ReviewShaji Kailas’s Prithviraj starrer doesn’t work as a mass-action film because it doesn’t have enough originality. Sowmya RajendranFacebook/Prithviraj SukumaranKAAPA stands for the Kerala Anti-social Activities Prevention Act, and Shaji Kailas’s action thriller Kaapa (written by Gr Indugopan based on his novel Shangumukhi) is about a person who unexpectedly finds herself on the goondas list. This seems like a fresh idea, but unfortunately, the film plays out like a pale imitation of many, many gangster sagas that we have seen over the years. Prithiviraj wears the mantle of alpha gangster Kotta Madhu, with veteran actor Jagadish playing his chief henchman. Madhu is Superman in general, but there is a past with which he is yet to make peace. Prameela (Aparna Balamurali) is his fiery wife who can make him bend to her will. There is another couple – Anand (Asif Ali) and Binu (Anna Ben) – whose lives intersect with theirs,...
- 12/23/2022
- by SukanyaS
- The News Minute
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