Trance(Malayalam) - Movie

The name Trance is so apt for the movie and it gels very well with the subject matter at hand, the truth behind miracle workers. It is also very interesting to note that the movie stays away from any controversy by not commenting on the religion but focuses only on the miracle worker part of it.

Trance starts slow and if you have read about the movie you will know it is going to take off any moment. And when it does, boy oh boy, Fahad is brilliant and impeccable. So are the music, camera work, editing and direction. Truly the miracle worker scenes will take you into the trance. By the time the intermission arrives you are grappling for space to breathe amidst the high octane trance scenes.

Second half suffers from the drug comedown symptoms. After giving such a high in first half the second half falters in proceedings that do not make sense completely. The bad guys are limited to being the card board villains that do not seem to have the brains that played the master game in first half. Two scenes in second half keep the enthusiasm alive though. One is when Fahad comes back and the climax fest. Rest all looks so convenient and uncomfortable. I mean convenient for writers and uncomfortable for audience.

And yeah Nazriya comes in second half and her fans would be disappointed with the role that is so short and not so well conceived. Gautham Menon is kickass as the villain. He hits the ball out of the park with his swag and smoothness. You now realize why all his heroes looked so suave and stylish only in his movies.

Movie's biggest highlight is it's music. It will surely give you the highs, take you into the trance and then push you into the depressing abyss if you are not careful enough. Take a bow Sushin Shyam and Jackson Vijayan.

Overall, this is a mix of some high octane well conceived scenes and some not so much.