Nalla Nilavulla Rathri

Murphy Devasy's debut Nalla Nilavulla Rathri is a watchable movie with some moments of brilliance sprinkled all over. After an interesting build up in first half, the second half was a rollercoaster, which fizzled down towards the end.

The premise was interesting. It's about a group of friends going on a trip to Shimoga for a business deal and ending up facing a horrific night for no apparent reason, initially. The writer succeeded in exploring grey shades of people and things like jealousy, greed, selfishness and apathy were all seen through the characters. There is no villain or hero and it's all about survival. The initial bits of how they get chased and how they try and survive will have one hooked. However, the cause of the incidents are more or less predictable at a certain point in the movie, even before it comes to light before the characters.


Chemban Vinod, Baburaj, Binu Pappu, Rony David Raj, Ganapathi, Sajin Cherukayil and Nithin George have all delivered a good performance. Jinu Joseph got typecasted and surely, he delivered in the role of the apathetic unfeeling and callous man in the group.

The goriness of some of the scenes were difficult to watch but on the whole, it's not a bad movie. However, it could have been much better given the interesting first half and the plot at hand.