CAPTAIN MOVIE REVIEW


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Captain (aka) Captain Movie review
CAPTAIN CAST & CREW
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Production: Goodwill Entertainments
Cast: Anu Sithara, Jayasurya, Renji Panicker, Saiju Kurup, Siddique
Direction: Prajeesh Sen
Screenplay: Prajeesh Sen
Story: Prajeesh Sen
Music: Gopi Sunder
Background score: Gopi Sunder
Cinematography: Roby Varghese Raj
Dialogues: Prajeesh Sen
Editing: Bijith Bala
Art direction: Cyril Kuruvilla
Singers: Gopi Sunder, P.Jayachandran, Shreya Ghoshal
Lyrics: Hari Narayanan, Rafeeq Ahammed

Vatta Parambath Sathyan aka V P Sathyan was a former Indian footballer who captained the Indian National Team from 1991 to 1995. Named the 'Player of the Year' in 1995 by All India Football Federation, V P Sathyan led the Indian team to a Gold Medal in SAF Games, Chennai. The film "Captain" is a biographical sports-drama based on his life.

 

Written and directed by Prajesh Sen, versatile actor Jayasurya plays the title role while Anu Sithara plays  Anitha Sathyan, V P Sathyan's wife. The film is a visual window into the life of the Indian Captain who was born to V P Gopalan Nair and Narayani Amma, married to Anitha and had a daughter named Athira. Captain is about V P Sathyan's personal life, his struggles, depression and finally, death.

 

The director has used non linearity, in the screenplay that mainly focuses on Sathyan's battles outside the football ground. Jayasurya's performance is of top notch  quality. He succeeds in inducing the pain on screen, that the legendary footballer had to go through in real life. With her poised performance, Anu Sithara has supported him beautifully. The supporting cast of Renji Panicker, Siddique and Deepak Parambol, don't succeed in creating an unconventional and individualistic impact. A better-worked character inclusion in the screenplay would have supported the film on a whole, in a better way.

 

While the director has succeeded in creating some good and powerful scenes, he has also missed out on a few. While some scenes show his calibre, some shed light on his drawbacks. The screenplay lacks that x-factor and heavily relies on the background score to create goosebumps. Cinematography by Roby Varghese Raj is good, on and off the football ground.

 

Gopi Sunder has once again worked his magic and his background score and music are what lifts Captain up, along with Jayasurya's strong performance.

 

Highlights of Captain

• Being a biopic

• Jayasurya's performance
• Background score

 

What could've have been improved in Captain?

• Direction
• Lack of clarity
• Some cliched characters


Verdict: Watch for V P Sathyan, Jayasurya's performance and Gopi Sunder's background score

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( 2.75 / 5.0 )

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Captain (aka) Captain Movie

Captain (aka) Captain Movie is a Malayalam movie. Anu Sithara, Jayasurya, Renji Panicker, Saiju Kurup, Siddique are part of the cast of Captain (aka) Captain Movie. The movie is directed by Prajeesh Sen. Music is by Gopi Sunder. Production by Goodwill Entertainments, cinematography by Roby Varghese Raj, editing by Bijith Bala and art direction by Cyril Kuruvilla.