Irupathiyonnam Noottandu DVD Released

Disastrous would be the simplest word I could find to describe the second directorial of Arun Gopy titled Irupathiyonnam Noottandu. When I saw the underwhelming trailer, I thought the movie would have some content and only Pranav Mohanlal could end up being the cringe factor. But luckily for Pranav, the script becomes his companion throughout the movie and for the viewers, this 162 minutes long movie is a tiresome experience that just doesn’t work on any level.

 So Appu is a surfer in Goa who lives with his parents. His father Baba is like a retired gangster-like figure who now doesn’t have the old charm and power. Appu happens to meet a girl named Saya during New Year’s Eve at a Goan party and the girl eventually becomes his love interest. But there were restrictions for Saya which was unknown to Appu. And the movie Irupathiyonnam Noottandu shows us how Appu realizes those problems and frees her from all that.

Anyone who has seen Imtiaz Ali’s highway would definitely understand from where Arun Gopy got the spark for the story. I even liked how he placed the nun element into it. But the major issue is that this particular area and aspect is only a minuscule part of the script which is unbearably typical. After the movie, I was thinking about a lot of subplots in the movie which had no real relevance. The writer in Arun Gopy has his opinion on many ongoing events and it almost seems like he created scenes to state his viewpoints on those issues without even thinking whether it will do any good to the whole movie. The only thing I liked in the trailer was that last action set piece and even that got canned in a very clumsy way, making me feel almost exhausted.