This Comedy of Errors Fails to Lift the Mood

MALAYALAM cinema has been experiencing a dry spell for the past few weeks, with very few films making a mark in theatres.

- VIGNESH MADHU

MALAYALAM cinema has been experiencing a dry spell for the past few weeks, with very few films making a mark in theatres. The audience and stakeholders alike are pinning their hopes on the big-ticket films lined up for this Onam season, which begins by the end of this month. It is during such a time that Sahasam, with its youthful appeal and the viral 'Eth Mood' song that captures all the new-age Onam vibes, promised to set the mood as the perfect appetiser before the sumptuous sadya. However, despite all the spices and colours, the film is just stale and distasteful.

In Malayalam, they say, "yuddhangal eppozhum nadakunnath penninu allenklil panathinum vendiya" (wars are waged either for women or wealth), and