Written & Directed by God

Written & Directed By God is a feel-good fantasy, helmed by a newbie director Febi George and writers Jomon John, Linto Devasia and Roshan Mathew. There seems to be too much of a youthful simplicity to the story about God coming down to meet a disgruntled film director.

Saiju Kurup plays the latter; a director, who can’t get his next project going and is tight for cash. After a small dispute with his wife, he drops her home with their child, and makes an angry gesture to the heavens. This is enough to make God, played by Sunny Wayne, pay Jijo a visit. While Jijo hopes he can ask God for wishes, the opposite happens with God asking for a wish, in fulfilling which Jijo discovers himself and an empathy for others.

It seems nice to have a feel-good movie amid all the action and violence we’ve been seeing lately. But even feel-good movies need a bit more nuance, rather than just simplistic narratives. The film feels like it had a lot of wasted potential, while it could have conveyed a message with humour. Saiju is solid as always, as Jijo. Sunny is charming. Aparna Das is striking in a short role as Jijo’s wife. New talent Vaishak Vijayan is a natural.