<p>This Geetu Mohandas directorial takes you through a whirlwind of raw emotions.</p>.<p>Teenager Mulla reaches Mumbai in search of his long lost older brother, Akbar, hoping to find brotherly affection. What the Mulla finds is a rotten city and a bunch of people who could give sewer rats stiff competition. </p>.<p>Soon enough, we get introduced to the protagonist, Akbar, portrayed by Nivin Pauly with a grisly, commendable performance. </p>.<p>Akbar is neither a day saver nor anti-hero, he’s just another human being who has lost his soul in the city. The question you are asked: “Did you really expect a good man from<br />the city’s dark underbelly?” </p>.<p>The movie then takes a backtrack and shows the innocent and conservative family of Akbar and Mulla, and how the former’s unconventional love took the family to doom.</p>.<p>It is commendable that an actor of Nivin Pauly’s stature took up a character that is so complex and haunting. It’s easily his best performance to date. </p>.<p>The third act takes you back to the city and reveals how Mulla is destined to be the outcast the city is desperately looking for. </p>.<p>The performance of the child actor portraying Mulla is breathtaking and the director must have had a big role in extracting it. </p>.<p>The film’s courage must have prompted Anurag Kashyap to co-produce it. </p>.<p>Geetu Mohandas excels at capturing the fragility of humans through the many dilemmas of sexuality, identity and life itself.</p>
<p>This Geetu Mohandas directorial takes you through a whirlwind of raw emotions.</p>.<p>Teenager Mulla reaches Mumbai in search of his long lost older brother, Akbar, hoping to find brotherly affection. What the Mulla finds is a rotten city and a bunch of people who could give sewer rats stiff competition. </p>.<p>Soon enough, we get introduced to the protagonist, Akbar, portrayed by Nivin Pauly with a grisly, commendable performance. </p>.<p>Akbar is neither a day saver nor anti-hero, he’s just another human being who has lost his soul in the city. The question you are asked: “Did you really expect a good man from<br />the city’s dark underbelly?” </p>.<p>The movie then takes a backtrack and shows the innocent and conservative family of Akbar and Mulla, and how the former’s unconventional love took the family to doom.</p>.<p>It is commendable that an actor of Nivin Pauly’s stature took up a character that is so complex and haunting. It’s easily his best performance to date. </p>.<p>The third act takes you back to the city and reveals how Mulla is destined to be the outcast the city is desperately looking for. </p>.<p>The performance of the child actor portraying Mulla is breathtaking and the director must have had a big role in extracting it. </p>.<p>The film’s courage must have prompted Anurag Kashyap to co-produce it. </p>.<p>Geetu Mohandas excels at capturing the fragility of humans through the many dilemmas of sexuality, identity and life itself.</p>