Kurup (कुरूप)

"Kurup (कुरूप)"

Watched Hindi movie Kurup (कुरूप). 

This film is directed by Srinath Rajendran. Story by Jithin K. Jose, K. S. Aravind, Daniel Sayooj Nair. Produced by Dulquer Salmaan. Music by Sushin Shyam. Cinematography Nimish Ravi. The film stars Dulquer Salmaan, Indrajith Sukumaran, Sobhita Dhulipala, Bharath Srinivasan, Tovino Thomas, Shine Tom Chako, Shivajith, Sunny Wyne. The film runs for about 2 hour 35 minutes and was released in Nov 2021. I watched it on Netflix on 23rd Dec 2021 with Aditi.

It's day of retirement of Police Officer Krishnadas. While his retirement ceremony is going on his subordinate stumbles upon a case diary of Kurup. Years ago Kurup returned from Persia to India and faked his death for an 8L policy. Krishnadas is not fooled and a cat and mouse game begins. 

Will Krishnadas catch him? Why does Kurup want to fake his death? Why did Kurup change his name? Can Kurup survive?

To deliver this story director has used the vehicle of Flashback. He uses it liberally. There are even nested flashback. It means flashback within flashback. That's interesting. Director gives a number of small surprises that retain audience interest. His endeavour to end the movie with another big surprise is also successful. 

The story is set in 1970s and 80s. So the art director and cinematographer get a chance to display tricks of their trade. 

There are three main characters. Dulquer plays the title role of Kurup. He acts decently. Sobhita Dhulipala plays his lady love. She has beautiful eyes. Indrajith plays the police officer. He acts well and looks like a police officer. Surprise element is Tovino Thomas. He impresses as a drunkard and liar. 

Biggest flaw? Locals in Persia dress like Arabs and they speak Arabic. How can director miss such a simple thing? This was a glaring blunder, an unacceptable one and unpardonable one. 

I watched the Hindi version of movie with English subtitles. I could not help but notice that the translation was horrible. 

Watch it for a change.