When Major Ravi announced his latest project 'Karmayodha' with Mohanlal, the biggest question asked was "still he wants another military subject, after getting couple of set backs through 'Kandahar' and 'Mission 90 Days' ?!". Some people said, "it is only a rumour, Lal is not going to waste his time, the project is not going to happen in the near future", any way 'Karmayodha' has released this weekend. The hero is not a military officer this time, but an Encounter Specialist in The Mumbai Police Dept.
The movie deals with the theme which is very relevant in the current period. Mohanlal is DCP Madhav Menon alias Maddy. While conducting the investigation on a girl missing case, Maddy came to know that the daughter of another woman (Asha Sharath) is also kidnapped. Following the kidnapper's route, he reached Kerala. The rest is how he deals with the criminal gangs and save the girls.
The movie has got a good one liner necessary for an investigative thriller. But, the biggest upset is that the director, with the help of new script writers (Sumesh & Shaji) had made the subject into a very ordinary action masala package. There are no twists and turns and there are no suspense elements also. Every thing is shown straightly, no new situations are there, even the dialogues are dramatic and repetitive and altogether the movie ended up as an action movie in the olden days, making every thing predictable. The ending fight at the ship yard is the best example. The villain is not projected in the required manner. The bollywood actor Murali Sharma is over acting in many areas, he is hard to be tolerable. Janardhanan's role is a cliche, but a few dialogues told by him is an eye opener for the society. The casting of the director's brother cum executive producer Kannan Pattambi in a local villain's role, shows that the team behind wants to finish the job, in a short cut manner.
Cinematographer Pradeep Nair's visuals are good. Don Max is the editor. Songs are not memorable. Jeffry Jonathan's bg score is ok, but not the best in many areas. Mohanlal did the lead role in his style. The title of the movie and the hero's appearance in beard, might not be a positive sign for the family audiences to reach theaters. Even after getting a current social relevant subject with a message, Major Ravi had not succeeded in creating a widely accepted output.
" An ordinary action masala like Karmayodha doesn't delivers any thing new (even if it has got a social relevant theme), hard core Mohanlal fans can try this."
Medium : Malayalam
Starring : Mohanlal, Mukesh, Murali Sharma, Sai Kumar, Basil, Bineesh Kodiyeri, Janardhanan, Rajeev Pillai, Sudheer Karaman, Anil Murali, Kannan Pattambi, Roni, Asha Sharath, Sona, Sukumari
Music : M.G.Sreekumar
Bg Score : Jeffry Jonathan
Rating : 5 / 10
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