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Mohanlal's Malayalam thriller misses the mark

Hindustan Times Ranchi

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March 29, 2025

Prithviraj Sukumaran and Mohanlal return in L2: Empuraan, which takes off from where Lucifer (2019) ended.

- Rishabh Suri

Prithviraj Sukumaran and Mohanlal return in L2: Empuraan, which takes off from where Lucifer (2019) ended. A ghastly, stomach-churning flashback later, we find out that Stephen Nedumpally/Khureshi Ab'raam (Mohanlal) has made himself scarce from India. Jathin Ramdas (Tovino Thomas) is the chief minister of Kerala. This is where I began to lose track of the plot.

From being chased by the MI6 to the CIA to the local cops...from hopping across West Africa, to London, and back to India...L2 takes you everywhere around the world during its long-winding runtime. Call it traveller's fatigue because you will be exhausted by the time the story breaks for an intermission.

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