Dileep plays Kammaran Nambiar in the film. A few months ago, the fate of Kammara Sambhavam was hanging in the balance as its lead actor Dileep was arrested in a case involving the abduction and sexual assault of a popular actress.
After many hurdles, the movie has finally hit the theatres! Rathish Ambat's directorial debut is one which tells the tale of Kammaran Nambiar (Dileep), who is the senior most member of the Indian Liberation Party (ILP). The movie, scripted by actor Murali Gopi spans different periods of time, starting from the early forties. The movie can't be branded to a genre as it has politics, contemporary issues, history and elements of a thriller. Starting off on a political note, the movie moves on to the turfs of history and cinema.
It all begins when a group of liquor barons team up to discuss on a possible way to lift the ban on liquor in Kerala. One of them puts forward the idea of reviving the ILP, which is devoid of any power now. For that they choose Kammaran Nambiar and they rope in a film director from Tamil to make a movie on him. Kammaran, who narrates his story to the film maker, is a sly man who orchestrated certain incidents out of revenge and greed during the Second World War. Even his love for the village leader’s niece, Bhanumathi (Namita Pramod), completely changes the lives of many villagers. Suddenly, in the midst of the movie, he stops his narration and its a cliffhanger. What happens next forms the crux of the movie.
Dileep dons the role of a multi-shaded character, an old bed-ridden Kammaran and his younger self. It is in sheer contrast to the roles he has handled so far.
Tamil actor Siddharth, who made his Malayalam debut through this film, appears as a young revolutionary named Othenan Nambiar. This could easily be his most challenging role so far. But, the weak dubbing is a pull back.
Since Murali Gopi has written the script, he has easily portrayed the significant role of Kelu Nambiar. The huge star cast includes Vanitha, Swetha Menon, Namitha Pramod, Siddique, Indrans, Sudheer Karamana, Vijayaraghavan, Bobby Simha, Baiju and Manikuttan among many others.
A big round of applause to the technical department of the team. The cinematography which is cranked by Sunil K S is nothing less than spectacular. The war sequences and the way he has captured those are fascinating. The art works also require special mention since they looked so convincing and were able to take the audiences back to that era. Songs set to tune by Gopi Sunder were fine and the bgm works were splendid, especially that in the second half. The visual effects of the movie mostly looked better even than the great Baahubali!
The three hours long movie which is bankrolled by Sree Gokulam movies is thrilling, and though it drags in some parts, it also accomplishes in keeping the audience interested in the intent of Kammaran's mysterious character.
Rating: 3 / 5
