Again its a big loss for those who have not yet seen such a beautiful movie like this.

A Wednesday was a good movie.. But the story is not something which happens to most of us. But Kayyoppu tells a story that can happen to anyone of us. Whenever a bomb blast occurs, we are affected in the way the characters in Kayyoppu are affected…
Common people, who have a life like us, who have to keep many promises, do many things are gone in just a few moments.. They don’t get a chance to change anything.. This is the message the director tries to give.. And as far as I am considered, the director has succeeded in that..

Of course, Balachandran is a hero and has a few of the quintessential trappings of one – like the boundless love for all humanity that he drowns everyone in his vicinity with.

I can only wince at Ratheesh’s observations. The girl whom the Hindu Balachandran supports is a Muslim and the innocent lodge-keeper is revealed to be another Muslim, so what? Is it so filmy and messagey for two people from different faiths to share a bond? Unless and until Moditva happens, two people taken at random could be from any major faith. And I’m convinced that Ratheesh on a mission, when I read that “at many places, the attitude of the superstar shows up” because he ends his conversation with the Muslim girl quickly. Balachandran is a certified bookworm and introvert, whose interactions with people are formal (note his words to Babu just before he departs – kind but somehow detached) and measured. Even during his long phone chats with Padma, he is mostly a listener.

I was shocked and later saddened by the way Kayyoppu ended. Though I could understand the Common Man’s angst in A Wednesday, I couldn’t relate to it. It was like, taking an idea and stuffing it into the protagonist’s mouth. Balachandran’s tragedy was personal and therefore it connected more with me. And A Wednesday is just an intelligent thriller. Honest? Oh, come on.

A reply would be nice.

agree w/ u 101%
Malayalam cinema lacks good filmmakers and script writers! period.

Agreeing with the other comments in the fact that one do not have to actually experience something directly to write about it as long as the person have enough acquired knowledge to make a valid opinion on the subject. Throughout the movie it establishes the fact that Balachandran is a well read character with pretty good knowledge of human life and current affairs(despite not being the same when it comes to technological advances, maybe). Also the fact that the subject of terrorism quite randomly pops up towards the final 10 % of the movie is also reflective of the common man, who regularly reads it in newspapers or watch it on TV, but goes on with his life, his goals, the goodwill and then one day he’s suddenly caught in the middle of it all, unprepared and his reflexes shy. Just the right time devoted to that particular topic, I would say. If you stretch it a bit more, you have to worry about it getting too sensitive, controversial, distracting from the real message and the works. Unnecessary.

I was also entirely surprised with the performance of almost everyone involved, they were all quite natural. Mammooty has almost always shone in similar understated characters. The girl, kind of reminded me of my own little sister with the accent and the passively introvert mannerisms.

A bonus point for Ranjith’s (or anyone else responsible) idea to resurrect an age old gem ‘Jalte Hain’.

I’d give it an 8 out of 10.