A real-life story that doesn’t quite connect
Assessment: Vidhi: The Verdict, which was earlier titled Marad 357, is predicated on the demolition of the 4 waterfront residences in Maradu in January 2020, based mostly on a Supreme Courtroom verdict.
The film weaves in two tales; aside from the real-life flat demolition, there’s a story of Wayanad tribal colony murders and police atrocities. The protagonist Bharath (Anoop Menon) and Maniyan (Dharmajan Bolgatty) have escaped from the police atrocities within the colony and have managed to get jobs as a water provider and a safety guard respectively. Bharath, who was in Wayanad as a forest researcher, can also be a vigilante combating corruption in society. The movie opens with a few policemen, looking out the colony close to the flat for Maniyan.
The residents of the flat embody, Sheelu Abraham, who performs a troublesome, however good-at-heart secretary of the flat society, Manoj Okay Jayan, Biju, Senthil and Nooren Shereef. Because the Supreme Courtroom verdict for demolishing the condominium is issued, the film focuses on the residents’ struggle for justice, the loses they face, their monetary and emotional trauma and the corruption amongst authorities and builders and the feelings are well-captured.
Kannan Thamarakulam has knitted the story nicely, co-relating the corruption on the adivasi colony and at Kochi and the sufferings of the widespread man. Anoop Menon is nice in his function as an motion hero. Dharmajan has achieved a great job in his function, a change from his standard comedy. The opposite actors, Sheelu, Manoj Okay Jayan and Senthil, are okay, whereas Nooren was like a contemporary breeze. Harish Kanaran’s cameo will get consideration as all the time.
Music by Sanand George gels with the story and is soothing. Ravi Chandran’s cinematography offers your eyes a deal with, whether or not it’s the backwaters at Kochi or Wayanad’s rural panorama. Dinesh Pallath’s screenplay doesn’t provide you with any new dimension and it doesn’t actually create a join with the viewers, until the second half.
It’s attention-grabbing to see how a real-life story unfolds on display screen, however doesn’t actually get you emotionally concerned. You would give it a miss.
– V Vinod Nair
