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Koode Review


Cast: Prithiviraj Sukumaran, Nazriya Fahadh, Parvathy
Music: M. Jayachandran, Raghu Dixit
Direction: Anjali Menon

Anjali Menon’s Koode (Meaning With) revolves around Joshua (played by Prithiviraj Sukumaran) and his emotional journey he experiences. Anjali Menon’s ‘Bangalore Days’ and her written film ‘Ustad Hotel’ gave an emotional experience and Koode is nothing short of that experience. The bond between each character in the movie is amazingly portrayed.

Malayalam cinema always uses the characters effectively. Even in Koode, Joshua’s grandmother who has two scenes will create an impact. The movie starts with Joshua, who is working at Gulf, receives a phone call from his father and we see him travelling to Kerala. The film cuts to the childhood of Joshua, where he picks up a nest that is fallen and places it carefully on the tree.

Joshua is the caring person, who loves his family. This attribute is established in one scene mentioned above. In his childhood Joshua is very fond of trains. Interestingly, the moments that change Joshua’s life are all related to train. He comes to know about his sister Jennifer’s (a role tailor made for Nazriya) health condition inside a train, he goes to Gulf to work and we see him till he boards the train and finally the scene where he reconcile with his father.

Anjali Menon’s writing is wonderful. Just see how Joshua’s father playing with broken toys lead to such an emotional scene. We also see a kid asking him about his broken toy while he was waiting for Joshua at the gate. All these are subtle and makes the end emotional scene memorable. Anjali Menon’s direction makes a little clichéd climax into a beautiful scene, where you remember it long after the movie ends.

Koode is an experience that will make you feel every emotion. The dialogues in it are wonderful and I laughed when Jennifer says “If I am not in this film, it will be an art film”. The comedy in the film simple yet brings the roof down. The film of course is slow and wants us to delve into Joshua and Jennifer’s world. If you are someone who cannot do it, this film might be testing your patience.

Verdict: Yet another Malayalam movie that beautifies the emotions.
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