Prathi Poovankozhi DVD Released

We are living in a time when showing sensitivity to women's issues and respecting sexual boundaries are mandatory. Prathi Poovankozhi seems to captivated by this trending issue, but is a case of missing the woods for the trees.

Manju Warrier plays Madhuri, a woman so infuriated by an assault on her in a bus, that she feels compelled to hit back. But Antappan, played astoundingly well by director Rosshan Andrrews, is a marketplace rowdy who is not to be messed with. Madhuri witnesses first hand how merciless he can be, but that doesn't deter her and she sets out on a search for him over the next few days, unmindful of the severe financial crisis in her house and willing to compromise her job as a textile shop sales girl.

There must hardly be a girl or woman who hasn't faced one of these sexual assaults in public; sometimes you literally or verbally hit back, sometimes you seethe and cringe in the memory of that horrible touch. But it is unlikely that you put your life on hold because of it.

Without wanting to say so, we are having to say, men don't really get it. Unni R's script is surprisingly flimsy. The characters played by Anusree and Grace Antony are confused and not fleshed out.

A lot of situations are not well explained; this seems to be a problem with the editing. Gopi Sundar's music is good and gels nicely with the situations, though a tad old-fashioned.

Saiju Kurup seems to be reinventing himself with every role in his past few films. He plays a cop with very grey shades with a mix of comedy and menace. But of course, this is a Manju Warrier - and to an extent a Rosshan Andrrews - vehicle and she shows her star power once again. But is it enough to rescue the show? It's a difficult act to pull off. Watch if you want to see women get retributive justice.