Shikkar (Shikar)

Cast: Mohanlal, Samuthirakani, Ananya, Maithili, Sneha,  Kailash, Thalaivasal Vijay, Kalabhavan Mani, Lalu Alex, Jagathy Sreekumar, Suraj Venjaramoodu etc

Director: M Padmakumar

Producer: K K Rajagopal

Story, Screenplay, Dialogue: S Sureshbabu

Music: M Jayachandran

Cinematography: Manoj Pillai

Reviewed by: Khan M. Jahangir 

Shikkar – A Complete Mohanlal Film

 Af0ter the long wait Mohanlal’s ‘Shikkar’ hits the theatres of Kerala. The movie has been predicted to be a ‘life-jacket’ for Mohanlal and his enormous fans after he witnessed a bunch of Box Office disasters in 2010 like ‘Alexander the Great’, ‘Janakan’ and ‘Oru Naal Varum’. ‘Shikkar’ is a clean-family entertainer that can satisfy both family audience and Mohanlal fans. The second half of the movie is more interesting than the first half. 

Story line

Balaraman, [Mohanlal] is a Lorry driver lives in a forest-bound village called Chittazha, where the main source of income for the people is Bamboo. He has a daughter Ganga [Ananya] who is studying for medical entrance. Balaraman and his daughter have been emotionally hunted by the death of Kaveri [Sneha]. One of Balaraman’s collegue Rawther [Thalaivasal Vijay] comes to Balaraman and reveals three of their superior officers have been brutally murdered. After some days Balaraman read the news of Rawther and his family’s murder news. Manu [Kailash] comes to the village and a relation develops between Manu and Ganga. Balaraman approves Manu and Ganga’s marriage. Balaraman reveals his 15 years earlier life as a Police officer and the incidents happened in Andhra related to the Naxalite operation he had been involved, through which he lost his wife Kaveri. The remaining story and the climax depict how Balaraman tackles the life threat. 

The movie deals a revenge subject which carries a suspense element. The director Padmakumar successfully handled a tough subject. A good story has been scripted in an average way by Suresh Babu. Mohanlal is the real plus point of the film. His combination scenes with Ananya are really touching. The casting is real good; especially the Villain, Ananya, Samudirakani, Lakshmi Gopalswami and Jagathy did very well. Suraj Venjaramood is in his cliché role brings monotony. The movie has been very well shot by Manoj Pillai. The climax scenes were shot at the same location where the Tamil movie ‘Guna’ has been shot. The action sequences at the steep ranges are worth a watch. The songs were penned by late Gireesh Puthenchery and tunes are given by M. Jayachandran are good. The song ‘Pinne Ennodonnum’ is going to be a chart-buster of 2010. 

Rating: 3.4 out of 5