Thondimuthalum Driksaakshiyum (2017)

The makers (there is a director, creative director and a writer) of Thondimuthalum Driksaakshiyum made a public apology to his eminence Pimpinainteasy - the greatest movie watcher of all time, after they found out that he rated their film a 6/10 compared to the average IMDB rating of 8.5/10.

Dear Pimpinainteasy,

we agree wholeheartedly with your concerns about our film. Thondimuthalum suffered from a boring subtlety that tried to draw too much attention to itself. The truth is that we were unable to write a single memorable scene or piece of dialog. The writer is inferior compared to legends like Sreenivasan or Raghunath Paleri. We could not even find good supporting actors. Alancier is a completely unremarkable mediocrity who pales in comparison to greats Innocent, Jagathi or Shangaradi who could have done this role in their sleep. The less said about the other mumbling actors at the police station, the better. They were all fans of Marlon Brando I guess.

The fraud Rajeev Ravi portrays rural Kerala as something that it is clearly not. The truth is we all have a hangover of some Sergio Leone or small town American film. We try to bestow these rural milieus with some kind of nobility and belligerence when the truth is that they are all just dirty backward shitholes. The greenery is not thanks to any commendable Malayali endeavor. It is just an act of nature. The only thing Malayalis can be proud of is the squalor and the ugly buildings.

And the music composers pathetic attempt at imitating Morricone - I know you cringed in the theater when you heard the tuneless whistling rubbish that introduced Fahad's character.

But I am sure you agree that the story was pretty unique. The film had immense potential which we failed to realize. Suraaj Venjaramudu is now an actor worth watching. We will try harder with our next film Pimpin sir.

Best regards,
the makers of Thondimuthalum.

(6/10)