2018-Everyone is a Hero

It will end up being more than a movie for everyone who experienced the 2018 Kerala floods firsthand or who had only seen the events from a distance.
    Filmmakers frequently fail to understand the survivors when they portray terrible events in their works. While it's necessary to convey the challenges people faced, some filmmakers put more emphasis on showing off their abilities to represent damage than taking into account the emotional toll they may have on survivors.
     The focus is almost entirely on a village that serves as a microcosm for Kerala and how it overcome the floods when the action moves into the longer portion dealing only with the floods. The extended images of a family with a child with special needs caught in neck-deep water give the impression that the filmmaker has turned up the emotional and dramatic dials more often than not.
 Even someone who is unaware of the real-life context will understand that we are signing up to witness a different kind of heroism when one of the leads, played by Kerala's own superhero, Tovino Thomas, is introduced to the audience as someone who fled from his Indian army posting out of fear and is being taunted by his villagers.
In a movie we might have first underrated, this feeling of surprise becomes the norm. The writer-director goes above and beyond to make sure that this ingenuity is felt more in the gut than the head, not merely by finding smart payoffs for seemingly insignificant nuances we may have observed. Another illustration of this is how a classroom is shown with a roof tile falling in when a new teacher assumes control. We disregard this as well, thinking it's only a prank to demonstrate another government building in disrepair.
Films based on true events are fraught with danger. There's always a chance of giving the audience a film that leaves them unsatisfied; if it's created too realistically, it might not satisfy your artistic standards.
 The best multi-starrer from 2018 is also the best catastrophe thriller produced in Kerala since Virus (2019) and the most compelling link movie since 2011's Traffic. There is a strong sense of urgency, which is crucial for a catastrophe film, particularly one that is based on actual events.
 2018 is off to a great start with all houseful events and tickets sold out for upcoming ones within three days of its publication. As soon as it surpasses the 10 crore mark in box office receipts, it will genuinely become the next Malayalam blockbuster.