‘Corona Dhavan’ movie review: Malayalam liquor comedy has its moments, but fails to make an impact – The Hindu
Corona Dhavan is so much; a number of intertwined plots and subplots, after which some extra. It has extra characters than a traditional Russian novel, and CC’s debut movie doesn’t stay as much as the promise of the trailer. The film pivots round 30 bottles of ‘Dhavan’, a fictional model of liquor obtainable in Kerala, and a number of other teams of individuals together with cops looking for it.
Supposed to be a comic book caper, the film stars Lukman Avaran as Vinu within the lead function. He has the stash which just about everybody in Anathadam, the place the movie is positioned, desires. Set within the backdrop of the lockdown, it serves as a stroll down reminiscence lane to that troublesome time of masks, social distancing, COVID assessments, sanitisers and drones being employed by cops to watch gatherings, violating social distancing and so forth. Liquor was one of many issues that grew to become a premium merchandise. Since bars and Bevco retailers have been shut, these searching for booze resorted to excessive measures for his or her repair together with ingesting sanitisers, Ayurvedic concoctions and with a number of adventurous even distilling alcohol at residence.
Vinu buys the liquor to entertain friends attending his sister’s wedding ceremony, which is known as off when she elopes with a pal of his. Everybody within the village is aware of he has the stash, and the boys look ahead to the ‘celebration’ that’s not to be.
Johny Antony in ‘Corona Dhavan’
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As phrase concerning the stash spreads, others be a part of the fray of potential ‘clients’ with some keen to pay greater than 10 instances the worth. That is the place the issue with the narrative begins; there are approach too many characters and subplots. With a gifted forged of character actors that embrace Johny Antony, Sunil Sukhada, Irshad, Sreenath Bhasi, and Shivaji Guruvayoor, the director will need to have felt the strain to do justice to every. The narrative lacks cohesion, and appears extra like a collection of episodes strung collectively. Comedy is just not simple to tug off, and Corona Dhavan doesn’t meet expectations.
It’s a movie for males, by males. The ingesting jokes could be misplaced, and conditions and areas overseas to girls. That mentioned, not as many ladies ventured out in the course of the lockdown as males. The feminine characters and actors barely have something to do. The extraordinarily gifted Seema G Nair is, as typical, underutilised, and the opposite two are stereotypes; the sister who elopes taking all of the gold ornaments purchased for the marriage, and the romantic curiosity essayed by Sruthy Jayan who ditches Vinu ultimately for a ‘secure, succesful and safe’ match.
Corona Dhavan (Malayalam)
However Corona Dhavan does have its moments of situational humour, which makes one snort out loud; the climax is one such occasion. The drone episode is hilarious too, however is drawn-out and one can’t assist questioning the way it matches into the scheme of issues; equally, inserting the ‘competitors’ between the Excise Division and Kerala Police into the plot appears pressured. The debutant director and author, Sujai Mohanraj, have many issues to say, however have simply packed all the things into the movie. The result’s that it’s in all places.
The A ranking is, initially, complicated. Nevertheless, on watching the movie it’s clear that it’s justified. Worse [read violent] movies have handed with out it however… the movie, although a piece of fiction, appears to counsel that consumption of liquor makes for a enjoyable raison d’etre!
Corona Dhavan is presently working in theatres
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