‘Thattassery Koottam’ movie review: Arjun Ashokan comes good, but the all-too-familiar tropes disappoint

Be sure to have sufficient popcorn earlier than stepping in to look at Thattassery Koottam as a result of there’s nothing else to carry your curiosity until three-fourths of the film is over. The final half-hour is the place the story falls into the monitor however, sadly, even that’s spoilt by the convoluted ending.

The story a few group of younger males is a well-recognized theme in Malayalam films. Staying true to that template, the children are proven bonding over consuming, ogling girls, and lazing round. Arjun Ashokan, Ganapathy, Unni Rajan P Dev, Appu, and Anish Gopal are convincing as buddies who’re keen to stroll that additional mile for one another.

Arjun (Sanjeev) within the lead function, comes good within the film as a proficient however aimless teen who claims to be finding out for the civil service examination. Though he hails from a reputed goldsmith’s household, Arjun desires to don’t have anything to do with it, though his uncle (Vijayaraghavan) has taught him the craft. Nevertheless, circumstances power him to make an ornate neckpiece for a valued consumer of his uncle’s. Arjun opens Pandora’s field when he loans it to Athira (Priyamvada in a lacklustre function) for a rampwalk.

To avoid wasting face and to assist his nephew, his uncle decides to open a jewelry store for Sanjeev. Sadly, the store is looted on the eve of its inauguration, and that’s when the film good points some traction.

The buddies resolve to trace down the villains… however that a part of the story has nothing to do with the primary half of the movie (however for the looks of the 5 buddies). Lastly, they retrieve their stolen jewelry, and open the store and that’s when Dileep places in a cameo look as Abbas’ elder brother! That’s the benefit of being a producer. After all of the others actors do the laborious work, the producer seems on this superhero function (shock, shock) and cleans up the mess.

Anoop Padmanabhan’s maiden directorial enterprise has a screenplay and dialogues by Santosh Echikanam and a narrative by Geo PV. The senseless storyline and the director’s lack of expertise are evident because the movie meanders via until the interval after which some extra, with some punchlines offering a number of weak laughs right here and there. Anoop, Dileep’s brother, has definitely taken a number of cues from his brother’s movies.

Even the presence of competent actors similar to Siddique, Sreelakshmi and Mammukoya can’t inject life into the plot. Furthermore, all through the movie, the hero goes zipping round on a motorcycle with by no means a helmet wherever close to him!

With Malayalam cinema making nice strides within the number of themes, narratives and remedy, alongside comes Thattassery Koottam that has determined to stay to the previous, disappointing tropes.