Kallanum Bhagavathiyum Movie Review: A story that falls short

Evaluation: Kallanum Bhagavathyum has a promising, if considerably old style premise. When a thief tries to steal the idol of the goddess Bhagavathy and nearly drowns within the course of, she is available in particular person to rescue him. She then finally ends up residing in his home for per week, until her idol is consecrated on the new temple and she will be able to reside there once more.

It might have labored out to be a loveable movie, with Bhagavathy lodging, with out rancour, in the home of a thief who’s Christian. Mathappan, performed by Vishnu Unnikrishnan, and Mokksha as Bhagavathy have a pleasant chemistry, but it surely’s not used to its potential, and whereas there’s, apparently, mutual love and respect, she isn’t developed as a guiding power for good in his life. After all, he turns over a brand new leaf, but it surely’s not clear how.

As a substitute, we simply get a number of typical comedy scenes, the place Mathappan’s buddy thief tries to monetise the goddess’s presence and an oracle tries to exorcise her. The humour doesn’t actually work on this movie written by KV Anil and directed by East Coast Vijayan.

The romance between Mathappan and a lady he bumps into in a graveyard feels compelled. Principally, the characters haven’t been thoughtfully developed, with storylines falling quick. The non secular tolerance/acceptance facet additionally feels a bit problematic for these instances.