{"id":7437,"date":"2013-01-25T21:32:54","date_gmt":"2013-01-25T16:02:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.entecity.com\/?p=7437"},"modified":"2013-01-28T23:42:55","modified_gmt":"2013-01-28T18:12:55","slug":"kammath-and-kammath-a-burned-out-dosa-review-by-vibil-p-jacob","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/kammath-and-kammath-a-burned-out-dosa-review-by-vibil-p-jacob\/","title":{"rendered":"Kammath and Kammath – A burned-out dosa! Review by VS Reviews"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mammootty<\/strong><\/a> had a marginal comeback with \u2018Bavuttiyude Namathil<\/strong><\/a>\u2019, but all that in vain. Touted as a mass entertainer, but fails to hold your attention due to the weak\u00a0direction and lazy writing. It failed to utilize the charisma of the interesting cast it had, except for Baburaj<\/strong><\/a> who shines all the way through with his comic timing. It also sparks a doubt about who is actually the hero of the film, as Baburaj had the best one-liners and the major action sequences. In short, a burned-out dosa!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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Movie starts off with the history of the Konkini speaking Kammath community who had to migrate from Goa and it narrates the story of two brothers from that community, Raja Raja Kammath<\/strong> (Mammootty) and Devaraja Kammath<\/strong> (Dileep). \u2018Kammath & Kammath\u2019 is a restaurant joint having over 30 outlets and they start their new branch in Palakkad amidst many impediments. Enter Rima Kallingal<\/strong>, the municipal secretary who first objects in opening the restaurant, later realizes her mistake. Story takes a new turn when Karthika Nair<\/strong> is introduced and how Kammath brothers solve her problems forms the crux of the plot.<\/p>\n

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The story has striking similarities with the script-writer\u2019s previous work, Pokkiriraja<\/a>, especially in its latter half, told in a rather yawn inducing manner. Overall, Udaykrishna-Siby K Thomas<\/strong> duo rehashes own works and cooks up an underdone plot, which required skillful direction like what Vyshak did in Pokkiriraja, but that\u2019s exactly what is lacking in Thomson\u2019s direction. Most of the comic intended scenes don\u2019t evoke the much needed laughter nor doesn\u2019t have the right proportion of mass elements. The extensive usage of Konkini slang also doesn\u2019t work out at all.

Technically the movie has nothing special to boast about. Cinematography was decent. Editing was just average, especially in the second half involving the forced flashback which dampened the narrative even more. Music and BG score was another letdown.<\/p>\n

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Speaking about the acting department, its Baburaj all the way who shines with his seasoned comic timing and action sequences<\/strong>, that one might wonder if he is the hero. Mammootty and Dileep had nothing exceptional to do with such a feeble screenplay; still they did their part with conviction. Rima Kallingal and Karthika Nair as the female lead become mere caricatures. In the supporting cast, no one stands out as worth mentioning.

All in all, a strictly average attempt<\/strong>, owing to it\u2019s over indulgence Konkini slang, slothful writing and ineffectual direction which lacked the punch of a mass entertainer. Only Baburaj comes out with a noteworthy performance, rest all is a big yawn!

Verdict – A burned-out dosa!<\/strong>
Rating \u2013 5\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Mammootty had a marginal comeback with \u2018Bavuttiyude Namathil\u2019, but all that in vain. Touted as a mass entertainer, but fails to hold your attention due to the weak\u00a0direction and lazy writing. It failed to utilize the charisma of the interesting cast it had, except for Baburaj who shines all the way through with his comic […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7439,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57,31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7437","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-malayalam-movies","category-movies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7437"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7437"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7437\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7439"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7437"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}