Sathyam Paranja Vishwasikuvo HD Released

Working with a wonderful little screenplay, G Prajith has crafted a superb story that shows you can make a compelling movie without bombastic dialogues, action scenes or even a big star cast. Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum writer Sajeev Pazhoor has delivered another simple, but layered tale with interesting twists and occasional laugh-out-loud moments that keep the film moving at a good pace. The story is about a bunch of masons and labourers, their small problems, and the alcoholism that looms around them. It’s an addiction that disrupts their lives, but something that they can’t give up; hilariously even when they go to visit a friend who has committed suicide.

This bunch feel their bad days are over when they try to made good use of an accident, but does crime pay? Tied into this is a political aside, where the local panchayat leaders try to use a crux situation to their advantage, by playing sly, dirty games. The police, on the other hand, are shown as brutal and tender in turns. Both portrayals seem realistic. Some of the depictions of our society come in very minor frames, but are nuanced and funny.

Sathyam Paranja Viswasikkuvo works because of the storytelling, but also because everyone seems to have done their best. The cinematography by Shehnad Jalal is gripping, when it comes to one of the most important scenes in the film, the accident. The acting is flawless. If you think Biju Menon is reduced to doing another Vellimoonga, you would be mistaken. The supporting cast of Alencier, Dinesh Nair and even the ubiquitous Bengali, who is particularly sweet, are perfect. Sumvrutha is good in her small role. The songs, composed by Shaan Rahman and Viswajith, are sure to be popular, though the background score by Bijibal is a tad too dramatic.

On the whole, it looks like the year which started with the widely appreciated Kumbalangi Nights, has been gifted another little gem in the middle of the year.