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Veettilekkulla Vazhi The Way Home Movie Review.

Veetilekkulla Vazhi, Best Feature Film in Malayalam at the 58th National Film Awards graces theatres on August 5,2011. Its an adventure drama film written and directed by Dr. Biju. The film is about terrorist organizations operating in India and how they recruit young Keralites. It stars Prithviraj, Indrajith and Master Govardhan in the lead roles.
"Veetilekkulla Vazhi" depicts a journey that a doctor (Prithviraj) undertakes in order to keep a promise he makes to a dying woman. Minutes before she dies, she pleads with him to unite her little son (Master Govardhan), living in a home in Kerala, with his father, Abdul Zuban Tariq, the head of a notorious terrorist group and mastermind behind a Delhi explosion. With the boy in tow, the Doctor begins his search for the extremist. The movie weaves in and out of Kerala, Rajasthan and finally Ladakh, with the Doctor trying to find the elusive Tariq. On the way, he and the boy meet and befriend several sympathisers of the Jihadi cause, each only too eager to help them because the issue is all about Tariq’s son.
Veetilekkulla Vazhi is an adventure drama highlighting human relationships. It emphasizes the path of love, survival, innocence and humanity, exploring a bloodstained facet of contemporary terrorism in India. The film is a travelogue through the most beautiful landscapes of India.
Prithviraj is fairly good and Indrajith as usual did his role well. Govardhan is just ok performance. M. J. Radhakrishnan adopts the documentarian feel, and his camera gets busy capturing random spectacles of life. Cuts by Manoj Kannoth is brilliant.
Veettilekkulla Vazhi is a Way to Good Cinema.
Verdict: Good.