Padachone Ingalu Katholi: "Inevitably we will call upon padachone as the movie progresses!!!"

Kuthiravattom Pappu is an artist who needs no introduction as the late veteran actor was one of the finest that the industry has seen. Many of his iconic dialogues have earned cult status & one among them is the 'thamarassery churam' from "Vellanakalude Naadu". Taking cue from that, Bijith Bala decided to name his directorial debut venture as "Padachone Ingalu Katholi". He had stated that he had packaged it as a political satire in a manner that will connect with the people. Anyway I seriously doubt that belief as it turned out to be a test of our patience as it was way too long & many of the sequences did nothing apart from induce sleep. 

The script belongs to Pradeep Kumar Kavumthara & it is pretty evident that he had no clue as to how he wanted to convey the central theme. Eventually it concludes with a message that reminded me of comedy skits that we watch on TV, as if to emphasise that they were indeed sure of what they wanted to tell the audience. Dineshan (Sreenath Bhasi) is a teacher with a good reputation who was also part of the left wing political cadre. Incidentally, he fell in love with Renuka (Ann Sheetal) who belonged to a family with right wing ideology. Apparently when a series of ill fortune happens in his life, she coaxes him to seek divine help which in turn sets in motion a series of events. 

There are surely better ways to make a political satire & this is definitely not one of them. Quite a number of subplots mushrooms up for no specific purpose at all & the effort to evoke laughs barely worked. Obviously there is nothing much you can do when the script itself is so shambolic but it surprises me as to why Kiran Das didn't exercise his editing skills convincingly. Even Shaan Rahman's music was average at best. On the performance front, Grace Antony was the pick among the lot while the others like Bhasi, Dinesh Prabhakar, Hareesh Kanaran, Ann etc. did their parts aptly.

Verdict: There was an evident lack of clarity from the makers coz they were not quite sure as to what & how they wanted to tell . Even the tone of the movie oscillated from being a political drama to satire & wasn't able to do justice to either of them. In short, even padachone will not be interested to katholaan this lazily written story!!!

Rating: 1.5/5

Regards...Ben