Express News Service
Gods assuming human forms have always made for amusing storytelling, provided they are written and staged right. Rejishh Midhila’s pleasingly quirky and hilarious new film, Innu Mudhal, is one of those. It casts Kumbalangi Nights-fame Suraj Pops, a refreshingly unconventional choice for playing Lord Krishna.
He addresses everyone as ‘Bro’ or ‘Dude’ and even speaks in a Kochi dialect, using commonplace phrases like, say, “Athokke scene aanu, man” (That’s a problem, man).
He even breaks a few myths, especially with regard to his colour, appearance and the number of women in his life. When one character asks him about his gopikas, he clarifies, “It’s all make-belief, man. I have only one woman, and she has started suspecting me because of those stories.” And when Abhinandan (Siju Wilson) asks him about his flute and peacock, Krishna retorts, “If I walked around looking like that now, people might start calling me something else.”