Medium : Malayalam
Starring : Jayasurya, Anoop Menon, Samvritha Sunil
Director : Arun Kumar
Music : Alphonse, Ratheesh Vega (bg score also)
We are usually hearing complaints regarding the non availability of new subjects, new technicians, new artists etc related to the malayalam movie industry. In the process of a much awaited youthful trend happening here, a new director has made his debut. After traveling as an editor companion with Priyadarshan for around 20 movies and also with the immense experience got through working for various projects like 'Ivar', 'Sound of Boot', 'Sesham', 'Seetha Kalyanam' etc, Arun Kumar has entered the direction field. The name of the movie is 'Cock Tail', It has got Jayasurya, Anoop Menon and Samvritha Sunil in lead roles. 'Cock Tail' is released with in a week's gap when Priyan's latest hindi movie 'Aakrosh' is also in the theaters; it is a coincidence that both movies were edited by Arun.
Pradeep Nair (former associate to Santhosh Sivan), who has worked for Jayasurya movie 'Nallavan', is the cinematographer. The story and screenplay is given by Shyam Menon. Anoop Menon, who has
got experience as the script writer of 'Pakal Nakshatrangal', has written the dialogues for this movie. Alphonse gave a couple of songs and the duet number 'Neeyaam Thanalinu...' is composed by new comer Ratheesh Vega, who has also given the bg score for the movie. Milan Jaleel, who gave movies like 'Happy Husbands', 'Thuruppugulaan', 'Ben Johnson' etc is the producer.
Ravi Abraham (Anoop Menon) is working in a construction company. He has got a wife Parvathi (Samvritha Sunil) and kid. He is having ambitions about their family's future and is working hard for achieving it. On an usual day, the couple happened to meet Ambi (Jayasurya) which later lead to a series of incidents in their life and thus goes the thrilling journey of 'Cock Tail'.
The new director has presented the movie straightly, without much gimmicks and wasted comedies. Though some of the scenes in the beginning were slow paced with small dramatic shots, once the story starts rolling the required tempo is attained. An item song, though matching the situation, is apt for a bollywood culture. The story is happening in Cochin, but the foolishness of showing the board of a beverages shop with the Trivandrum address in a certain shot should have been avoided.
Pradeep Nair's camera work is good. Shyam Menon's screenplay based on some realistic incidents is good. Anoop Menon's dialogues felt realistic and he has performed well to fit the role. Jayasurya, with an unusual appearance has given a variety style of acting. Samvritha Sunil is good, but some where I doubted whether the role is heavy for her to handle. Music director Ratheesh Vega gave an immense support for the visuals with an excellent bg score, the song composed by him has got a different flavor. He had proved himself in editing area before, now 'Cock Tail', bearing an unusual theme showed that Arun Kumar is on the way to become a promising name in the direction side also. The story adapted from the foreign film 'Butterfly on a Wheel', is very relevant in the current period.
'Cock Tail' is a good suspense family thriller. We should welcome attempts like this, to encourage more productions with different themes in future...
Rating : 7.5 / 10
Starring : Jayasurya, Anoop Menon, Samvritha Sunil
Director : Arun Kumar
Music : Alphonse, Ratheesh Vega (bg score also)
We are usually hearing complaints regarding the non availability of new subjects, new technicians, new artists etc related to the malayalam movie industry. In the process of a much awaited youthful trend happening here, a new director has made his debut. After traveling as an editor companion with Priyadarshan for around 20 movies and also with the immense experience got through working for various projects like 'Ivar', 'Sound of Boot', 'Sesham', 'Seetha Kalyanam' etc, Arun Kumar has entered the direction field. The name of the movie is 'Cock Tail', It has got Jayasurya, Anoop Menon and Samvritha Sunil in lead roles. 'Cock Tail' is released with in a week's gap when Priyan's latest hindi movie 'Aakrosh' is also in the theaters; it is a coincidence that both movies were edited by Arun.Pradeep Nair (former associate to Santhosh Sivan), who has worked for Jayasurya movie 'Nallavan', is the cinematographer. The story and screenplay is given by Shyam Menon. Anoop Menon, who has
got experience as the script writer of 'Pakal Nakshatrangal', has written the dialogues for this movie. Alphonse gave a couple of songs and the duet number 'Neeyaam Thanalinu...' is composed by new comer Ratheesh Vega, who has also given the bg score for the movie. Milan Jaleel, who gave movies like 'Happy Husbands', 'Thuruppugulaan', 'Ben Johnson' etc is the producer. Ravi Abraham (Anoop Menon) is working in a construction company. He has got a wife Parvathi (Samvritha Sunil) and kid. He is having ambitions about their family's future and is working hard for achieving it. On an usual day, the couple happened to meet Ambi (Jayasurya) which later lead to a series of incidents in their life and thus goes the thrilling journey of 'Cock Tail'.
The new director has presented the movie straightly, without much gimmicks and wasted comedies. Though some of the scenes in the beginning were slow paced with small dramatic shots, once the story starts rolling the required tempo is attained. An item song, though matching the situation, is apt for a bollywood culture. The story is happening in Cochin, but the foolishness of showing the board of a beverages shop with the Trivandrum address in a certain shot should have been avoided.
Pradeep Nair's camera work is good. Shyam Menon's screenplay based on some realistic incidents is good. Anoop Menon's dialogues felt realistic and he has performed well to fit the role. Jayasurya, with an unusual appearance has given a variety style of acting. Samvritha Sunil is good, but some where I doubted whether the role is heavy for her to handle. Music director Ratheesh Vega gave an immense support for the visuals with an excellent bg score, the song composed by him has got a different flavor. He had proved himself in editing area before, now 'Cock Tail', bearing an unusual theme showed that Arun Kumar is on the way to become a promising name in the direction side also. The story adapted from the foreign film 'Butterfly on a Wheel', is very relevant in the current period.
'Cock Tail' is a good suspense family thriller. We should welcome attempts like this, to encourage more productions with different themes in future...
Rating : 7.5 / 10
