Directed
by :Sameer
Thahir
Produced
by : Ashiq Usman,Sameer Thahir
Written
by :Rajesh
Starring :Dulquer Salmaan
Sai Pallavi
Music
by
:Gopi Sundar
Cinematography
:Gireesh Gangadharan
Edited
by
: Vivek Harshan
Production
company :Hand Made Films
Distributed
by :Central
Pictures
Release
date :26
March 2016
Running
time :116
minutes
Language
:Malayalam
Anger
at the tip of your nose does no good to anyone. Its not my finding but a simple
truth. Sameer Thahir's Kali has an angry young man as its protagonist who looses
his temper at the slightest of provocation. Kali is a decent movie to watch
with Dulquer Salman and Sai Pallavi of Premam fame taking the film forward
sharing a good on screen chemistry between them.
At the
same time Kali is not a great film either but definitely watchable. Sidharth
and Anjali are friends from college days who are now husband and wife. As said,
the youngman is a bad tempered guy that even a small thing can bring imbalance
to his nature. Anjali tries her best to make change in him and make him calm
but that nature in Sidharth is something that is inside him from childhood and
hence not changeable overnight.
A
particular incident they end up due to the hot tempered nature of Sidharth is what
that forms the basic crux of the remaining part of the film.Sameer Thahir has
divided the film into two parts and given a totally different shade and
dimension to the two. The first half for a major time basically show the family
life of the couple where Anjali is struggling to control the emotions of her
husband. Though they both are happy, the discontent between the two happen only
when Sidharth looses his cool.
The
latter half deviated from the first half and has a dark shade to it giving more
prominence for some thrills. Few more characters are introduced in the process
where the film takes the shape of a mini road movie happening towards the night
time.There is not much depth in the story. It try to show a man's character of
anger which lead him to trouble. There are situations in our life where a
simple thing towards which we could have closed our eye or ignored gets out of
control. Here too the situation is no different. The protagonist realises this
fact in the end.Sameer Thahir who impressed one and all with a visually
appealing road movie Neelaakasham Pachakadal Chuvanna Bhoomi that also had
Dulquer Salman in the lead on the making side has done a good job. Here too in
Kali, the treatment is clean and the execution of the major part of the story that
happens on a single night helped the film's cause for the good.Dulquer Salman
perfectly fitted into the role of Sidharth. The anger coming out of him after a
little provocation seemed natural and I felt the role to be one tailor made for
him. Sai Pallavi had a great on screen chemistry with Dulquer and as the better
half of Sidharth and her acting was also commendable. Her Malayalam dubbing was
not synching well and a bit annoying too but later when we realise that she
grew up in Masanakudi, a place close to Tamil speaking area, one could
understand that slang was natural to her. But again didn't find any issue when
her parents talked Malayalam, so the diction had its share of trouble.
Vinayakan
was highly impressive. The film begin with an incident connected with this man
and he made sure his character gelled well with the film. Chemban Vinod after
making a good impression in Darwintey Parinaamam makes another notable act
though the character in Kali is not that lengthy.A film these days without
Soubin Shahir is unimaginable. Though he didn't have a big role at his side,
his trademark style was visible in each of the scene he was part of. VK
Prakash, Vanitha and a few more actors are part of the supporting casts with or
without much significance. Kali is visually appealing as well with neatly
executed choreography. Gopi Sundar's music was okay and his background score
gave a different feel to it. Though the use of Chenda in the BGM was something
he tried in Puthiya Niyamam, the one in Kali too is good overall.This film is
not one with a heavy content but is definitely a watchable film. I didn't find
it a bad one and at less than two hours,
Verdict: Kali didn't find itself
boring for me. Lower your expectation level a bit, then you will find it an
okay movie and a passable one too.You can definitely try Kali for a two hour
time pass and its an above average flick for which I settle for three out of
five.
Rating - 3 / 5
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