Director: Darwin Kuriakose
Writer: Jinu Abraham
Cast: Tovino Thomas, Siddique, Indrans, Jaffer Idukki, Pramod Velliyanad
Available in: Theatres
Runtime: 145 minutes
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Darwin Kuriakose’s debut film Anweshippin Kandethum (2024) is the latest in the list of recent Malayalam films that chronicle the journey of a team of police officers investigating a complex case. The other titles in the list include Operation Java (2021), Kuttavum Shiksayum (2022), Thankam (2023) and Kannur Squad (2023), among others.
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A seamless blend of Jinu Abraham’s old-school writing sensibility and a frantic visual tone drives the film forward at a relentless pace, especially in the first half. The dialogues, however, are a bit on the nose in several crucial scenes and undercut the film’s tendency to go for a grounded approach.
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The ever-intuitive yet unlucky hero building a team of humiliated cops has always been a dependable conceit for screenwriters looking to ground a seemingly normal crime story within the confines of a genre entertainer, and it is no different in Anweshippin Kandethum.