Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum (The Exhibits and The Eye Witness)
If I have to pick the best among the bunch of Indian actors today, I would pick Fahadh Faasil and Nawazuddin Siddiqui. Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum (TD) is just another proof for me to say so. I have only one complaint against Fahadh... on taking away the beautiful, charming actress in Nazriya out of the film world. TD is a second film of director Dileesh Pothan and his second assembly with Fahadh. TD is way ahead of Maheshinte Prathikaram (MP), (theirs first) in substance, making and in the performance of the actors. Maheshinte prathikaram with all its difference in film making can still be written off as a masala flick with a great screenplay and making. MP has a real good hero, falling for a girl, good at work, happy with his average lifestyle, getting disturbed and retaliating as masalaic as it can get. TD plays with situations and thus has a very enchanting travel. The wall that separates the good and bad and how tall it gets built by situations, is dealt with finer details.
The screen space is shared between Suraj and Fahadh. Suraj plays a subdued role of behaving an average guy. A regular good youngster role but Suraj's looks doesn't support him. The feminine part of the story has lot to offer and has been handled very well by debutant Nimisha. Nimisha has lot of emotions to convey; fighting against her family, falling for the Suraj, disgust, confusion and pity over the thief. She scores well. Then, there are a bunch of supporting actors playing the role of cops and surprisingly I find all of them are good. Each contributed with different shades of characters. All of them show nuances in the way they portrayed the characters. A cop without uniform always speaks about the negatives of handling the case in certain way. He doesn't run and behaves as a smart guy who sees himself as an intelligent cop and ahead of the rest. A cop who is lean obeys the order perfectly and doesn't have a direction on his own. The Inspector always questions the wrong guy first with a sharp question and sounds intimidating. The cop Chandran plays the role of situationist, always adjusting to the way the situations take him. His' is probably the most vulnerable of all the characters and the thief picks him for a ride. Overall, the characters were well written and the dialogues are crisper enough so as to establish their respective personalities.
Fahadh plays the thief and does a splendid job. He is very clever and very determined. You will be bustled into a state of surprise if what he utters is true or not. Doing so, he carries the whole burden of moving all the characters to the crossroad of right vs wrong. He doesn't trust anybody and shows that in his answers to the cops' questions. He understands Kannada, knows how the system works, cleverly rigs out on the cops. Where he scores above all is the way he expresses himself. His eyes speak a lot. When he gets caught in the bus, he expresses surprise as though the thief is indeed not him. He confuses Nimisha by questioning her if she really saw him. He expresses the cool demeanor when the truth gets found out. When beaten to a pulp, he shows his grit and when he goes down unconscious he drops as a dead meat. Its high time he gets a go in the awards category.
The story revolves around situations thus rides you in a journey. You could easily get a sense of your wisdom getting questioned with each and every situation unfolding. If you are good at role playing, you will be in a real roller-coaster ride. You can experience the swing for and against the cops and similarly on the thief. The film has all these woven amidst regular milieu, witty happenings and in an average town life. TD is brilliant because it rides us through one of those million stories that happen around us daily and shows it just. Kudos to the team and Dileesh for such an experience.
The screen space is shared between Suraj and Fahadh. Suraj plays a subdued role of behaving an average guy. A regular good youngster role but Suraj's looks doesn't support him. The feminine part of the story has lot to offer and has been handled very well by debutant Nimisha. Nimisha has lot of emotions to convey; fighting against her family, falling for the Suraj, disgust, confusion and pity over the thief. She scores well. Then, there are a bunch of supporting actors playing the role of cops and surprisingly I find all of them are good. Each contributed with different shades of characters. All of them show nuances in the way they portrayed the characters. A cop without uniform always speaks about the negatives of handling the case in certain way. He doesn't run and behaves as a smart guy who sees himself as an intelligent cop and ahead of the rest. A cop who is lean obeys the order perfectly and doesn't have a direction on his own. The Inspector always questions the wrong guy first with a sharp question and sounds intimidating. The cop Chandran plays the role of situationist, always adjusting to the way the situations take him. His' is probably the most vulnerable of all the characters and the thief picks him for a ride. Overall, the characters were well written and the dialogues are crisper enough so as to establish their respective personalities.
Fahadh plays the thief and does a splendid job. He is very clever and very determined. You will be bustled into a state of surprise if what he utters is true or not. Doing so, he carries the whole burden of moving all the characters to the crossroad of right vs wrong. He doesn't trust anybody and shows that in his answers to the cops' questions. He understands Kannada, knows how the system works, cleverly rigs out on the cops. Where he scores above all is the way he expresses himself. His eyes speak a lot. When he gets caught in the bus, he expresses surprise as though the thief is indeed not him. He confuses Nimisha by questioning her if she really saw him. He expresses the cool demeanor when the truth gets found out. When beaten to a pulp, he shows his grit and when he goes down unconscious he drops as a dead meat. Its high time he gets a go in the awards category.
The story revolves around situations thus rides you in a journey. You could easily get a sense of your wisdom getting questioned with each and every situation unfolding. If you are good at role playing, you will be in a real roller-coaster ride. You can experience the swing for and against the cops and similarly on the thief. The film has all these woven amidst regular milieu, witty happenings and in an average town life. TD is brilliant because it rides us through one of those million stories that happen around us daily and shows it just. Kudos to the team and Dileesh for such an experience.
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