Makal Review…a down-to-earth story
Year: 2022
Genre: Family, Teens, Comedy, Drama
Cast: Jayaram, Meera Jasmine, Devika Sanjay, Innocent, Naslen K. Gafoor, Jayasankar Karimuttam, Siddique, Balaji Manohar, Nilja K Baby, Sreenivasan, Althaf Salim
Director: Sathyan Anthikad
Writer: Iqbal Kuttippuram
Cinematographer: S Kumar
Summary: Makal explores the relationship of a father (Nandan) and a daughter (Aparna) who try to reconnect after a 15-year gap
Overall Rating: Feast
To think we were going to skip Makal, oh goodness, thank the Lord we didn’t!!! This movie was so down-to-earth, full of comedy, and had plenty of messages to spread. We were in love with it 🥰
~Worth Watching~
Delicious
—The humor was so unexpected! It was natural and no-nonsense; the dialogues were already comic that the actors didn’t have much to do than just deliver them. There was a combination of dry humor, sarcasm, and deception.
For instance, when the movie starts the camera zooms in on two men talking about their plan to steal from houses: one prefers inhabited locations whereas the other, uninhabited ones.
From their discussion, you’d think they’re talking about a professional business when they’re just petty thieves 😜
—Naslen K Gafoor (playing Rohit, Aparna’s classmate) rocks! The switch to Hindi and his over-politeness towards Nandan (Jayaram) were too hilarious.
Unfortunately for us, we watched Makal in a strictly quiet area, so we had to contain ourselves, otherwise, we would have exploded with laughter 🤪
Althaf Salim (playing the petty thief) was extravagantly funny, and the craziest part was that he always kept a serious face
—Aparna (Devika Sanjay) wore an elegant assortment of dresses😍
—Makal’s mission was accomplished: Fluent directing✔️ Pure Comedy✔️Organic Acting✔️Relevant topic✔️Engaging Cinematography✔️Sizzling Climax✔️Intriguing Storytelling✔️Good Message for parents and youth✔️
—Nice work on the casting as Nandan, his wife, and daughter looked very much alike
—The film gave concrete illustrations of the interaction between parents and teenagers, and taught valuable lessons. As a parent, you’ll learn to gently enter your children’s world to get to know and relate to them, and vice-versa for children
Bland
—Unless we missed it, but we didn’t quite get how Nandan went from being a mechanic to selling spices.
Why was there even the need for him to be a mechanic in the script? It was a little too sudden the way he built his business
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(Audio: Malayalam; English Subtitles: Yes)
