Drona Review – A different horror thriller
I am writing this review out of sheer anger. I had read extreme bad reviews of the new Malayalam movie Drona 2010. So my expectations was too low. But i liked the movie. Not as a Mammootty fan, but as a normal movie lover. And i am wondering why so many bad reviews for a movie which is NOT that bad. This is a perfect example of movie degrading by some fans. May be people who have not seen the movie are posting comments in different forums.
Shaji Kailas and Mammootty are together after 10 years. So naturally the hype was too much. And the trailer was too good. Expectation from the movie was very high.
Did it live up to the expectation? NO. There are some faults in the movie. And the biggest one is the climax. The bad climax had affected the movie in a big way. If you can forgive the climax, go and watch it.
First half of the movie is damn good. Lots of thrilling scenes and good action sequences.
Cinematography by Ekambaram is good. He has beautifully captured the old Mana.
Mammootty in Drona
Mammootty, as usual, looks cool in the movie. Kaniha is just ok. Navya Nair has nothing much to do. And Lakshmi Sharma played her part well.
The best thing about the movie is its super cool theme music by Deepak Dev.
Shaji Kailas has improved a lot. He has learned from his mistakes. The camera is stable in this movie 
This is one of his best directed movies after Narasimham, Vallyettan and Chinthamani Kolacase.
Drona is a different suspense horror thriller. AK Sajan has done a wonderful job in writing this script. The story is not new. But the suspense element is there till the end. Its after a very long time, that we are seeing a horror Malayalam movie.
Am not writing too much about the movie. Some reviewing sites have disclosed some of the major twists in the movie. My suggestion is – do not read reviews which tells you the full story.
My Rating: 3/5
If Drona can survive this initial negative reports, it will turn out to be a hit.
I am sure this must be the first positive review about Dhrona 2010
Go with zero expectations and you will like it.
Drona 2010
Drona Poster
Director: Shaji Kailas
Story, Screenplay: AK Sajan
Music: Deepak Dev
Editing: Don Max
Cinematography: Ekambharan
Starring: Mammootty, Thilakan, Bala, Manoj K Jayan, Kaniha, Lakshmi Sharma, Navya Nair, KPAC Lalitha
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Emmanuel 2:22 am on January 30, 2010 Permalink |
I’m not a Mohanlal or Mammootty fan. I appreciate theirs as well as others characters in movies. Sometimes I like even villains more that the heroes.
We don’t need any more half baked stuff like “apart from climax it is good”, “first half is good, second half is dragging” etc. The movie should be good end to end. It should have a life of its own. And to be honest, AK Sajan is an overrated writer and I don’t know what happened to Shaji Kailas.
And even when you say that you are writing this not as Mammootty fan, it is pretty evident that you are subconsciously doing it.
My instincts say that this movie will prove to be a damp squib at the box office.
thoma 2:30 am on January 30, 2010 Permalink |
@Emmanuel
I am a big Mammootty fan. But i didn’t write this review from the point of view of a fan. I wrote this out of frustration and anger. And i sincerely felt that the movie is not that bad as most of the reviews say. Don’t know what happened. May be mass hysteria for the reviewers. May be they are afraid to say something different about a movie which has got lots of negative reports. May be they expected too much.
Bellari 7:08 am on January 30, 2010 Permalink |
thanks bro for ur efforts
Sreejith 8:10 am on January 30, 2010 Permalink |
@thoma ..
” If you can forgive the climax, go and watch it.”
A small change is required in thoma’s statement .If you can avoid the last 30 mins,it wil be better., You may like the movie if you are a mammooty fan . Only postive thing in the movie is Mamooty’s stylish look in both roles.
My Rating: 1/5.
“Paka Veetanulathanu” : Ithu kelkumbol shaji kailasnu mamootyodu entho paka ullathu pole…enthaylum Paka sarikum veeetiiiiiiiiiiiiii
Cijo Thomas 10:34 am on January 30, 2010 Permalink |
yet to see this one..
nasru 1:56 pm on January 30, 2010 Permalink |
Ninak naanamille thoma padam poliyanengil sammathikk..njangade lalettante cinema poi kaanu…
Dods 9:38 am on January 31, 2010 Permalink |
“If you can forgive the climax”! Why should I? This is not a free stuff [sorry not in my case! Thoma sponsored my ticket!] and when you are spending money on something it is quiet natural to expect a good return. After all will you accept a Enfield Bullet with single tyre?
thoma 12:16 pm on February 1, 2010 Permalink |
“After all will you accept a Enfield Bullet with single tyre?”
Nice comment… But unfortunately this comparison is not applicable in case of movies. Because movies cannot be perfect. There will be mistakes in each and every movie. That is the reason why you don’t see a rating of 5 out of 5 for any movie.
You cannot call a movie crap only because of a bad climax. There are cases when we have forgiven bad climaxes. Some of the examples are Vandanam, Paleri manikyam, Bramaram, Kayyoppu etc etc…
I M Neutral 12:29 pm on January 31, 2010 Permalink |
Just accept that its a shit of a movie and move on… not every field that Mammotty craps on need to be the Prairies.
Rahul 12:04 pm on February 1, 2010 Permalink |
Drona Rocks whenever Suraj is onscreen. Him giving up his usual slang does the movie good
രതീഷ് 1:17 pm on February 1, 2010 Permalink |
തോമ കുറച്ചു നാള് മുന്പ് “മലയാളം സിനിമ 2009″ എന്ന ഒരു റിപ്പോര്ട്ട് എഴുതിയിരുന്നില്ലേ ?…അതില് “ഈ പട്ടണത്തില് ഭൂതം “,”ഡാഡി കൂള് ” മുതലായവ ഹിറ്റ് ചാര്ട്ടില് പെടുതിയപ്പോഴേ മനസിലായി താങ്ങള് ഒരു “നിഷ്പക്ഷ” മമ്മൂട്ടി ഫാന് ആണെന്ന്..ഒരു ഫാന് ആയധു കൊണ്ട് മമ്മൂസിന്ടെ എല്ലാ പടങ്ങളും നല്ലതാണെന്നും,ഹിറ്റ് ആണെന്നും പറഞ്ഞു നടക്കണോ?..വല്ലപ്പോഴും സത്യം ഒക്കെ പറയാം ട്ടോ..
പിന്നെ bad climaxes inde ലിസ്റ്റില് ഉള്ള പടങ്ങളുടെ അത്ര നിലവാരം ദ്രോണ യ്ക്ക് ഉണ്ട് എന്നാണോ തങ്ങള്ക്കു പടം കണ്ടു തോന്നിയത്?..അങ്ങനെ തോന്നിയിട്ടുന്ടെങ്ങില് തങ്ങള് ഉടനെ വല്ല psychiatrist നെ യും കാണണം…
thoma 1:28 pm on February 1, 2010 Permalink |
Small correction – പട്ടണത്തില് ഭൂതം average ഗണത്തില് ആണ് ഞാന് പെടുത്തിയിട്ടുള്ളത്.
I didn’t say that Drona is a hit. I said, “If Drona can survive this initial negative reports, it will turn out to be a hit.”
And no doubt that Drona DOES NOT have the quality of Vandanam, Paleri manikyam, Bramaram and Kayyopp.
I just wanted to convey that, people have forgiven movies with bad climaxes in the past.
thoma 1:31 pm on February 1, 2010 Permalink |
“ഒരു ഫാന് ആയധു കൊണ്ട് മമ്മൂസിന്ടെ എല്ലാ പടങ്ങളും നല്ലതാണെന്നും,ഹിറ്റ് ആണെന്നും പറഞ്ഞു നടക്കണോ?”
Most of the Mammootty movies in 2009 were good. നല്ലതിനെ നല്ലത് എന്ന് തന്നെ അല്ലെ പറയേണ്ടത്?
vinu 2:49 pm on February 1, 2010 Permalink |
uvva uvva… vere vella pani nokkado !
midhun 3:09 pm on February 2, 2010 Permalink |
@thoma….DRONA is a flop…jst accept it.pootte saramilla.frustration mattan kandu pidicha vazhi kollam
Dinesh 5:32 pm on February 11, 2010 Permalink |
Im dinesh from Kuwait, im not a Mammootty or Mohan lal fan, im just viewer, honestly im saying this movie is not that much crap, we can see it, its far better than, Angel John, Bhagavn, Pattanathil bootham, Daddy cool, love in Singapore, Red chillse and Sagar alias Jacky. So please do watch this movie. If you are going to watch this movie as just a normal viewer im sure you will like it…
Plz don’t offence, this is my view .
Thanks
Dinesh Nair
russel 7:50 pm on February 19, 2010 Permalink |
brother bad climax ukalude ennathil ninnu palery manikyavum vandanavum angu eduthu matiyekku. both are brillinat movies
thoma 8:18 pm on February 19, 2010 Permalink |
Never said both are bad movies……Just said, bad climaxes….For Vandanam, it was horrible (key lost, traffic junction scenes etc).. And for Paleri, it was not that convincing…..
russel 1:44 pm on February 20, 2010 Permalink |
hey brother i like both the climax
in case of vandanam seperated love is the key element of the success of the movie
russel 1:47 pm on February 20, 2010 Permalink |
i don’t know what’s wrong with palery climax
every man have that situation
varhsngalolam moodi vachirunna or u sathyam purathu varumbol . allengil ayaal varshangalaayi ee nimishathe bhayapetirunnirikkam
ee vaysil ayaaalkku kuttavaliyaakan manasilla so many intrepretations
thoma 1:50 pm on February 20, 2010 Permalink |
athu sammathichu…pakshe Khalid anganathe theerumaanamedukkan maatramulla kaaranangal atra convincing aayirunnilla….Ithiri koodi avarkku mechapeduthaamayirunnu ending…Pakshe, this is just a minute mistake in Paleri Manikyam which can be easily ignored….
russel 1:48 pm on February 20, 2010 Permalink |
for vandhanam key element is little exajurated. but traffic is totally convincible
oru trafic signalil 2 per kaanunilla athum nadukku mattoru vahanavum undu
thoma 1:58 pm on February 20, 2010 Permalink |
A happy ending would have been much better for Vandanam…
russel 1:49 pm on February 20, 2010 Permalink |
key exajuration polum eduthu parayaan patill ithinekaal filthy climaxes malyalathil vannirkkunnu