Shakespeare may be happy!!

In the beginning I wondered if it was a theme similar to Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express.

The character of the sub inspector also makes you remember Sherlock Holmes.

But soon the non-linear, “mindless” and sometimes “boring” looking screenplay made me leave that station behind till the last one hour of the movie was left when the first of the plot reveals happened.

But as the movie began chugging into its destination and I saw the final shot of the burning toddy shop popularly known as Pravinkood Shapp, I began wondering if even the famous and celebrated playwright William Shakespeare who gave the world Othello could have conjured such a story and screenplay as this one.

It’s amazing to see how the focus of who is the hero/ protagonist of the film changes as the movie progresses.

Hats off to Soubin Shahir’s final smile scene.

I so wish to describe that smile and compare it with so many other famous smiles but for the people who haven’t seen the movie yet, I will just leave it by appreciating the skill of the writer cum director who conjured Soubin’s character, his looks, makeup and for extracting that smile. Hats off!!

There can be such a long discussion I can have on that smile alone.

I love such intrigue when real life becomes boring and secondary to such fiction.

Thankfully it didn’t disturb or sicken me anywhere as much as Maharaja’s plot reveal did towards its end.

Great watch available on Sony Liv.