Sajin Shrijith’s review of Ullas Chemban’s ‘Anchakkallakokkan’: A visually appealing film with a major attention-deficit problem

There was major potential here to do something great. Instead, we get yet another weak attempt at emulating the filmmaking school of Lijo Jose Pellissery.

Let’s get the mystery about the confusing title out of the way first. Anjakkallakokkan means the Boogeyman, that oft-perpetuated imaginary monster used to scare little children to keep them in line. Now, here’s the interesting thing the film does with this idea. Within the context of its story and its principal characters, it gives this idea a more practical definition: the Boogeyman residing within all of us. The film could’ve taken this idea and done many more interesting things, but the writing leaves a lot to be desired.

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https://www.galatta.com/malayalam/movie/review/anchakkallakokkan/

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