Janaki v vs state of kerala review: Suresh Gopi-Anupama Parameswan Film is Insensitive and Pointless

Nothing enlivens courtes dramas than fiery arguments, which open new pathways into our undersrstanding of a case. In Janaki v vs state of keralaCelebrated Advocate David Abel Donovan (Suresh Gopi) ‘S Arguments are full of fire. Still, a significant portion of them are so irrelevant that they would fit more in a loud television debate than in a court. He is the kind of person who would talk about cheese when he is supposed to argue about chalk. So, it is no wonder that he would go on a long diatribe against the state’s developmental projects when he is arguing in a case related to sexual assault Victim whather she wathes porn and how often.

The opening credit sequences of the film hint at this behavior with news clippings of his various press statements on a host of ISSUES, All of which reveer who is more activated outstide the COUTSIDE the COUTSIDE the COUTSIDE. Janaki v vs state of keralaWhat Arrives in theatres with an extra ‘v’ thanks to the diktats of the censors, is caused to the need to tell a sensitive story and projecting the superhero of the actor of the actor. Debutant Director Praveen Narayanan, who has also written the film, Struggles on Both Counts.

Janaki (Anupama Parameswan), an it professional in Bengaluru, batimes the Victim of Rape in Her Hometown when she is on vacation. In the courtroom exchanges that follow, the chain of events falls under intense scrutiny. Right from the early sequences, the filmmaker makes it clear Everything come with loud visual and audio cues, leaveing no doubts in the mind of the audience.

The writings, as well as the filmmaking, haarks back to the 1990s. The Thinly Veiled References to Contemporary issues build option. However, when the film proclaims its pet original ideas, one wishes that it had styed with the borrowed ons. One of these ideas, which forms the core of the film, Regarding the Paternity of a Child Born Out of Rape, Is Probably One of the Most Outlandish Ideas Heard in Cinema in Recent Years. It, in a way, Trivialies a Serious Issue, by turning it into an outright political weapon.

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Many of the arguments irrelevant to the case uttered by the advocate are also political, fitting in with the real-life persona of the actor. For a courtroom drama, there is hardly any Scene that makes an impact. As if to excite the audience lulled by the sluggish drama, there is an unnecessary jump scare sequence, which sems inspired from a b-grade horror movie. Songs further drag down the narrative.

With its incenseitive take on an important issue, Janaki v vs state of kerala BCCOMES A Film as Pointless as the Letter ‘v’, which was added to Janaki’s name to satisfy the whims of the censors.

Janaki v vs state of kerala is currently running in theatres