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#PicksAndPiques #FilmMovieDocumentaryReviews #JohnsonThomas #internationalfilmfestivalcircuit #KuttavumShikshayum/ (translation #CrimeAndPunishment) (2022) #Malayalam Runtime: 138 m Rating: * * * Genre: Action, Crime, Drama Cast: #AsifAli #Sharafudheen #SunnyWayne #AlencierLeyLopez #SenthilKrishna #SibiThomas Director: #RajeevRavi Writers: #SreejithDivakaran #SibiThomas #APInternational #FilmRollProductions #Netflix

In the era of cross-state-border labour migration, Rajeev Ravi comes up with a high-tension police procedural with all the gusto and heft of a thriller. This real-life adaptation of the jewellery robbery case that occurred in Kasargod. Rajeev Ravi and his team of writers Sreejith Divakaran and Sibi Thomas( a cop himself) focuses on exposing the challenges experienced by 5 cops of one state (Kerala in this case) while tracking down migrant criminals who flee back to their home state( UP) after a daring jewellery heist. 5 member team from the Kerala Police had to use their best policing skills and go by-the-book as much as possible, as they embark on a journey fraught with danger - to a dreaded village in Uttar Pradesh where they risked their lives to nab the culprits. Strong on plot, this film casts light on cops grappling with duty, responsibility, morality, family and social media influences and conscience. Even for armed and dangerous cops it’s an insecure world out there. Courage and fear come face to face in activism and crime. The irony of a meagre gains judicial system stares you in the face. Zeroing in on realism and fact, with tempered performances enhancing it, this film takes the audience into a universe – much like ‘Nayattu’ (which again was scripted by a cop Shahi Kabeer) did, portraying it with rare integrity and truth. While the ending may seem a little tame to some, it does leave a lot of room for introspection and thought!