Ramleela might be the perfect example of how a brilliant screenplay and a mediocre technical brilliance mixed with a bit of exemplary acting can achieve. Arun Gopy might have just incubated the sole hit of all the Diwali releases so far.
Ramleela stands on its base as a strong film even though the viewers might feel the shaking of such a base during the long runtime. With a strong opening theme song and a vividly brilliant color grading early from the film, Ramleela had already shown technical brilliance with a steady flow of good dialogues and a efficient casting. Dileep has got another role that he could justify as a actor, rather than a comedian. Dileep has been used to his core, proving valid emotional responses and a producing a mesmerizing presence on screen. Kalabhavan Shajon has also done his part well, keeping close to a mild basic combo with Dileep. Apart from the leads, all other characters were given sufficient amount of screen value, a topic that might touch every Malayalam film of all time.
Ramleela's plot was a carefully thought and executed material. It does have its flaws and backs but ultimately, the film reaches to the point where the criticism doesn't matter to the story, only to the screenplay. Sachy has done a marvelous job at keeping the pieces together and winding the clock until the time has come. With some late additions to the ongoing plot, Ramleela might lag on some end but keeps to its theme as a Political thriller. The 1st Half was so better than the 2nd. Even though i felt that the climax twist was beautifully executed, it lacked a sense of excitement that should have flown through us ; it was expected a mile across. Until that point, with a lot of gibberish thrown at us, i really thought the film had gone out of hand. Its transition from a giddy old Thriller to a unexpected 90's style innocence proving victim was profoundly dumb. Apart from the major part of the 2nd Half, Ramleela is beautiful as beautiful it needs to be.
In the end Ramleela is a complete package for a family or for a evident film enthusiast. With nail biting sound direction and a remarkably ensembles cast, Arun Gopy has succeeded in creating a Diwali Blockbuster.
Final Verdict - 7.4 / 10
Shaped Too Heavy !
