Keeps you engrossed

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Keeps you engrossed

Sunday, 21 June 2020 | Shalini Saksena

Keeps you engrossed

Penguin

Amazon Prime

*ing: Keerthy Suresh, Lingaa, Madhampathy Rangaraj, Master Adviath, Mathi

Rated: 9/10

It is not very often that you get to see a mystery thriller film. But then Penguin is not a Bollywood product and for people from North India, we don’t follow everything that comes out of Tollywood. Here is an advantage. The OTT platforms have made it possible for us to widen our viewership and Penguin comes as a pleasant surprise. Interestingly, it is not your typical whodunnit thriller.

 This is what works for this film that has been well-written and directed by Eashvar Karthic who has taken a woman as a central character to weave a story of a mother who embarks on a journey to find her missing son. Keerthy Suresh who plays the mother on a quest plays to the gallery and her anguish comes across loud and clear. One identifies with her character and the need to find out who took her and why. It is a movie that is going to resonate with all the mothers out there.

The rest of the starcast lend their support to add to the storyline and despite the fact that the film has been released in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam, the English subtitles make it easy to follow and keep one engrossed and glued till the end.

 

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