TRAFFIC

TRAFFIC

Watched the movie for the fourth time

IS THERE ANYTHING LEFT TO SAY ABOUT TRAFFIC????

READ ALL THE THREE REVIEWS ABOUT TRAFFIC I POSTED.

Theatre : TVM Dhanya

Showtime & Date : 6.20pm, 26-01-2011

Status : HOUSEFULL

AND FOR YOU READERS, I'M CONDUCTING A SMALL QUIZ ABOUT TRAFFIC.

ONLY THOSE WHO HAVE SEEN THE MOVIE ONLY CAN ANSWER.

WHATS THE NAME OF CHARACTERS PLAYED BY SAIKUMAR & LENA IN THE MOVIE TRAFFIC? 

PLEASE POST YOUR ANSWERS AS COMMENTS

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What shall I do?

Saw the movie third time in a week after the release.

What a BRILLIANT execution of an EXCELLENT script in a new way.

Theatre  : TVM Dhanya

Showtime & Date : 6.15pm, 12-01-2011

Status : Balcony Full, FC 55-60%

Story

Already said, I won't tell u, go and watch the movie.

Performances

Read this http://vpn-reviews.blogspot.com/2011/01/traffic_10.html

Songs & BGM

Songs by Mejjo Joseph & Samson Kottoor matches the mood of the movie. Samson Kottoor's song, the one used in the climax was SUPERB which matches very well with the thrill in the scenes.

Mejjo Joseph scores very well in BGM department with a very nice theme music.

Mejjo, why u copied KRRISH music in first half, a few minutes before interval? 

Technical

Debutant cinematographer Shyju Khalid was impressive with nice shots especially traffic signal shots and some fast racy shots both inside & outside of the van, avoiding cliche scenes.

Mahesh Narayanan, the editor of this movie is another DIRECTOR of the movie. Awesome Cuts. A movie like this was managed brilliantly with impressive editing of all the episodes. Finally, like Antony in Tamil Cinema, we have a Mahesh Narayanan.

Art Direction by SabuRam was Superb, especially the traffic signal & buildings there.

Another person who needs a special mention is costume designer S.B.Satheeshan. Costumes were very natural for the actors playing different characters and good colour combination which looks very natural.

Script & Direction

No other scripts in recent times was this strong, giving an identity to each and every character. An original script inspired from a true incident. Bobby & Sanjay had done a great work. Dialogues were classy.

Director Rajesh Pillai took the script to the next level giving audience a new feeling on screen. BRILLIANT work. U avoided every sort of cliche scenes and shots which would have been there if approached the script in a very usual manner. U gave a new experience to malayalam cinema audience. THANKS

VERDICT : WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR? RUSH TO THE NEAREST THEATRE PLAYING TRAFFIC MOVIE

BO VERDICT : WE AUDIENCE ARE THERE FOR THIS MOVIE

IF THIS MOVIE BECOMES A FLOP, MALAYALAM CINEMA INDUSTRY SHOULD STOP MAKING MOVIES AS OUR AUDIENCE DON'T KNOW WHAT IS A GOOD CINEMA, A PERFECT ONE.

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Went for TRAFFIC, second time

Theatre : TVM Dhanya
Showtime & Date : 6.15pm, 08-01-2011
Status : Balcony Full, FC 60%

A movie which is forcing me to watch in theatres again and again .
Factors are many - Brilliant Script, exceptional narrative style & excellent direction, Brilliant Natural performances, Classy Technical part....

Story
If u want to enjoy the movie, don't read anything regarding story in any of the reviews u come across.

Performances
Felt a few more things while watching second time

Sreenivasan as traffic police constable Sudevan
Sreenivasan is the routine actor for directors who think something different or something new. As usual, he did his part well.

Kunchacko Boban as Dr.Abel Tharyan
Natural performance of a flawed character in a brilliant way. Very few dialogues were there. More importance for his looks & expressions which conveyed everything to the audience. Be it his smile to Asif Ali inside the van or how he message from his mobile after looking at others or his entry to hospital just before the mission, nothing but Excellent. VILLAINISM was done very well in a natural way. Also in the climax Bilal Colony sequence, he was good with some nice thrilling moments. Also the fight in second half was a natural one without cinematic gimmicks.

Anoop Menon as commissioner Ajmal Nassar
While walking we can see Mammootty in him
While acting we can see Mohanlal in him
If the role is something like an angry character, we can see SureshGopi's expressions in him
Atlast he did it, though traces of all above said comes in parts, he did his part well with high energy and good screen presence.He was natural when mission starts, especially, when wireless lost connection, his dialogue "u chk it, chk it."
Finally Anoop Menon behaved as a character, AJMAL NASSAR, keep doing these.

Asif Ali as Rajeev
Asif did the role of a true friend well especially in the Bilal colony sequence showing like he'll do anything for his friend Rayhan. His voice modulation needs to be improved. He spoiled a good scene with Sandhya with bad performance.

Vineeth Sreenivasan as Rayhan
Vineeth Sreenivasan was there in very few scenes only but made his mark and his presence was there throughout the movie. He did his part well.

Rahman as superstar Siddharth
This is the character which Rahman as an actor shines well in his third innings. As superstar Siddharth with head-weight, he simply scored in an interview scene in first half. At times, audience may feel like whether he's imitating Mammootty by wearing sunglasses, makeup in between, arrogant nature & driving car by himself.

Saikumar as Rayhan's father
Natural performance at its best, be it the hospital sequence talking to collector or calling his friends to watch his son's TV programme or asking his wife " Shall we go for a drive". Crying while driving the car, SMART PERFORMANCE!!!

Rony as journalist
Rony as journalist in Asianet was natural, nice work!!!

Vijayakumar as Mathew
Vijayakumar's role of Superstar Siddharth's right-hand Mathew may reminds us Antony Perumbavur or Anto Joseph, JUST JOKING!!!

Baiju Ezhupunna as Thanseer
With two dialogues and climax song sequence, he rocked especially the scene in which he blocks school children and clearing roads.

Krishna as Jicku
Krishna was there in a few scenes but did his character well.

Lena 

As the mother of a ill-daughter, she simply scored especially in second half, Good Performance!!!

Sandhya as Adhithi
Sandhya got a nice role, she did it well in the beginning. After a few scenes, emotions were not that deeply presented.

Roma as Miriyam
Roma comes only in second half. She had a very few scenes & was very natural in performance. This role is an escape from her routine roles, what movies like Notebook & Chocolate gave her.

Remya Nambeeshan as Shwetha
Nothing much to do. Did her part well, especially the accident scene in second half without dupe, good work.

Namitha Prasad
Namitha, a debutant, as Siddharth's daughter had nothing much to perform. In the interview sequence and in opening scene she had some good moments.

Reena Basheer
As a middle class govt employee and wife of Sudevan's character , she nicely potrayed her role.

Jose Prakash in cameo as Dr.Simon D'souza
What to say, with brilliant dialogues and screen presence, he starts the game. Impressive effective cameo.

U won't find any unnecessary character in the movie.

VERDICT : We can watch the movie atleast once for these performances alone

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TRAFFIC

Theatre : TVM Dhanya
Showtime & Date : 11.15am, 07-01-2011
Status : Balcony Almost full, FC 50-60%

After a not so impressive debut with Kunchacko Boban starrer HRUDAYATHIL SOOKSHIKKAN, director Rajesh.R.Pillai is back in tinsel town with his new movie TRAFFIC scripted by Bobby-Sanjay team, a perfect pathbreaking, original, first of its kind in malayalam cinema.

Story
The story revolves around 4 main characters - constable Sudevan(Sreenivasan), Dr.Abel Tharyan(Kunchacko Boban),  journalist Rayhan(Vineeth Sreenivasan), superstar Siddharth(Rahman) and their families & friends. It's an emotional thriller. Watch the movie to enjoy to its core.

Performances
All were equally important characters. That was the beauty of the script.

Kunchacko Boban steals the show. He got the most emotional character. He did it very well. In second half he simply rocked. Sreenivasan was perfect. Vineeth Sreenivasan had nothing much to do. Asif Ali scored in the second half song scenes, but voice modulation needs to be improved which spoiled a good sequence with Sandhya where he was too dramatic. Anoop Menon was good. Rahman as superstar Siddharth was original and did it well, especially interview scene with Rony. Ramya Nambeeshan, Krishna, Roma, Sandhya, Sai Kumar, Rony, Lena all did well. Nivin Polly with single dialogue could not make any impact.

Baiju Ezhupunna as a fans association member simply rocked in the climax Bilal Colony sequence.

Jose Prakash in his cameo in two scenes scored with his dialogues.

Songs
Two songs by Mejo Joseph were apt and nicely picturised. BGM was superb. In the first half unnecessarily BGM of Hrithik Roshan starrer KRRISH was used. That could have been avoided.

Technical
Everything was perfect. No negatives.

Script & Direction
Script by Bobby-Sanjay team was excellent. HATS OFF!!!! The script was simply original and every character had individuality and a fast paced one. Nothing more to say EXCELLENT!!!

Direction by Rajesh.R.Pillai was SUPERB. Hardwork done by him was seen in each and every frame avoiding cliche scenes, even camera angles seems new.The climax episode, a Bilal colony sequence was very well taken.

Where were you these many years director & script writers????

Producer Listin Stephen should be congratulated for his brave attempt to produce this movie.

Altogether a very good first half, a double superb second half

Verdict : A must watch, Go for it. 

Excellent pathbreaking first of its kind in malayalam cinema
Don't miss it. Watch it in theatres.

BO Verdict : Sure HIT

The whole crew promised an emotional thriller. They gave that with double effect.

It was not only the characters on screen, but the people watching the movie were also part of the mission in the movie. The applause from beginning to end for those shows that.

When final title card appears like "A Rajesh Pillai film" whole theatre applauded.

There was a scene in which Sreenivasan's daughter watching a song from movie Anwar on TV, KOOVAL FESTIVAL NADANNU Prithvirajne kaanichappol