Banglore Days | Movie Review | Dulquer Salmaan, Nivin Pauly, Naziya Nazim, Fahadh Faasil, Parvathy and Nithya Menen

Bangalore Days - Movie Review 

Dir. Anjali Menon

Cast. Dulquer Salmaan, Nivin Pauly, Naziya Nazim, Fahadh Faasil, Parvathy and Nithya Menen

This is no less than a blissful rendition of a journey of three people, albeit concentrating around events and occurrences which are comprehensively and effectively real. Anjali Menon writes and directs the story of three Malayali cousins, who go through the perceived ups and downs of life while they are all in Bangalore. While one of them settles in the city owing to her marriage, one gets a job in an I.T company and the third gets himself posted there owing to a job in a dirt-racing garage. This film revolves around these characters, namely Divya, Krishnan P.P and Arjun, and it's a soul-rendering depiction of friendship, relationship and the journey of love. It portrays diurnal struggles, trials and tribulations, but in a very light-hearted manner. All the characters are conceivably human(with a bigger heart and soul than we readily come across generally), and the plot takes plausible positive turns where it could have taken a darker route. Though the runtime of the film is a whopping 2 hour 50 minutes, I was not bored or distracted for a single fraction of a second. 

Speaking about the performances, this film has a stellar cast comprising Dulquer Salmaan, Nivin Pauly, Naziya Nazim, Fahadh Faasil, Parvathy and Nithya Menen. Every actor gave his/her fullest to portray each of the layered characters. Faasil and Parvathy played two of the toughest characters in the film, and they were phenomenal.

 Anjali Menon deserves a mention here, as the dialogues and narrative sketches of the respective performances were penned down with a considerable intent, which was suggestive of the fact that the writer is ab ardent observer of human behaviours. Gopi Sundar's musical renditions were situational per se. Moreover, they constituted a treat for the ears. The cinematography requires a special mention, as the film covers narrative junctures covering the personal, the collective and the outsider aspects. The camera works accordingly, plying along with zoom-ins, close shots, wide angle cuts and eagle-eye views. The dirt-track shots were sensational, and the credit goes to Sameer Thahir. 

This epic joyride of a film is presently streaming on Disney+ Hotstar, and is highly recommended.

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