Shikkar, The First Review

After an year from his Bhramaram, Mohanlal finally has a release that may satisfy some what of his fans. The superstar’s “Shikaar”, the first release of the Ramzan season opened in 101 centres across three states. The movie made it to 83 theatres in Kerala, with positive responses from the first day audiences, that all are saying its the best of Mohanlal’s recent flicks !!

Superstar Mohanlal has made a cool comeback of sorts with director M Padmakumar’s Shikar. It showcases the actor in a brilliant way, as a lorry driver with a nagging past.

Balraman (Mohanlal) a lorry driver has finally settled down with his daughter (Ananya) at Chittazha. Peace evades the man as his past catches up with him, and Balaraman has to take risky everything to safeguard his own life and that of his daughter’s. The story of Shikkar is as old as the first hunt on the history of the earth. Suresh Babu employs every known device in the book to bring in that extra bit of energy into the proceedings but the screenplay never reaches anywhere near excellence. Isn’t it strange that the hero’s lorry has been named Shikkar of all possible names on earth? And what seems even more illogical is the way a massive operation is planned by a naxalite group to murder an ordinary man who has never been known to possess any supernatural powers.

Shikkar as the name indicates is somthing related to Hunting,or being Specific ,Human Hunting.It can also be said as a Hide and Seek between the Hunter and the Prey.

Tamil actor Samudrakkani cast in the role of a Naxalite is awesome as Abdulla, which makes us fervently wish the character that he played on screen had some depth to it. His role is more of a cameo and Lekshmi Gopalaswami who plays his wife does a remarkable job as well in her brief role. If you happen to see a crowd on screen with people bashing up someone, you can very well rest assured now that the man being beaten into pulp would be Suraj Venjarammoodu. Jagathy Sreekumar joins him in Shikkar in the comic track that soon runs out of steam.And also worth watching and all among a best flick from Superstar’s recent films…!!

I think Shikkar ?

There are no directorial flourishes visible in Padmakumar's Shikkar that is old wine in an older bottle. As much as it remains a visual delight, the mysteries that it offers do not much thrill, and the story that it tells seldom excites.

The story of Shikkar takes place at Chittazha, a mountainous terrain where bamboo reeds flourish. After much wandering from place to place, Balraman (Mohanlal) a lorry driver has finally settled down with his daughter (Ananya) at Chittazha. Peace evades the man as his past catches up with him, and Balaraman has to take risky everything to safeguard his own life and that of his daughter's.

The story of Shikkar is as old as the first hunt on the history of the earth. Suresh Babu employs every known device in the book to bring in that extra bit of energy into the proceedings but the screenplay never reaches anywhere near excellence. Isn't it strange that the hero's lorry has been named Shikkar of all possible names on earth? And what seems even more illogical is the way a massive operation is planned by a naxalite group to murder an ordinary man who has never been known to possess any supernatural powers.

About Mohanlal

Born - 21 May 1960
Achievements - Mohanlal is highly talented and popular actor cum producer of the South Indian film industry. A national award winner for acting, what makes Mohanlal distinct are his versatility, natural acting and right body language in films. Due to these factors, Mohanlal has availed the opportunity to work with the crème directors and scriptwriters of Malayalam films.

Mohanlal is highly talented and popular actor cum producer of the South Indian film industry. A national award winner for acting, Mohanlal hails from the beautiful South Indian state of Kerala and has worked in numerous good movies. What makes Mohanlal distinct are his versatility, natural acting and right body language in films. Due to these factors, Mohanlal has availed the opportunity to work with the crème directors and scriptwriters of Malayalam films. To highlight his contribution in Indian cinema, the Government of India awarded him the coveted Padma Shri in 2001.

Here's indepth information on the biography of Mohanlal, whose popularity soared with the release of some light-hearted roles during the 1980s. The 1990s is called the golden age of Malayalam film industry as it churned out some of the all time greatest movies, with most of them starring Mohanlal. This brought the actor tremendous success and fame. Born on 21 May in 1960 at Elanthur in Pathanamthitta district of Kerala, Mohanlal was interested into acting from his very childhood. Though average in studies, young Mohanlal was elected as the best actor in school when he was in class six.

Know more about the life history of Mohanlal, who got entry into movies when his friends opened up a film company called Bharath Cine Group and started making a film 'Thiranottam', in which Mohanlal was given a comic role to enact. Unfortunately, due to certain reasons this film was never released. As such, the first meaningful break into movies came into 1980s for Mohanlal. There was a production house that was looking for fresh faces. Mohanlal's friends applied for this post on his behalf, which got him selected.

There was no shortage of opportunities after this for Mohanlal. By 1983, he featured in more than 25 movies. As a young talented man, Mohanlal received many offers to explore a variety of characters and during this course, he turned pally with a number of Malayalam film directors and script writers. The mid 1980s proved to be most beneficial for Mohanlal as Sathyan Anthikad's T.P.Balagopalan M.A got him the first Kerala State award for best actor. Further the release of Rajavinte Makan, in which Mohanlal played the role of a don, brought him finally into the top league of the Malayalam film industry.

Don't Miss it

Shikkar is family action thriller which comprises good story, action, super suspense and stunning climax. M Padmakumar’s Shikkar features the Superstar Mohanlal, Ananya, Samudrakani and Sneha in main roles. Once again Mohanlal comes with a strong and different character and shows his range of acting. Shikkar is all about the story of a wounded father hunted by someone and it is about the struggle of a Man to Live and it is all about the Hunter and the Wounded ..

As told earlier, the movie is a suspense family thriller with super climax. While coming to the performances Mohanlal is once again superb with powerpacked performance and also Samudrkani and Ananya has done brillinatly there roles. Other supporting casts also did justice to their roles. Mohanlal looks more energetic and after a long gap we are seeing such performance from him espescially in the climax scene.

Other positives of the movie are stunning climax, nice songs, Locations, background score, nice picturization. M Padmakumar directed the movie brilliantly and shikkar will be the best film in his career as director. Once again Manoj Pillai did his works superbly as the cinematographer. The only negative of the movie is the some over comedy done by Suraj Venjaranmoodu.

The first half of the movie is good and the second half is extra ordinary. The movie will be a sure visual treat to all. So don’t miss it..