If
Malayalam
superstar
Sureshgopi
is
synonymous
with
the
role
of
a
police
officer
in
Mollywood,
what
about
comedian-turned-hero
Dileep?
Without
any
doubt,
we
can
say
that
Dileep
has
a
very
great
affinity
with
the
role
of
a
petty
thief
as
is
evident
from
his
series
of
thief
roles:
Meesa
Madhavan
(2002),
Vettam
(2004)
and
Mulla
(2008),
all
of
which
became
blockbusters.
In
fact,
it
is
after
Meesha
Madhavan's
thief
role
that
Dileep
became
one
of
the
busiest
and
most
sought-after
artists
in
Mollywood.
Now,
his
latest
Malayalam
venture
Crazy
Gopalan,
directed
by
newcomer
Deepu
Karunakaran,
is
yet
another
thief
story.
(Interestingly,
Kallante
Katha,
Run
Gopala
Run,
Run
@
Run,
Run
Run
Run
and
Crazy
Rascal
were
the
titles
considered
before
Crazy
Gopalan
was
finalized.)
Crazy
Gopalan
starts
with
the
mysterious
Kattila
Gopalan
(Dileep),
a
thief
in
Oonjaladi
village,
whose
peculiarity
is
to
steal
only
the
Kattila
(door
jambs)
of
houses
under
construction.
His
thefts
have
been
puzzling
the
villagers
for
a
long
time.
Harishchandran
(Harisree
Asokan)
is
the
ill-fated
carpenter
who
ends
up
getting
blamed
for
everything
Gopalan
does.
When
the
villagers
make
plans
to
capture
Gopalan,
he
is
forced
to
shift
his
activity
to
the
city;
Harishchandran
too
turns
up
in
the
same
city
for
work.
In
the
city,
Gopalan
teams
up
with
Lakshmanan
(Salim
Kumar),
a
petty
thief
struggling
to
find
money
to
pay
his
mother's
medical
bills.
To
earn
a
fast
buck,
the
Gopalan-Lakshmanan
duo
hatches
fresh
ideas
and
ultimately
kidnap
Diana
(newcomer
Radha),
a
millionaire
heiress
and
the
only
sister
of
business
magnate
Babu
John
(Manoj
K.
Jayan).
But
eventually
they
become
victims
of
bigger
fraudsters
in
the
city.
A
tale
of
revenge
makes
up
the
rest
of
Crazy
Gopalan.
Essentially,
Crazy
Gopalan
is
not
rich
in
logic
and
has
little
in
terms
of
substance
and
cinematic
detail.
It
is
for
those
who
do
not
mind
taking
a
day
off
to
enjoy
mindless
entertainment
at
cinema
halls.
Otherwise,
there
is
nothing
new
in
this
film
which
seems
to
be
a
mixture
of
Dileep's
earlier
hits
Meesa
Madhavan
and
CID
Moosa.
However,
Director
Deepu,
who
has
also
penned
the
script
and
screenplay,
has
managed
to
narrate
the
story
with
few
boring
moments.
The
first
half
is
full
of
good
laughs,
but
the
second
half
is
dull
at
times.
Dileep's
role
is
a
repetition
of
his
earlier
roles;
Salimkumar
as
Lekshmanan
and
Manoj
K.
Jayan
as
Babu
John
are
brilliant;
Biju
Menon's
cameo
as
a
police
officer
is
appealing;
Debutant
Radha
Varma
has
nothing
special
to
do
other
than
looking
pretty;
Jagathy,
Biju
Menon
and
Kollam
Thulasi
are
in
their
regular
modes.
On
the
technical
side,
cinematography
by
D.
Kannan
and
editing
by
Manoj
are
creditworthy
for
the
good
use
of
visual
varieties
and
lighting
effects.
Kids,
the
usual
target
audience
for
Dileep's
movies,
will
be
surely
happy
with
Crazy
Gopalan.
Otherwise,
in
an
effort
to
make
a
Dileep
film
universally
appealing,
debutant
director
Dipu's
Crazy
Gopalan,
fails
to
excite
all.
Banner:
Bhavana
Media
Vision
Producer:
Ullatil
Sasi
Direction:
Deepu
Karunakaran
Cast:
Dileep,
Radha
Varma,
Manoj
K.
Jayan,
Jagathy,
Biju
Menon,
Salim
Kumar,
Harisree
Asokan,
Janardhanan
and
others
Music:
Rahul
Raj
Camera:
D.
Kannan
Lyrics:
Girish
Puthenchery