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Chappa Kurishu Movie Review.

Ace cinematographer Samir Thahir turned director with the film titled 'Chappa Kurishu'.
The term is a local slang word from Fort Kochi and has the meaning of the 'heads or tails' expression. Fahad Fazil and Vineeth Sreenivasan played the lead roles in the film. The young actors palyed dramatically contrasting characters. Roma,Remya Nambeeshan and Nivedha comes as female leads.
'Chappa Kurishu' would be produced by Magic Frames after the super successful 'Traffic'.
The focus is mainly on two young men - Arjun (Fahadh Faasil), who works in a corporate profile and a sweeper named Ansari (Vineeth Sreenivasan), employed in a super market. Arjun is having a lusty affair with his colleague, Sonia (Remya Nambeesan), even as his parents are busy planning his marriage with Ann (Roma). He is a wily and suave playboy, who can cheat anyone without even batting an eyelid.
Ansari is soft spoken and is a recluse who is having a rather silent romance with a fellow salesgirl Nafeesa (Niveda). The daily activities of the two heroes are being shown in an elaborate way. Things take a different turn when Arjun records his steamy love making scene with Sonia, on his own mobile phone. The affair hits a rough patch soon after when Sonia comes to know that she was being cheated by Arjun and she confronts him at a coffee shop. In the confusion that ensues, he loses his mobile phone there. Ansari gets it and even after repeated requests, he is reluctant to return the phone.
Obviously Arjun is petrified by the thought that the clip would make it to the Internet as a porn video. Now, the wait to get the phone back begins, which after a while becomes irritating for the viewer. Though there are some nice moments in between, Sameer Thahir disappoints in his maiden venture and his script with Unni R fails to evoke much of an effect. The result is that the story moves along without any aim or direction and things get from bad to worse as the film reaches its climax. The visuals by Jomon T John are good while Rex Vijayan’s music is fine in parts.
Fahad Fazil towers over all the cast. Ramya Nambeeshan is the one who looks out of the picture in the film, and given her role, one would never understand why she remains decked up like a doll throughout. Vineeth Sreenivasan is an actor who very really disappoints with no expressions, and even the seemingly impossible happens. Roma and Niveda has nothing much to do.
Chappa Kurishu couldnt creates the suprise effect that Traffic and Salt n Pepper makes. It could be a classic case of not using the resources well. For all those who expect a movie like Traffic,Salt n Pepper etc this could be evidently frustrating and disappointment.
Verdict: Average.