Anveshippin kandethum

 It's relatively easy to write a review on bad movies. Good movies are often hard to write about. The more difficult ones to write about are those that sit somewhere in between, the kind of movies that neither disappoint nor particularly excite. Anveshippin Kandethum falls into that category for me. 

The film feels like the sum of two separate parts. The story of the first half doesn't have much to do with story of the 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, the second half was totally a new investigation altogether. Movie is about two different investigations done by same team in different circumstances. Connected only by the fact that they were never able to catch the culprit alive. Possibly a first of its kind in that regard. 

As one character (a policeman by profession and chef by hobby) rightly observes, in real life an investigator would probably find the first case easier to solve than the second, were it not for the vested interests of senior officials. Yet, within the film, it is the first half that feels sharper, tighter, and more engaging than 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.