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Gangster Movie Review - Another Experiment From Aashiq Abu
Story
The
movie
begins
with
an
animation
prologue
which
tells
the
childhood
times
of
Akbar
Ali
(Mammootty)
and
how
he
is
made
to
a
gangster.
Following
the
prologue,
we
witness
the
titles
rolling
with
a
racy
background
music.
The main story of the movie begins with Akbar eliminating his rival Raghavendra Gowda, and sharing the business lead with Mani Menon (Kunchan) and Uncle Sam (John Paul), two other prominent gangsters ruling the city. The city remains calm under them, until Anto (Shekhar Menon), grandson of uncle Sam comes up with a new idea of importing used vaccines from abroad at very low rates and selling them at higher price.
Akbar, who is against the business of drugs opposes it. This causes Anto to turn against Akbar and he makes plans to kill him. In the attempt, Akbar gets injured badly and loses his wife, Sana (Nyla Usha). What follows is the comeback of Akbar to avenge his loss. Can Akbar on his own take his revenge? Rest of the plot is the answer for the same.
Performances
Highlight
of
the
performances
is
none
other
than
Mammootty
himself.
He
enacts
the
role
of
Akbar
to
sheer
perfection
with
his
stylish
looks
and
dialogue
delivery.
Nyla
Usha
as
Sana
has
less
screen
space
in
the
movie,
but
is
convincing
with
her
role.
Shekhar Menon is with his career best performance as Anto, the main villain. Kunchan and John Paul too have done their roles with brilliance. Rest of the actors including Hareesh Peradi (Michael), Dileesh Pothen (Vidhura), Aparna Gopinath (Lilly) and TG Ravi (Hajikka) have done justice to their roles.
Technical
Aspects
Cinematography
by
Alby
is
brilliant.
The
frames
look
rich
and
some
of
the
camera
angles
makes
us
just
awestruck.
Music by Deepak Dev is yet another relief for the movie. BGM is well made to suit the mood of the movie. There is just one song in the movie, 'Allahu Akbar' which is a treat to the music lovers.
The climax portions of the movie are brilliantly executed which matches to international standards. The fight sequences are not those ones which we have seen in Malayalam movies. The director and stunt director deserves a big applause for the same sequences.
Verdict
So,
putting
aside
all
these
positives,
what
works
against
Gangster?
The
movie
has
pretty
much
flaws.
Many
of
the
the
sequences
didn't
had
a
proper
finishing.
Though
we
don't
expect
anything
new
in
gangster
stories
other
than
revenge,
the
script
was
way
let
loose,
which
needed
a
better
check
from
the
director
and
script
writers.
I
do
believe
a
better
script
could
have
done
wonders
to
the
movie.
On the whole, the movie Gangster works only for its different style, performances, music, visuals and the engaging climax sequences. Rest is pretty much average.
