Producer- Siby Thottupuram and Joby Mundamattom
Director- Vinay Govind
Cast- Asif Ali, Aju Varghese, Sampath, Raveendran, Samata Agarwal etc.
Music- Rahul Raj
Cinematography- Pradheesh M. Varma
Editing by- Mahesh Narayan
Review By : Unni R Nair (Kerala9.com )
My cousin Nandakumar, who had watched ‘Kili Poyi’ with me, exclaimed as we were leaving the theatre, “But for the mango-drink that we bought at half-time, I’d have fallen asleep immediately afterwards. Once I finished sipping it, I dozed off and remained in that state till the film ended. I just don’t understand why and for whom they made this movie and why I was there, spending money out of my pocket to doze off in a theatre where they were running only 2 or 3 fans, causing me to sweat and be uncomfortable”.
This could very well suffice for a review of ‘Kili Poyi’, writing a review for which is something that I’d fain avoid doing. But this is my job and I have to come up with a review, whether I like it or not.
‘Kili Poyi’ is about two friends- Chacko (Asif) and Hari (Aju Varghese). They work in Bengaluru, but are fed up of their boss Radhika (Sandra Thomas), who keeps demanding more in terms of work and sort of nags them always. They decide to take a break and go to Manali. But that doesn’t materialize and instead they go to Goa, in a car which they borrow from their friend Jo (Samata Agarwal). When they return, they find in the car a bag full of cocaine. From there develops the plot. The duo’s attempt to dump the bag somewhere and then their attempt to sell it, their meeting Disco Douglas (Raveendran) to sell off some packets of cocaine, Police Officer Rana (Sampath) coming from Goa to Bengaluru in search of the bag and such things work towards building up the climax.
The storyline, though not fresh in any way, could have been developed into a watchable movie. But the way it’s scripted and executed, there is almost nothing in the film that holds your interest. You wouldn’t even want to know what is going to happen to the Chacko and Hari after they get the back; you’d either want to doze off or run away. You’ll also thank God and the producers and director that the film, which is more of an intolerable farce, winds up in just about 90 minutes.
Performance
Sorry to say that not one actor delivers an above-average performance in Kili Poyi. It seems almost all of them have done it half-heartedly.
Technical aspects
Surprisingly the technical aspects of the film are not bad, but with such an awful script, all technical brilliance is lost…totally lost.
Music
The background score is good, but the songs, despite attempt to make them trendy, won’t work out that well and won’t last long…
Script
The script is utter waste and that makes the film intolerable, on all counts. It seems the writers were trying to come up with something in the pattern of the so-called ‘new generation films’. The deliberate usage of expletives and an attempt to make the film slick and trendy with trendy music and songs indicates that. But they perhaps didn’t realize that just trying to show the life of a bunch of youngsters, which has been treated on the very superficial level and with a very shallow kind of script, won’t make for a good movie. First have something to tell, then make a good script and put in ingredients (even expletives if you feel it is absolutely necessary and feel natural) and then package it well- that’s the way to do it. Otherwise it would all go waste, as has happened with Kili Poyi.
Direction
The direction part seems to be good, but still I’d say a director has to have a correct judgement as regards script and should take up for direction something that’s sensible. On that count, Vinay Govind has failed. Maybe next time he’d give us something good, something worth our money…
Verdict– Total waste of time and money… Stay away!! (Kili poyi, paisa poyi, samayam poyi!!!)
Rating: 0.5/5