FIREMAN

FIRE MAN

 

Director: Deepu Karunakaran
Producer: Milan Jaleel
Production House: Galaxy Films
Music: Rahul Raj
Cinematography: Sinoj Velayudhan
Editing: V Saajan
Art Direction: Boban
Costume Design: Velayudhan Keezhillam

Cast :

Mammooty as Fireman Vijay 

Nyla Usha  as Sherin Thomas IPS 

Unni Mukundan as Shajahan 

Siddique as comrade Iqbal 

Salim Kumar as ???? 

 

Plot:

The story revolves around a tanker accident that occurs in a major city in kerala .Salim kumar portrays the role of a father whose child is missing from the city , he vigorously searches for her and approaches the police station but he is ignored , misbehaved and further he is assaulted by one  of  the  police constables. Salim kumar  gets out of his mind and drives his car  rash and takes a narrow turn to avoid collision with an LPG tanker leading to tanker crashing in and the tank falling on from the trailer. The fire force is called upon to manage the situation but a dumb act from one of the police men leads to explosion there bykilling many of the firemen. Fireman Vijay now comes in and takes control of the situation and the rest of the story tells us how he manages to avoid any further disasters . Nyla usha as Sherin Thomas IPS the commissioner of police takes charge of the situation and provides hand full support to Vijay. Later it is revealed that it was not an accident but the tanker was intentionally pulled down and the million dollar question is how Vijay and team finds the culprit without letting them to burst another round.

 

Review:

 

Its been a long time since mammooty the so called Megastar of Malayalam Cinema gave us a thrilling commercial entertainer worth reviewing. Though he had mad several void attempts in near past , this one was a partial success. The movie directed by Deepu Karunakaran whose previous ventures was Crazy Gopalan said to be a slapstick comedy that could not make an impression among the viewers. His next project was much delayed winter and the last one being the Theja bhai and family which tested the viewers tolerance of vulgar comedy and one liners which lost the target. But this time he has come up with a promising concept , another film adopting the theme of traffic, Friday , Passenger etc but here the situation is realistic and more complex. The graphics and VFX used were childish and will not be able to convince the 21 st century youth , but yes the budget is a concern. Mammooty as Vijay is the soul of the movie but as expected he delivers some heroism out of the limit of a fireman again troubling the audience who wants an ordinary megastar. Still the director managed to keep any action scenes away from the hero which was an appreciable effort. Unni mukundan has nothing much to deliver as he is completely wasted as a side kick to the hero. Nyla Usha the gorgeous IPS officer delivered a cool and stylish view for the audience. I don’t think anybody would hve noticed her performance but her looks. Siddique was a surprising element who within his short screen space and domain out performed the main cast with his natural ambience and elevation to a mature character. Though the movie has enough loop holes to be punched out of the theatres within a week , it has its thrilling moments too. If you need a glimpse of what mammooty was in 90’s just go and have a watch . Don’t expect an Jospeh Alexander IAS or any other firebrand character from shaji Kailas movies but a shadow of that would satisfy you a bit.