Arun Kunjunny
Action Hero Biju is a movie which is to my liking for the sheer making style. There are not major events which drives the movie, no over-the-top characters who dish out explosive dialogues, no visual extravaganza in terms of camera work but still it leaves a pleasant feeling within. Except for the main protagonist and his 4 police colleagues, nobody takes screen space for more than 5 minutes. The interior of the SI's room and the police station does take more than half of the time in terms of location too. But none of this gives you a feeling of boredom or feel like the sequence is artificially collated. SI Biju is a normal police officer and the movie stays true to the purpose of showing the life of a police officer in the flesh. He might not be Bharat Chandran IPS but he definitely holds his own. Abrid as a film maker gets my respect and the movie has inspired me to believe in my movie. Malayalam cinema is indeed taking a turn for the better and my admiration to all these younger crop of directors who are leading the march to break the mould. Congrats to Nivin on doing a nice movie as a producer first time around. Reality might not be entertaining for some, but it did keep me personally interested.
Vivek Ranjit
Action Hero Biju - Abrid Shine shows us a police officer hitherto unseen in the movies we have watched and takes us through his daily routine and the regular cases and petitions and other incidents that can happen in a Janamaithri police station. Rather than going for a hero v/s villain plot or a series of usual cop-movie cliches, many sequences in this movie are a refreshing change from what we have seen in cop-movies made so far. The director explores many humorous instances and situations that can happen in a police station and also the daily turmoil a police officer has to go through - having fun one minute and seeing death closely in the next and many such fluctuating emotions. Nivin Pauly effectively plays a young, regular sub-inspector who handles each case that appears before him with the same commitment. He shines in the humorous portions as usual and behaves effectively and maturely otherwise, presenting a different police hero - someone who seems like anyone among us, rather than a larger than life cop. Suraj Venjaramoodu is excellent and makes your eyes moist with just two scenes. One of the finest performances I've seen in recent times. Joju George is excellent and its great to see him back in action after a short gap. Meghanadhan, Sohan Seenulal, Jude Anthany Joseph, Kalabhavan Prajod, Devi Ajith, Rony David Raj, Alexander Prasanth are all very effective. But the stronger applause should go to the many new faces - especially the two ladies Baby & Mary and the drunkard singer. They were simply superb! With minimal background score, authentic atmosphere, natural humor, great sync sound and without going for major dramatics & heroism (except in the end), Action Hero Biju scores in portraying the everyday lives of many policemen, especially Biju whose heroism comes from the small things he does. Had fun subtitling this film, and it will open with English subtitles outside Kerala from tomorrow.
Arun G Menon
A perfectly crafted Realistic movie..
Jus like the Tag line of the movie says "A Ride with a police officer"...This movie will take you along with a Police officers busy official Life..
Movie at the starting may feel a bit lag majority of the scenes takes place in the background of a police station. Just like u visualuse a CCTV footage kept in a police station the Director adopted such a way of Narration to make it more realistic. There is no an actual Storyline but this movie is all about few lively Fragments of a Sub Inspector Biju Poulose(Nivin).
Current affairs..Social Message ..Attitude of a PoliceMen towards that are well appreciated in this flick. All characters given maximum justice towards their roles but the much appreciated performance was noted by Suraj his character will leave the audience in tears..Special appreciation To Director Abrid Shine for a different experimentation in the Subject also by writing Dialogues which is not at all Dramatic..And this movie is also a Reply from Nivin Pauly to those who critisise him saying he is fit only for those New Generation roles..He actually moved out from his comfort zone and given good efforts as SI Biju Poulose..
[This movie is not fitting in an Masala Entertainment category but this movie has some good Jokes..True Emotions and Life in it..So this movie can only be well appreciated exclusivly in theatres] The review is my personal opinion about the movie this may vary with your views....il Rate 3.5/5..
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