Meppadiyan Review…sadly the storytelling didn’t carry us along

Year: 2022
Genre: Social Justice, Money, Drama
Cast: Unni Mukundan, Kottayam Ramesh, Saiju Kurup, Aju Varghese, Anju Kurian, Sreejith Ravi, Pauly Valsan, Indrans, Nisha Sarang, Shankar Ramakrishnan, Major Ravi, Manohari Joy
Director: Vishnu Mohan
Writer: Vishnu Mohan
Cinematographer: Neil D’Cunha
Summary: Jayakrishnan, a young mechanic, gets entangled in a risky and time-sensitive deal to gather the money needed to acquire land

Overall Rating: Nuts
Meppadiyan had a solid and original storyline armed with good cinematography; it was quite unfortunate that the storytelling didn’t carry us along
~Yours to explore~

Delicious
—Right from the very first scene, you can’t miss the exquisite attention to detail by Neil D’Cunha. He was calling us to observe what the camera was showing as it, later on, served a purpose
—Meppadiyan was a good portrayal of the difficulties that the common man faces just to acquire land and the ending was creative and unexpected.
You’ll leave the movie learning about tips and tricks of land acquisition. Frankly, we had to rewind like 3-4 times to grasp how Jayakrishnan (Unni Mukundan) ended up the way he did

Bland
—Apart from the gripping opening scene, Meppadiyan began on a very slooow note. After 38 minutes of watching, it was time to give up, if not for the reviews that kept insisting on how good the movie was.
There were many unnecessary scenes that didn’t add much to the story.
Apart from Jayakrishnan’s struggle to collect the money to pay for the property, there was nothing else the story offered us. The plot dragged and we kept on wondering, “ok, ok, what’s next?”
—General acting was simple, not memorable. Unni’s performance was the same as his previous roles, not challenging enough
—The soundtrack fell out of place; though the artist’s voice was beautiful and refined, it didn’t flow with the scenes. It was a bit distracting
—There is no way you can leave Meppadiyan without noticing that Unni produced the movie; his UMF banner was in our faces and his omnipresence was a bit overwhelming