Mohanlal’s ‘Barroz’ has a unique story and style, but it needed more emotional high points and better writing

This kid-friendly film is not a thrill-filled action-adventure, as the premise might suggest. And that’s a relief in these frantic times. But after a while, the adult in me started getting a bit restless.

Barroz is a film for kids – or, for the kid inside us – and Mohanlal, with his bald head and shiny cheeks looks like a cute, big baby himself. The screenplay is based on a Portuguese folktale – and Mohanlal plays the Barroz of the title, a loyal spirit that is guarding its master’s treasure until a legal heir comes along. Small complication: the guarding began in the 17th century, and four hundred years later, there’s still no sign of the heir. So Barroz remains chained to his room of treasure, with only a chatty voodoo doll for company. In a parallel narrative, this heir, named Isa and played by Maya Rao West, lands up in the film’s setting of Goa. How she meets Barroz and whether the treasure reaches her hands forms the rest of the story.

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