Just like how Malayalam audiences embraced most outsiders, best examples being Mammootty and Mohanlal, and provided them with ample opportunities that star kids seldom received, they showed patience (and continue to do so) with Asif Ali too and waited for him to deliver.
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Roby Varghese Raj's Kannur Squad, starring Mammootty in the lead role, is undoubtedly a solid police procedural that unfolds at a measured tempo, avoiding excessive dramatisation. However, its notable resemblances to earlier films within the same genre prevent it from being truly fresh.
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