Food for the soul This has to be one of the best films ever made in Malayalam. If I had to express how I felt after watching it, I would say my soul feels full & happy.
Kumbalangi looks beautiful like a poetry in motion, it's residents all ordinary & real, nothing spectacular about them. And that's where lies the beauty of the film and the talent of the filmmaker. He creates a world so real, emotions so raw, that you cannot but feel for the characters. Soubin has delivered a performance which is par excellence & his scene with the psychiatrist is a cathartic experience not just for him but for the audience as well. Under any other actor Shammy would have been a caricature, but Fahad is brilliant & original as usual. Anna Ben is impressive & Shane Nigam is charming. Glad to see strong female characters, Grace Antony steals the mosquito bat scene. No character is wasted, each has a role taking forward the movie towards the climax which has some hilarious action.
Don't miss this gem of a movie for anything.