During the course of events that follow, he comes across murders (in the plural, yes) that are uncannily similar to the one that set the ball rolling in the first place, and what happens from here on forms the real plot. A chase, a (thankfully) realistic fight sequence and a near-death experience later, our man is now suffering from PTSD and requires the services of a psychiatrist (Lavanya Tripathi, who has come a long way from her previous outings but still needs to work on her expressions) to help him deal with the trauma. The movie which starts in 2037 takes you back in time to 2017 where a young cop, Kumar (played in a very slice-of-life manner by a dishy-looking Sundeep Kishan), is chasing a petty criminal when he happens to chance upon a murder just as the deed is being carried out. Taken in that context, Project Z is one that the Dame would've approved of.īut would Hitchcock? The thaumaturge of telling shocking, riveting, thrilling stories via the cinematic media? Definitely not.įive minutes into the movie - and if you're paying attention - you have a fair idea of what path it is heading down, but that doesn't stop it from being a decent thrill-fest provided you don't mind the wait which, regrettably for you, pretty much extends into the entire pre-interval portion. We will not allow them to go scot-free and will expose them before the people of the state."Ī senior police officer, on condition of anonymity, told IANS: "There are several intelligence inputs on the attempt of certain organisations to create communal polarisation in Kerala and police are on strict vigil.A good thriller, like a certain Miss Christie would tell you, is one where the clues are placed right in front of the audience, but which still keeps them guessing until the very end. Mani Arnab told IANS: "SDPI and PFI are intended to create communal polarisation in Kerala and they are not against BJP and RSS but against the Hindus as a whole. I am a Christian by belief and if the SDPI was an Islamist movement, how can I be given such a crucial post of General Secretary."īJP Kannur district Vice-President and senior leader V.
SDPI Kerala unit general secretary Roy Arakkal told IANS: "It is a concerted effort on the part of the saffron combine to discredit SDPI which is a party for the downtrodden. However, SDPI rejected the claim of the BJP and RSS. The BJP is planning door-to-door campaigns against the modus operandi of the Islamist organisation and how the SDPI and PFI were "trying to communalise" the state. The BJP leader charged that the Kerala police has turned lethargic and was not properly conducting investigations.
He alleged that the ruling CPI-M is hand in glove with the Islamist party as the latter had helped the CPI-M win elections in 2021 assembly polls. Surendran told IANS: "Two RSS workers Biju and Sanjith were brutally killed in two weeks in Thrissur and Palakkad districts of Kerala." The BJP and RSS leaderships have charged the Islamist organisations with trying to create unrest in the state and divide Kerala on communal lines.īJP state president K. Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 5 The Kerala BJP unit is set to launch extensive campaign against the murders allegedly committed by the Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) and the Popular Front of India (PFI).