Kammatipaadam Review

Kammatti Paadam is a gangster epic. This film has a lot of depth and meat to it. Dulquer Salmaan was amazing. I'm admiring his choices of films and roles this past year. He's breaking into new ground and showing his acting chops outside the charming romantic lead type. The poster shows him present day as a salt and pepper haired 42 year old security guard living in Mumbai. (Yes, we see him doing security for a Bollywood film doing a street shoot!) Just a touch of gray to his hair and mustache. And I think he must have gained weight for the role. He just looked more like his father Mammootty than ever with that substantial thick mustache. ` I looked up during the interval who the director is - Rajeev Ravi. He's only directed a few Malayalam films, but he's worked extensively as a cinematographer in Bollywood, with Anurag Kashyap especially. He was cinematographer on Bombay Velvet, Gangs of Wasseypur, Dev D, etc. And key in Malayalam cinema, he was cinematographer for Classmates. There were some really interesting shots -- into plate glass windows, some shaky handheld work during action scenes, etc. It just was visually interesting and not all straight forward shooting as we sometimes see in Indian film. Read more of my review here: https://moviemavengal.com/2016/06/03/kammatti-paadam-dulquer-salmaan-is-the-star-in-this-gripping-gangster-movie-but-vinayakan-and-manikandan-steal-the-show/