One Line Review: Lucifer is a mass movie made in a classy manner.
YouTube Trailer Lucifer
Starring: Mohanlal, Vivek Oberoi, Tovino Thomas, Manju Warrier, Prithviraj Sukumaran
Director: Prithviraj Sukumaran
Release Date: 28th March 2019
What’s it About?
Lucifer is a movie that can’t get any more perfect, let it be in terms of the story, the cast, or the way it is made.
“With Lucifer, Prithviraj gives us a textbook example on how to make a mass film with neat filmmaking”
~ Behindwoods
Our review for Lucifer is 9/10.
Summary
The political atmosphere becomes chaotic by the demise of the chief minister P. K. Ramadas and the dirty politics behind the veil comes out as people start the tug-of-war for power. Bimal Nair aka Bobby comes as a savior to the party IUF with a solution, that is to make P. K. Ramadas’s son Jathin Ramadas the CM candidate and offers enough funding for their better future.
Parallelly, a plot focusing on Stephen Nedumballi is shown. Stephen is one of the major parts of IUF and is the stepson of P. K. Ramdas. But who actually is Stephen Nedupalli? What is his role among all these political circus happening and how he becomes the guardian angel on the go is the crux of the story?
Review
Rather than giving out a typical review, I’m gonna walk you all through my FDFS (First Day First Show) experience of Lucifer. Hell yeah, I’ll never miss watching such a movie on the big screen at the earliest when one of the finest actors makes his directorial debut casting his most favorite actor as the lead!
Lucifer was Mohanlal’s next release after Odiyan and Odiyan was one lousy ride. As Prithviraj was directing Lucifer, a minimum expectation was already dumped on the movie and I was anyway not expecting it to be a normal masala entertainer. The movie started and was going slow, but steady. No mass introductions or songs and Prithviraj was keen on maintaining the pace of the narration.
After a point, there comes a Bang! The mood changes in the cinema hall. Goosebumps all around. And after some more time, another Bang! By then I was so sure that this movie is gonna create ripples in the box office. With a neat interval punch, Prithviraj made sure to pause the first half with an intense touch.
What I witnessed in the second half was Mohanlal seamlessly carrying the movie forward on his shoulder like magic! When Prithviraj himself joined the complete actor on-screen, the moments became kickass. I loved the way how Stephen’s character was slowly but steadily narrated in such a way to depict the fallen angel, Lucifer. By the climax, Stephen who was seen in a white and white attire till then suddenly shifts to a black shirt depicting that Lucifer is now all ready to shower wrath on his opponents. It was all just neat! After everything, the post-climax scene was the biggest Bang in the whole movie which was a hint for how huge the second installment of the movie will be. Basically, Lucifer was a win-win story for the actor turned director and the complete actor.
Conclusion
Mohanlal’s subtle yet extraordinary performance along with a strong making – Lucifer is a treat to watch!
