Pyali Review… the story was uneventful😔
Year: 2022
Genre: Family, Adventure, Children, Drama
Cast: George Jacob, Barbiee Sharma, Sreenivasan, Mamukkoya, Rafi, Appani Sarath, Sujith Shankar, Aadukalam Murugadoss, Althaf Salim, Unni Mukundan, Karthik Vishnu
Director: Babitha & Rinn
Writer: Babitha & Rinn
Cinematographer: Jiju Sunny
Summary: Ziyah, a young teen, and his little sister Pyali navigate through the highs and lows of life when they are forced out of the slums
Overall Rating: Water 
Pyali, Pyali, Pyali 😔…We came in not expecting much and sadly left not gaining much.
It was a casual and uneventful story, the acting and direction failed to charm us, hence, we were just mere observers
~Yours To Explore~
Delicious
—What we appreciated from ‘Pyali’ was the awareness concerning the lives of Kashmiris in Kerala. Funny enough, some characters weren’t even aware that Kashmiris had been migrating to Kerala.
Ziyah (George Jacob) and Pyali (Barbiee Sharma), being of Kashmiri origin, demonstrated their effort to blend with the Malayali culture in order to get by in life
—Ziyah was a great brother, the kind of brother you wanna have who’s extremely caring, attentive, and selfless.
Even when others offered to take care of Pyali, he refused, there was no way anyone could separate him from his sister. Beautiful!
Bland
—What caught us by surprise during the opening scene was the lack of remote resemblance between Pyali and Ziyah 😳
They were like an apple and an orange, Pyali looked caucasian while Ziyah like a native Indian. This really took away from the realism of the story.
Additionally, the siblings didn’t appear poor or famished; they had radiant hair texture and nice clothes compared to their friends in the slums
—The direction didn’t invite us to travel with the kids through their struggles, notably because there was no striking climax and the pace seemed very fairy-talish.
The screenplay seemed to portray two kids living in ‘Wonderland’ with a few villains giving them a slap on the wrist.
Where was the hardship, pain, or hurt so we could believe that these kids were actually existing in a brutal and merciless world?
—The soundtrack didn’t really support the mood of the movie, e.g. there were some sad scenes accompanied by ballads
—George Jacob’s acting was monotone and the supporting actors rendered a passive performance. Unni Mukundan (playing a world traveler) regretfully worsened the situation by giving off a wannabe ‘Charlie’ vibe…
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(Audio: Malayalam, Hindi; English Subtitles: Yes)
