After a fruitful time at home, I'm finally back in Bangalore to resume my professional commitments. As the last week of the year is traditionally a festive week, a plethora of movies had hit the screens & due to the paucity of time, I couldn't pen down as to whether those movies were able to satiate the audience in me. The last movie of 2021 was Nadirshah's "Keshu Ee Veedinte Nadhan" which was released on Disney+Hotstar & I was certainly keen to check it out coz of his combo with Dilieep (numerology effect???). Add to that, Urvashi was teaming up with Dilieep as a pair for the first time & from the looks of the trailer, it seemed like a laugh riot. But was it really???
Keshu (Dilieep) runs a driving school & is a miser to the core which is well known within his family. Since he was the custodian of the ancestral property, his siblings & their husbands were keen on having the partition done though he wasn't game for it & had a knack of wriggling out of such sticky discussions. It is at this juncture that all of them decide to make a trip to Rameshwaram to immerse the ashes of his father. However, it turned out to be a trip that changes the fortunes of Keshu in ways that he didnt fathom.
After tasting success with his previous two projects, Nadirshah seemed poised to have a winner in his hands with the cast & crew that he had assembled. But it certainly wasn't to be & without mincing words, this is his weakest movie to date. Interestingly, the script was penned by Sajeev Pazhoor of "Thondimuthalum Dhriksakshiyum" fame & it certainly had no glimpses of that quality in this. The initial interest that builds up gradually wanes with time & there is hardly anything which would pique our attention. Despite the presence of some talented artists, most of the jokes falls flat & has a rather predictable storyline. On the technical side, none of them deserves special mention as it was average at best.
There is no doubt that Dilieep has given an earnest performance & has done justice to his role. By the way, I dont know if it is just me ; but at times his expressions reminded me of "Kunjikoonan". Personally I consider Urvashi as the most versatile actress that the industry, but it is unfortunate she was given a poorly etched role with hardly much to perform with & to be frank, she felt over the top at times. As for the rest of the cast, none of them actually stood out with their act.
Verdict: Undoubtedly a huge disappointment & the blame for that lies completely on the director & a pedestrian script. They ought to have released it in the 90s & even then it would have struggled to interest the audience. In short, apart from a few laughs there is nothing much to harp about!!!
Rating: 2/5
Regards...Ben
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