Anveshippin kandethum

 It's relatively easy to review bad movies. Ok to good movies are often hard to write about. I am talking about the kind of movies that neither disappoint nor particularly excite. I felt this film falls into that category. 

Anveshippin kandethum is actually the sum of its parts. The story of first half doesn't have much to do with story of second. They could have both existed on their own. At the end of the first half, I was wondering what's left to investigate. Actually there was none, it was totally a new investigation altogether. Movie is about two different investigations done by same team in different circumstances. Possibly a first of its kind in that regard. 

As the character, a policeman by profession chef by hobby, rightly pointed out, in a real life scenario an actual investigator, in terms of the complexity, would possibly find  the first case easier to solve, compared to the second one, if not for the ulterior motives of the senior officials. But however in the movie, the first half was more crisper and intriguing compared to the second. 

Other than the one decoy placed in each half, Anveshippin kandethum is lower in the scale of suspenseful elements added, unlike the movies of this genre. One could argue that real life investigations are possibly like this, devoid of cinematic elements. But the movie is not without cinematic moments so to speak. So somewhere I felt it was not consistent. Maybe I have a wrong reference for comparison, Kuttavum Shikshayum. Tone remained consistent throughout that movie. It was non-cinematic from start to end. 

Anveshippin isn't a kind of movie that demands nuanced performances. And most of the actors have done a decent job. 

The movie was good. Just that I would prefer watching it on tv in the comfort of my sofa. And I possibly would have liked it better then.