The notable thing happens on the scripting side. Sethu ('Mallu Singh' fame) is the script writer and for the first time; being a writer himself, B.Unnikrishnan showed the boldness to be the director of a script written by his junior colleague. Satheesh Kurup ('Pranayam', 'Jawan of Vellimala' fame) is the cinematographer. Many portions of the movie were shot in the city of Bangkok also.
The story starts with the narration of a multi millionaire businessman (Anoop Menon), from Bangkok. He reached Cochin and hired two local boys (Unni Mukundan, Asif Ali), who were engaged in fraud and mischieveous activities, for a big amount of money. As per the former's invitation, two of them, who were ready to do anything, reached abroad. They are waiting for the instructions from their boss, to start their mission.
The movie starts well, especially the Anoop's outlooks and the narration, created the style of some foreign movies. But, as the story progresses, the real tempo is lost and also the suspense is not revealed in a proper manner, rather the climax and twists revealed through the words of the characters, didn't created the correct impact and it creates confusion. Even the presence of two script writers can't save the project in that way. The unwanted
romance and some childish humor situations created extra lag.
Like Baburaj, another villain Biju Pappan also needed a change, within his short career span. The 'so called humorous role' done by him is totally absurd and creates restlessness, in place of laughing. In the olden days, in the movies done by Adoor Bhasi, Jagathi etc, if the hero is shifted to another place, without any notice the comedian also reached that place, in the scope of generating humour scenes. Like that, Biju Pappan's character also reached Bangkok, it was unnecessary and it totally spoils the atmosphere. The climax is shown as if it is happening in Bangkok, but from the visuals, even a small baby can identify that the location is somewhere in Cochin shipyard, an old cheating style used by the technicians, which has to be stopped soon. Another upset is the heroine Isha Talwar. Her body language looks awkward and dubbing is very unprofessional. I still wonder, how we liked her in 'Thattathin Marayathu' !
Anoop Menon did the role in his usual stylized way. Unni Mukundan is acrobatic in action scenes. There is nothing special in Asif Ali. Songs are not memorable, it happens at unwanted situations. The bg score is ok. Cinematographer Satheesh Kurup gave some colorful visuals. Manoj is the editor.
"I Love Me created some hope in the beginning, but the team has not been succeeded in maintaining the tempo till the end. Hard core fans of thrillers can try this, if you are so desperate to watch one."
Medium : Malayalam
Starring : Unni Mukundan, Asif Ali, Anoop Menon, Isha Talwar, Biju Pappan, Vijayakumar, Vanitha, Kadambari
Director : B.Unnikrishnan
Music : Deepak Dev
Rating : 5 / 10
- FiLm CiTTy -Trivandrum
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