Nayattu (2021) User Reviews (164)

0% Cinema 100% Reality

[chlorophyllus · 8/10 · 9 April 2021]

When people say disappointed with climax yes they have every right when we are more into the cinematic universe we were taught to plot twist sudden rise of a macho hero. But this movie is made of flesh and blood ends abruptly explaining nothing much to the viewers. Well what is left to explain anyway?

For every sachin vazes with BMWs there are hundreds of Maniyans who were/will made scapegoats to oil political machinery. They are just puppets of the system. Once the votes entered in the Ballot box jaffer iddukki says "its not my business anymore, I will say to the press I was ill informed" it means the hunters now will be hunted.

Nayattu the reality..

[aniyanbalu · 9/10 · 9 May 2021]

It's a 100% movie on reality and fact of hidden version of the society which is going on right now and before. Theatre experience would have been more thrilling for these kind of movies. Excellent direction by martin and performance by all the actors too. Great cinematography by sk.

A Gripping-Inside-Police-Department Story and a faceless system

[adinathdr · 8/10 · 8 April 2021]

I'm surprised to have seen an Inside police department story for the first time.

Directed by Martin Prakat, after 6 years since Charlie (2015), the movie gives you a gripping-intense-situation within the police system. The movie focuses more on the faceless system, and naturally only someone from within could give you more clarity on the reality.

Few scenes of the movie were surprisingly shot in Ramamangalam. A great watch indeed.

Eerie Yet Familiar

[nairtejas · 8/10 · 10 May 2021]

When Nayattu (The Hunt) starts, you have to leave everything and give it your full attention. Because once it starts, it never stops. And even after the film has ended by putting a crushing weight on you, you will stay seated wondering about helplessness. The story of three cops finding themselves in the middle of caste politics cuts open some of the ugliest truths about our country and the world in general, and this time it's not the common man who is at the receiving end. This is artful, subtle filmmaking. Nayattu (The Hunt) is eerie.

Completely Realistic Survival Thriller

[tjerin · 10/10 · 8 April 2021]

Completely Realistic Survival Thriller that tells a very good and dynamic story. Kunchakoboban, Joju George, Nimisha, Jafer idukki were all shocked by the performance. Editing, Cinematography, Bgm etc .... all sparkle item. To be honest, I have never felt a bit negative about this film.

"There are no super heroes in the real world!" 8.5/10

[catchuanbu · 9/10 · 10 May 2021]

Nayattu is a satirical thriller that depicts the domino effect of dirty politics that leads to the hunting down, how 3 police officers are wrongfully accused, it starts with a slow pace and with some ramps it will be a thrilling and audience's are hooked till the end. Nayattu received rave reviews from audiences and critics alike.

A movie that shows us the real colour of events happening around us and the harsh reality of the life an average police officer amidst social and political pressure.

The three lead actors Kunchacko Boban acting, Nimisha Sajayan acting & Joju George play their roles with nuanced perfection, portraying their helplessness in this convoluted system and are left to their own.

Must watch movie..! Netflix.

Landmark in Malayalam cinema

[abhiig · 9/10 · 9 May 2021]

System is messed up from the inside . Thin layer between common man and so called system and the ending is haunting like blue is the warmest colour . Great work Martin prakkat and the entire team.

Devastatingly true

[ajai_r · 9/10 · 28 May 2021]

Nayattu hits us with the devastating truth. It's we the people, who're guilty. It's we the people, who lead the system to bury truth, and pander to media fanned mob frenzy.

After long time saw something genuine filmmaking

[rohitreviews · 8/10 · 16 June 2021]

This is how movies should be made. Very good story, good acting, music, cinematography. It doesn't seem like over done the theme or underdeveloped story, but more authentic approach of story telling.

Raw and bold!

[genisis_tp · 7/10 · 8 April 2021]

First of all i have to say this, my feelings for this film is mixed. First half was told in a very fast paced and engaging way, it was edge of seat stuff. But the second half felt more out of pace.

The main aim of the film was to show that political side of things and they have done a decent job of it.

Acting was to the point.

Sound Mixing is one of the highlights, the background sound felt so immersive. Cinematography was impressive.

At the end the only question i had was "why was this film not released a week earlier??"

KYA BAAT HAI

[sippankumar · 10/10 · 28 July 2021]

Maaza agaya a movie that takes you on to ride so real its unbelievable really truly fan of Malayalam Cinema I am so proud of you Guys.

Attempt to be realistic, but ended up in drama

[acchrs · 6/10 · 13 May 2021]

The crux of the story is to show how political leadership overrides police. But the way story came out, it went far out of reality to end up in artificially created misery. On many accounts story seems illogical and too many coincidence. However the way movie is shot and the characters performed was exemplary. The movie maximizes is mileage from general public anger at govt insufficiency and influence of politics over police. But I felt it did went bit far on how police gets framed so easily, just in a couple of hours time of an accident.

The major blows to story are: 1. Just as accident occurs, the driver flees away, police neither track him or find him. No investigation if accident occurred.

2. Death happens in hospital, and its very easy to find if it was accident or not. And the coincidence that the friends of the deceased are just waiting at the right hospital. Usual accident cases, being police they would first inform control room and hospital. Since the movies focus was to get the police blamed somehow, everything was conveniently skipped. The accident site was intact and there was no case for murder here in the very first place.

3. Within an hour of accident, it became political issue!. This was superfast. All the poltiical leaders and police without even going to accident site or hospital post martum judges it as a murder. And the experienced police guy decides to run away in mins. In reality this will never happen, especially for police guy involved in such thing.

4. Run of survival. Experienced police throws aways sims card and keeps the phone. Phones can be tracked by IMEI number, even if sim card is not there! The whole runway story is not realistic. Too much coincidence that wherever they get down, there is no people.

The list goes on. There is too much coincidence and unrealistic police story. In real world, what would have happened was, first accident would have been investigated and closed the story. Though politicians interfere with police, they never put them to threshold since they need them again. Worst thing that can happen to police would be suspension and passed for investigation. The movie intentionally steer it up as difficult position for police and govt, just because of some guys called it as murder, which is far from reality. In real world, ruling political party would have discussion with the vote bank guy and comes up with reasonable agreement which doesnt hurt police either. Very rarely, on very complicated issues, some poor police gets into jail or suicide, that too after long years.

This movie basically earns on negative feeling people have on political system and police. To achieve that, it pushed the story with series of coincidences, unrealistic hastiness and conveniently hid the realistic side to achieve a grim end to policemen, making them run for avoiding arrest! And that too being police. Quite illogical.

Political victimhood has become everyone's game.

[antifanepal · 1/10 · 20 May 2021]

How to dodge the social justice imperative? Find the new way to show the real victims under bad light.

How? Show the infrequent contradictions and infighting through characters belonging to same community.

The new Savarna narrative can be played without their physical presence. Mere ideology and character serves the purpose.

Hooliganism and Dalits, that's how Savarna wants to see it.

The Third Malayalam Classic of 2021. Nayattu is not a film but a slap to the dirty system which includes politicians, police, casteism wolves and unfortunately common man too

[SAMTHEBESTEST · 8/10 · 10 May 2021]

Nayattu (2021) : Brief Review -

The Third Malayalam Classic of the year after The Great Indian Kitchen and Drishyam 2. Nayattu is not a film but a slap to the dirty system which includes politicians, police, casteism wolves and unfortunately common man too. Nayattu is told as a thriller and it somewhat thrilling too but it's not enough to be called a complete thriller as the genre requires more thrill. But it has got much more than that mainstream thrill to provide you a cinematic experience that will shatter your mind, heart and perspective and maybe you'll start looking at things differently. You need guts to make a film like Nayattu where you fearlessly expose all the dirty secrets of the system and then give a tight slap on common man's face by proving that he is also the part of this system afterall. Yes, we are all part of this absurd system because we are the Voters and we always fall for their tricks without knowing the actual truth behind it. Nayattu is about Three police officers who are on a run for life, escaping the outbreak against them due to the unlawful arrest and torture of a civilian. It brings in a few shades of arrogant yet very much human police officers and their helplessness and how they fail to fight the powerful system who just exactly know how to handle things.l according to their comfort. The film is bounded by realistic surroundings throughout the narrative and it doesn't fear to show ugly side of all the people who are involved in this system. Martin Prakkat has achieved something brilliant of a whole new level with his extraordinary directorial technique as he compiles multiple genres and themes so well together in one narrative. All the actors are superb in their roles. Dialogues are decent but very realistic and maybe that's why they are not that filmy. Overall, Nayattu is Classic Film but more than that it is a miserable realisation of our own mistakes that we can never correct as far as we are living in this society. A MUST SEE!

RATING - 8/10*

By - #samthebestest.

Absolutely Grounded

[vkatheria · 9/10 · 9 May 2021]

Tight screenplay, griping story. To class acting from all.

Brings out true functioning of our system.

A landmark in Malayalam cinema!

[nidhunmoviebuff · 8/10 · 8 May 2021]

Despite opening in theatres at the onset of the second wave of Covid 19, Nayattu received rave reviews from audiences and critics alike.

And the Martin Prakatt survival thriller exceeded all my expectations on its OTT release tonight, delivering a gritty and compelling view into the lives of the average Kerala policeman.

The story unfolds through its three lead protagonists who are police personnel wrongfully accused in a hit-and-run case and after a slow buildup, ramps up at breakneck pace and is sure to leave audiences hooked till the end.

The painstaking detailed one-shot sequences and the raw authenticity director Martin Prakatt has imbibed into each scene reminds you of Abrid Shine's Action Hero Biju, but a superior script has elevated this film to classic, dare I say textbook status.

National-award winner Joju George is at his best in the emotional scenes, while Kunchacko Boban and Nimisha Sajayan play their roles with nuanced perfection.

Unmissable this one. I club it alongside The Great Indian Kitchen, Drishyam 2, Operation Java and Joji as my personal Top 5 Malayalam Films of 2021.

This could very well be Malayalam's own equivalent of Bong Joon-ho's classic 'Memories of Murder' (2003) in terms of becoming a gold standard for realistic police stories going forward.

Catch it on Netflix!

Police being chased

[suprabhattacharya · 8/10 · 17 May 2021]

Even though the film relies heavily on propoganda,you will realise the film doesn't only get milked by it but it also succeeds in keeping the suspense and thrill intact throughout the running time satisfying the genre and doesn't keep any loose ends in doing so. Martin Prakkat has been building quite a rapport as a filmmaker,he completely switched gears here after his last film"Charlie". The political backdrop, although instrumental ,is not the reason the film works but it's the thrill and suspense it offers .

Thrilling , Deep , Realistic , Haunting ,

[abhijithjkarun · 10/10 · 10 May 2021]

Awesome film so far . Best quality making and cast . A very well executed thriller . Really thought proving movie . And this defenitly give hope to malayam film industry for quality stuff . Really really loved the movie .. Every second of the film is so engaging and an Excellent ending for such a story which makes is questions against the system . Cheers to Martin Prakat .

100% reality

[royarsofficial · 10/10 · 11 May 2021]

This movie shows the ultimate reality of what is happening in our police forces.

And how they handle the cases.

Realistic, Gritty survival drama

[akellashashank · 7/10 · 9 May 2021]

A survival thriller drama which depicts the story of three police officers who are on a run for life from the system and department who're trying to convict them wrongfully for a hit and run case. Wonderful performances from the leads, Gritty , compelling narration will hook you till the end. Joju George is so good in his role, loved his act. Director's realistic narration is what makes this one standout and been checking the runtime out of anxiety to make sure that i still have enough time to get a conclusion in the end, that's the beauty of dir for making a viewer to get so immersed, kudos. That ending is surely hard hitting. Very good movie.

Spectacular movie

[aparnaav-09577 · 10/10 · 10 May 2021]

Acting by JoJi Sir,kunjacks,and my favourite heroine nimisha ...it was wonderful beyond words...society will not be startled by this truth movie had the sad reality of Indian society.

Nayattu Is An Object Lesson On How To Subvert A Thriller Template

[shefali-59244 · 20 April 2021]

Nayattu, directed by Martin Prakkat and written by Shahi Kabir, begins with a scene that I read as a metaphor: a tug of war between two teams of men. In the middle of this, there's a smiling politician walking about the crowd, soliciting votes. This sets up what's going to follow because the film itself is a tug of war between what we conventionally call right and wrong. The politician is important, too, and signifies the by-elections round the corner.

Good movie but climax may disappoint some of you

[aravindstvm · 7/10 · 10 May 2021]

Martin prakat made this as good as edge of seat thrilling with sharp political arrows to the left. And police peoples disappoint life as they act as puppet to the party who is ruling. The characterisation and cinimatography is to notch. But climax may make you little numb. May be director delibrately made so. My rating 7/10. Can be a must watch.little drag in between can be avoided.

Stakes are not high enough

[Thrishoolin · 5/10 · 13 April 2021]

For something marketed as a thriller, this one's stakes were not high enough. The theme was very good. But the execution was not good enough.

At first, the police and their behaviour seemed very realistic. But then, they start overreacting in places which is an off putting thing. There is a bit of exaggeration and bit of melodrama which takes away a lot of the fun. They could have come up with a better story where the stakes are higher.

Film loses its charm by the last portion. All the good build up in the beginning never pays off in the end.

Acting was very good from the three of them, with Kunchacko Boban giving us a very nuanced performance. Nimisha and Joju too were very good, but it's something we have seen before. They have already did those kind of acting before too.

Music too was good. In fact the technical aspects were all very good. Just that the story/script was not impactful enough.

A gutsy, hard-hitting survival drama thriller! [+75%]

[arungeorge13 · 8/10 · 9 May 2021]

It's always interesting to see filmmakers who revel in light-hearted commercial cinema take the plunge into darkness. Martin Prakkat - director of Best Actor, ABCD, and Charlie - comes up with a gutsy, hard-hitting affair in Nayattu, starring Kunchacko Boban, Joju George, and Nimisha Sajayan. This is a survival-drama-thriller set against the backdrop of elections in Kerala.

Nayattu begins with an interesting tug-of-war scene that you'll circle back to at the end for several reasons. For instance, in thrillers, cops are the quintessential hunters. Here, they're the hunted. Three cops (played by the actors mentioned above) are torn between the government's racy attempt at solving an accidental death case (to appease their vote banks in the upcoming elections) and their ongoing personal issues. A set of immediate personal problems are introduced: Maniyan's daughter is set to participate in a youth festival, which he hopes to attend. Praveen's mother is unwell. Sunitha's house is a work-in-progress.

Writer Shahi Kabir (who previously penned 'Joseph', a film I only mildly liked) keeps the characters and situations rooted in contemporary realism. The cops are often playtoys of the ruling government; we see that politicians are quick to wash their hands off when the public eye is involved. A dialogue from Maniyan early on - an analogy between cops and goons - hits you out of nowhere. I'd say the first half of Nayattu is more of a nail-biter thriller while the second stretches slightly into dramatic territory but in just the right doses.

A slew of solid performances dominates Nayattu. The three leads are terrific. Joju George lives and breathes as Manikyan, adding subtleties that help differentiate him from the other cop roles he has played. Kunchacko Boban is also spot-on as Praveen; he's the more rational one amongst the three and his lines reflect that. Nimisha Sajayan's role is subdued and less vocal, but she ensures that her emoting compensates. The supporting cast is equally good - be it Jaffer Idukki (as the cunning CM), Yama Gilgamesh (as SP Arundhathi), or Anil Nedumangad.

DOP Shyju Khalid's frames focus on the right things. Palpable tension gushes through almost every scene in the first half and even when the setting shifts to Munnar, the camera rarely halts to appreciate the incredible beauty of this place. That final shot of a blind woman casting her vote is a statement in itself - a classic example of good writing boosted by the right visuals. Vishnu Vijay's score elevates the underlying emotions of several scenes.

The only issue I had with Nayattu was its fundamental implication that laws empowering Dalits are often misused. In reality, reported cases of Dalit oppression far outnumber such instances. That hiccup aside, Nayattu is a worthy case study in how to tackle survival thrillers.