Movie: Theevram (U)Rating : 4/5I had just watched KAMMATTIPAADAM the previous day before watching THEEVRAM. I had heard a lot about this film and it looked interesting. I had also read somewhere that the Hindi action film BADLAPUR (2015) has an almost similar storyline to this film released in 2012. That steamed up my desire to watch it. And yes, I can say that THEEVRAM is a film which takes itself and it's title very seriously. So, seriously that it thrills till the end.Dulquer Salmaan impresses one more time. This time he has a different role to play. His inner feelings come out as his facial expressions. He's stupendous. The duo of Sreenivasan and Vinay Forrt entertains with its intelligence and also, some cool humour that I couldn't stop laughing at. Anu Mohan as the villain is terrific and menacing. Vishnu Raghav plays his part well. So do Riya Saira and Shikha Nair, in their respective parts. The music is good. Thankfully, the first half is not occupied by any romantic scenes or songs. The story and screenplay are both praiseworthy. Several concepts presented by Roopesh Peethambaran can make you think he's a super genius. The action scenes are terrific, although they are not too much in this film. The film has been shot with a terrific visual technique which makes this film stand out. I can't tell that thing, watch it yourself and you will easily realize.The film has some mild flaws. The first half runs at a great pace with no hindrance to the story and reaches an ultimate interval blockade. But it's in the second half that the film begins to slow down as the flashback episodes start rolling in. The episodes could have been shorter though. Even if around 25 minutes of these episodes had bee trimmed out, one would have found out what's the flashback all about. But since these scenes are light hearted and cleanly entertaining, there's nothing much to bother. Although the film has bloodless action and has scenes which are either investigative, dark or light hearted, yet the film has some extreme scenes of graphic violence, which make you think how come the censor board passed it with a U certificate without deleting these scenes? But that's not a big issue at all.Overall, THEEVRAM is an interesting piece of an artwork by Roopesh Peethambaran. It's Dulquer and the terrific script that together make this film exciting. It's one of the finest action thrillers I have ever seen.

Dear Roopesh Peethambaran, incompetent actors, a loud background score and ordinary writing ruined your revenge thriller which can boast of an interesting structure. The hero's sidekick, the heroine and the villain were played by unremarkable actors. The background score was so damn annoying. The blatant comedy track and the long and painfully boring scenes which explained every single aspect of the murder and subsequent revenge ruined the film completely. Dulqer Salman was self conscious in many of the scenes but credit to him for choosing a film with such dark subject matter so early in his career. Sreenivasan, Janardhanan and Vinay Fortt were amusing as the trio of police officers who investigate the case. But the rest of the supporting cast was populated by complete nobodies. The scenes where Dulqer's character tried to make it as a music composer served as a distraction. I noticed that the police procedural scenes had a bluish hue to them. I wonder whether you were inspired by Michael Mann. Ultimately, Theevram is just another silly and mediocre middle class revenge fantasy. Regards, Pimpin. (3/10)

This movie will haunt you for a lifetime. A very usual story and situations, but the execution will render you speechless. Amazing performance by Dulquer, and it is undoubtedly one of the best in his career. The plot is simple, a man loses his wife, he takes revenge. The screenplay too cannot guarantee anything new. We have all seen these situations and characters a thousand times. But what makes it different is how the makers have delivered and packaged it. Dulquer ruled throughout. The dark image suits him very well. Sreenivasan and Vinay Forrt were awesome. But it was Vinu Mohan who surprised me. He was splendid. The Malayalam film industry is not so familiar with such intense movies, and I think this one is a little ahead of its time. Hope this movie will get recognition it deserves, someday.

Theevram is a well-packaged crime drama that primarily scores due to it's music and also an intense performance from Dulquer Salman.Dulquer Salman is just few films young yet has already begun carrying a movie on his shoulder. There's no doubt acting is in the genes and this can easily be seen in the emotional scenes conveyed effortlessly by him. Shikha Nair as his wife is another promising, upcoming actor. She's exuberant and provides the sunny side in this otherwise dark story. The other important supporting actors are also impressive here like the veteran Sreenivasan who excels as the cop Alexander, Vishnu Raghav as Harsha's buddy Dr.Roy, Riya Saira as Dr.Roy's love and also Vinay Forrt as Alexander's assistant, Ramachandran. This is a debut movie for Shikha Nair and Anu Raghavan(in a negative role as an auto driver) however, both portray their characters with lots of confidence on screen.The music is another pillar of strength for this move beside Dulquer. The background score and all the songs have a catchy, engaging tunes and my personal favs are the theme song Mannake sung by the music director Roby and also the positive, cheery Innariyathe by Vineeth Srinivasan and Shweta Mohan.For a debut direction, what Roopesh Peethambaran has done is commendable and it's a really pleasant surprise to know that he was the junior Mohanlal in Sphadikam :) I felt the camera-work could have been a notch higher, especially in the beginning scenes which should have actually left a scorching pace for the rest of the movie to follow. And although, the story in general made for an absorbing view, I wished the ending had the same sense of impact that we felt when Dulquer first shows up on screen.The film has its share of violent scenes, so I wouldn't recommend this a safe viewing for kids.Verdict: A treat for Dulquer fans. Another angry young man rises in Malayalam cinema :)