and it hardly excites us . Wonder why the director took such pains to recreate the old Mumbai with sepia tones etc. If that portion goes missing too, it does not affect the plot. So the search which is yet another  boring  affair goes on and then finally ends of a note of  justice delivered . 

Keralites of the 80's generation used to wove tales of this untraceable Sukumara Kurup and retired police officers talked about their role in tracking down the fugitive. He was Kerala's Mr Natwarlal and Bunti Chor. After this film, Kurup will be seen as a mentally deranged guy and probably some mental asylum might have records of him.

Salman does have the ampere to carry off this role but  he is let down by a weak writing. There is hardly anything other the Kurup role in the film and all other have not much to offer. Here and there the BGM makes us remember that we are seeing a thriller. Yet another shocker- Media reports that a sequel is to follow.

Nizhal (shadow): No idea why Nayanthara agreed to be part of this stupid film

Nizhal (Malayalam film) evoked curiosity as it had Nayanthara in it and she being the Lady Superstar of Tamil, is said to do a film in other language for either the role or the money. Obviously with Kunchacko Boban as hero, the money cannot be the reason and so it had to be the role. Next we were shown posters of Boban in mask that looked like he was a Zorro. Title said Nizhal (shadow). Director Appu is said to be whizkid of editing.

Films starts with great scenes and you keep wondering where in the hell is such places in Kochi. First the mask is said to be a sort of aid to put the fractured nose bone in place. Second you are led to a boy ( son of single mother Nayanthara who works for motion graphics) who writes down about murders that happened 30 years back. So Chackoachan who is a munsiff by profession starts to trace out this mystery. Events are true. So how did this boy know this ? Supernatural force- paranormal ?. Hang on

All these stories were told to Nayan's mother and she heard them as a baby and she in told it to her kid son. Narrator is her uncle (Lal) who did the murders for the party (???). So Munsiff now protector of Nayan's say you have to face the music for murders then. Nayan's takes pity on Uncle and tells him to vanish. Does he vanish ? Why does he want to kill Nayans ? The answers will leave you in splits.

The technical lineup is very impressive. Sadly the guy Sanjeev who wrote the script probably did not have enough stuff to build on. Camera- Music all good but the writing ???.  Still I am trying to figure out why Nayans did Nizhal? Did Appu edit the films of Vignesh Shivan free?.