‘Veyil’ movie review: Throwing light on some dark facets

Veyil may be fairly a wierd title for a movie when there may be hardly a ray of sunshine within the lifetime of its protagonist. However then, it is also a reference to the tough rays that drain the life out of vegetation, leaving them dry, and the earth parched. That is how life has been for Siddharth (Shane Nigam), who has infrequently had an prolonged interval of happiness.

Out of the few years of his life that the viewers will get to comply with, there are solely a handful of moments when he really smiles from coronary heart, as he does through the short-lived love affair with Shruthi (Sona Olickal), when they’re Plus Two college students. The script, written by director Sarath himself, traces again his sorrow, anger and frustration to his dwelling, the place he’s taken as a right and never handled on par together with his elder brother Karthik (Saed Imran), a medical pupil.

Many parts

Sarath makes use of the fabric in a number of methods, to have a look at the inner friction throughout the household, particularly between Siddharth and his mom (Sreerekha), and his sluggish descent into criminality. The latter is without doubt one of the issues that the movie will get proper. Similar to Siddharth, the viewers too may discover it onerous to establish the precise level the place he takes the flip to the darkish facet, though discovering the explanations for a similar may be simpler. It additionally goes with the character of the script, which is obscure in elements, leaving fairly just a few issues unsaid and labouring needlessly over the issues which might be considerably clear.

Because the minion in a gang of politically related thugs, Siddharth at occasions unleashes horrific behaviour that can’t be justified even by his circumstances. Apart from that, it’s a position that may have similarities to Shane’s earlier characters, which have all been within the mould of this disinterested, aimless, and annoyed youth. The script, even whereas focussing on Siddharth, provides virtually equal significance and character to these round, be it his continuously struggling mom, his closest pal Merin (Merin Jose Pottackal), his good-at-heart brother, who’s perplexed by Siddharth’s behaviour, not realising it has one thing to do with him too.

The brilliant spots

One of many downers for the movie is a sure dullness to the proceedings, which can’t be defined away simply by the type of theme it’s coping with. Satirically, a number of the darkest occasions within the movie, particularly the important thing occasion involving Siddharth’s brother and a mentally challenged relative of theirs, seem because the brightest spots, on account of their execution.

Veyil has some well-written, well-executed passages, one can not however want for some stage of trimming and a bit extra of coherence.