Malayalam film Unda breaks the sacred protocol of ‘Mammootty-in-khaki’ films, a genre in itself. Khalid Rahman starts with the near-blasphemous act of panning camera to the actor's face before introducing us to his boots, a ritual we are so familiar with. The script penned by Khalid Rahman and Harshad weaves a vibe so fluid that you are easily sucked into its easy spontaneity. And his graph moves hand-in-hand with all others including a perpetually sulking Jojo (Shine Tom Chacko) and Biju (Lukman) who struggles with his subaltern identity. Unda is a film that takes us far from all the tropes of mainstream, yet it hits the bullseye, fair and square.

Source: The Hindu June 15, 2019 11:15 UTC