Shikaar - Lal hits right in 'Shikaar'

Banner: Sreeraj Productions

Cast: Mohanlal, Padmapriya, Ananya

Direction: Padmakumar

Production: K K Rajagopal

Music: M Jayachandran, Gireesh Puthenchery

Playing a lorry driver named Balaraman who is in the run from a forgettable past events, the movie is entirely shouldered by the versatile actor. And whenever it goes on to other petty off-stories out from the lead track, the feel of uneasiness is there. Anyhow, 'Shikaar’ with a plot about a man destined to escape from the revenge of his past deeds is a different thought and a better product for Padmakumar , the talented young director to end up his long wait for a hit.

Balaraman (Mohanlal) a lorry driver, operating in the forest area called Chittazha, transporting bamboos is the leader of all good men of the high ranges, fighting with every outsiders who come up to create havoc in the region. Constantly supported and followed buy Maniappan, his trusted aide, all his hopes are on his foster-daughter Ganga, who is all set to join a medical course securing a second rank in the entrance exams. But his haunting past follows him to this forest den, clearly making him over protective about his daughter and himself, to the extent of psychosis. With a group ready to make a miserable life for the protagonist for deeds that he had never committed, Balaraman now has to take the biggest risks of his life to save everything.

Bottom Line

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Shikaar - Lal hits right in 'Shikaar'

M Padmakumar will manage to make a name of his own as a hit director through 'Shikaar', though in a slippery terrain of a non-conventional theme. The movie may end up well for him and Lal, if marketed well.