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Feb 14, 2014

Salam Kashmir Malayalam Movie Review

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After all the postponements for unknown factors ( NOC from Military was the widely speculated reason), Joshy's Salaam Kashmir finally reach theatres. Expectations were high when the project was announced and also when the release dates were announced initially with two senior actors joining a veteran director.

But gradually hope faded away with all the postponements that happened and consequently many expecting the release lost their interest.

Now coming to the review part and whether the long wait was worthy enough, the answer is a no. The film, partly a family drama and partly a military film is a disappointment with nothing meriting an attention. Scripting is a big letdown and Joshiy the master director once again disappoints the viewers with his second successive film failing to hit bulls eye.

The first half is ok to watch but the latter half is a real patience tester that makes you bored and prompt you to leave theatres mid way through the movie. Everything after interval seemed to be in a hurry to finish off things and this affected the end result to a large extent.

The story revolves around Sreekumar (Jayaram), a military officer who retired from service for some strange reasons and is leading a quite life in a remote place with his small family comprising of his wife and daughter. Some unfortunate incidents affect their life and relationship. The movie dwell upon their relationship and reason for the current situation they are in.

As said before, its the pathetic script that acts as the party spoiler and Joshy being a veteran in the industry should have used his best judgement before taking up the assignment but he has used up all his skills and this is the best he can do with this script and storyline.

On the acting side, Jayaram as Sreekumar was able to act out the role quite well while for Suresh Gopi, Tomi Eappan's character was never a challenging one for the actor as the role was a cakewalk for him. Mia was ok and the supporting casts like Lalu Alex, Vijayaraghavan, Krishna Kumar, Ponnamma Babu and Anoop Chandran did their part well.

Technical side is also not too convincing with only the camera work by Manoj Pillai deserving a mention. Music by M Jaychandran is a let down while background score by Rajaamani is not that impressive.

Overall, Salaam Kashmir is one movie that will remain in our memories only for the wrong reasons and I am giving 1.75 / 5. A forgettable movie from a hit maker director.

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