But if you are in the mood for a adrenalin rush, ‘Athiran’ won’t disappoint. There is a ‘thrills for the sake of thrills’ feel to the movie. While the film has thrills and is a venture with a difference, it lacks in some heft. In flashback, it is revealed that Nitya’s father, played nicely by Renji Panicker, felt that kalaripayatu was the way to help her cope with her ailment. With almost-zero dialogues and the body language of someone with mental shortcoming, she still manages to fill the screen with a lovability and reaches out to the audience. That is adequately dealt with in the second half of the film, which is set in 1972.įahadh does an able job and Atul Kulkarni, as usual, shines in his part, but surprisingly, this is Sai Pallavi’s movie.
There are plenty of, what seem like, loose ends in the first half than you want a proper explanation for. The screenplay in the early parts feels almost like a play and there are some amateurish moments, even though it is scripted by veteran P F Mathews.
He is aided ably and amply by the amazing location, smaller characters, and background score done by Mohamaad Ghibran, but there are moments when this is so pulsating, you wish they would tone it down. There is always something more than that meet the eye and debut director Vivek plays it to the hilt with the creepy elements – but this is not a horror film – almost till you are ready to scream out ‘I don’t know if I can take anymore’. Fahadh’s character has a tender spot for Nitya, but this is not ‘Ulladakkam’, ‘Thalavattam’ territory, the beloved 1980 and 90 movies set in mental asylums. There are endless edge of seat, heart in mouth moments, which almost leave you wondering if you saw some things for real or just imagined them. As a thriller, the movie lives up its name. He is immediately at loggerheads with Atul Kulkarni and the thrills begin. But while the other five patients roam free, Nitya is literally under lock and key that is till Fahadh Faasil, who is there as the government-appointed Dr M K Nair, arrives there. Atul Kulkarni, who is the doctor here, has unconventional treatment methods. Review: Sai Pallavi, who plays Nitya, portrays an autistic royal heir who is now in a mental asylum with a difference. But is there more to it than meets the eye? Story: A royal family has been struck by a terrible tragedy, leading to one of the heirs being incarcerated at a posh mental asylum, till a young doctor comes and sets her free.
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