It's anything and It's everything

Malayalam movies are something which every Malayalee can boast about to our friends from other states of the country, but we never had a proper sports movie, apart from the Abrid Shine-Nivin Pauly masterstroke 1983 all we had are some misses in the genre. Although we did try to take on different subjects like volleyball (Karikunam 6's) and football (Goal) nothing seemed to work out. So when I first saw the trailer of Godha all I could think of was a slapstick comedy riot as the directors (Basil Joseph) last outing Kunjiramayanam. Kunjiramayanam was an extremely fun movie but would I recommend it to a Non-Malayalee movie buff who takes cinema seriously? No. Besides that, Godha focused on wrestling, as a millennial malayalee who knows wrestling only through bollywood movies and the occasional hype that comes when India wins an olympic medal, I was quite skeptical about the movie. I had a lot of premonitions but Basil Josephs outstanding direction and Rakesh Manthodis brilliant ...

Easily one of the best and cutest romcoms ever made in Malayalam. The amazing chemistry between Balan(Dulqer) and Sheela(Nithya) makes the movie a real treat to watch. Dulqer and Sheela individually did full justice to their roles. It is not just the hero and heroine who seems to have an amazing chemistry, the other cast also gels in perfectly. Balans close friend Ummar(Shekar) made the whole movie a way more lively one with his impeccable comic timing. In the first half when the movie seemed to be going a little dull it was Aju Varghese who came to the rescue as Romach, Balans colleague although a short role, he made the viewer’s get back into the movie again. Jacob(kora from ABCD) with his short cameo also added to the comedy factor with his “freak/yo-yo” cochin “dude”. Rahul Madhav as the classy villain/hero (depends on the perspective) has given us a very elegant performance. The other cast also did an amazing job from Balans ex-girlfriend to the foreigners in the last scene. T...