Paappan - an average psychopath crime movie

 

Paappan –an average psychopath crime movie  

I saw Malayalam movie Paappan on Zee5. A not so good film by the director Joshi who has done many wonders in Malayalam film industry. The reason for such a feel is mainly due to the topic of the film. In the last two years, the film buffs were watching psychopath crime movies continuously. Earlier, the Hollywood movies used to portray psychopath criminals. Now half of the films released in Malayalam, Tamil and Hindi are like this. If you watch  TV regularly at home, you must face  psychopaths not only in general channels but in  news channels too. Now, films are also not providing a soothing entertainment means a tragedy. RJ Shan has come up with a script that is not much different from the present trend of psychopath movies.

Here an attempt is made to hide the real criminals till the last moment. That effort needs to be acknowledged. The movie is about tooth for  tooth revenge. Honor killing and revenge are at the forefront of the film, and the horror of the killings has been made disgusting. It is in this main story line that the sentiments of the family life of Vincy Mathew, an IPS officer, and Abraham Mathew Mathan, a retired CI, are drawn. The film failed to effectively present both the stories .

The  lengthy  Suresh Gopi dialogues that rock the theater is absent in Paappan , that itself is a big relief.  Suresh's portrayal as a person burning with intense experiences is commendable. Neeta Pillai who played the role of Vincy Mathew  IAS did the role well. Joshi who did films like 20-20, provided due space for  Asha Sharath, Nyla Usha, Kaniha, Vijayaraghavan, Nandu, Tiny Tom, Gokul Suresh, Sajitha Mathil, Rahul Madhavan, Shammi Thilakan, Ajmal and others . Joshi's son Abhishek is the assistant director and the cinematography is done by producer David Kachapilly's son Ajay. I am sure there will be good films from them in future. Jack Bejoy's soundtrack needs to be bettered