Taking us through the police procedures and criminal gangs dealing with the lost gun, the film thoroughly keeps one engaged in the first half. However, the second half is more about the emotional motive behind the murders committed by the middle-aged person, whose identity gets revealed quite early in the film, killing the intriguing suspense.
Though based on a routine revenge plot, Kadaseela Biriyani still delivers as a unique film, presenting the predictable content in the most unusual manner. The bizarre yet appreciable execution turns it into an original film, which is also unsettling because of its gruesome violence. Directed by the debutant Nishanth Kalidindi, it has unique characters.
The old man representing fate announces that he will be playing a game with Sabhaapathy’s life soon after a road accident. It certainly changes his life when he finds a bag full of notes of 20 crores falling out of a burning van belonging to a corrupt politician. But strangely, the accident happens one hour into the film around intermission, giving almost nothing to write about its initial hour.
Conceived as an insight into the life of the fugitive, still wanted by the Kerala police, Kurup sounds exciting as per its basic premise. A fictionalised account of the real-life incidents of the infamous criminal Sukumara Kurup (Dulquer Salmaan), the film is a tale of four decades, from the mid-60s to the early years of the new millennium.
It is nothing less than another sad tragedy that a significant percentage of Indian movie lovers are not even aware of an extremely gifted, National award-winning actor Sanchari Vijay. An exceptional performer with an amazing versatility reminding you of veterans like Sanjeev Kumar, Vijay was known for his excellence achieved in all character-driven projects in his career of just 25+ films.