Sheer waste of "TIME"

Since the start of 2007, I had seen only 3 Malayalam movies till date- the path breaking "Kaiyoppu", the refreshing "Note Book" and the fairly thought provoking "Vinodayathra". Needless to say, I was happy and surprised at the sudden improvement in the quality and content of the recent Malayalam movies. However, my experience with the newly released "Time" (Produced by Gopan, written by Rajesh Jayaraman and directed by Shaji Kailas) made me realize that my happiness was short lived. This is definitely a 2 hour torture of the highest order and I don't think any normal person would be able to relate to such an apology for a movie. I really do not want to delve into the details - the so called story or the lack of it. But, Rajesh Jayaraman definitely is a socially aware citizen- his script has references to anything and everything that has happened in the recent past- characters inspired from personalities ranging from Arundhathi Roy to Raman Shrivastava to V S Achuthanandan, pointers towards Nandigram, Smart City etc. However, in an effort to re create all this in his script, he has bitten off more than what he or anyone else can chew. The result is a script that goes haywire lending absolutely no credibility to any character or incident. Shaji Kailas struggles with this lackadaisical script and adds his own bit by making his actors go completely over the top. Subtlety is definitely not something that Shaji cares for. His usual gimmickery of fast editing (L Bhoominathan) and slick shots (Rajarathinam) are visible in Time. But, only if he could care for the script... Unfortunately for the pretty Vimala Raman, this happens to be her debut vehicle in Malayalam, a film which she can definitely be ashamed of. The lady is promising nevertheless. Padmapriya looks fab in her Fab India costumes, thats about it. It is really disheartening to see an actress of her calibre making such horrendous choice of roles. Siddique stands out. As for the rest of the cast, well, the less said the better. Oops, I forgot that the hero of this movie is Suresh Gopi!!! I am not sure whether Mr. Gopi is watching his movies in theatre with the audience. If he does, he will get an idea of how little TIME he has to prove his mettle as a dependable superstar once again. In his efforts to portray an eccentric IPS officer, he ends up looking like a fool on camera. TIME is definitely not worth your time, even if you have a lot of time at your disposal.