Directed by: Lijo Jose Pellissery
Starring: Vinay Forrt, Chemban Vinod Jose
Streaming on Sony LIV.
I felt hypnotic as I was watching this film. At a point, I felt like even I could start acting strange just like the people in the film. It's a film with a lot of abstractness to it. It's a mystery, horror, fantasy with elements of magical realism. The premise is pretty simple, two undercover cops go in search of a wanted criminal. In the process, they're stuck in a village called Churuli where all these eerie mysteries unfold. A lot of crazy stuff happens. I've heard someone using this phrase for Super Deluxe, in the 2nd half, the script is high on coke. Here, it's the entire film. Even more after they enter Churuli. They go through a series of experiences.
The village is shot beautifully. I still remember the imagery. With greenery all around, but with mist in between. In some shots, the mist was creating an eerie effect. In some shots, the entire landscape was visible to show the dominance of the setting in the story and the characters are just miniatures in the frame. The music, and the sound design is hypnotic. The sound effects, the ambiance, the music and dialogue - every element of sound is played around with to create the effect. There's beautiful use of dissolves too, to create this effect. And the way the people look, blink their eyes and get back - it was all creating a hypnotic effect.
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