Neru Movie Review & Rating

Neru Movie Review:  

• Actors: Mohanlal, Nandu, Anaswara Rajan, Dinesh Prabhakar, Priyamani, Krishna Prabha, Siddique, Jagadish, Shankar Indu Chudan and others
• Music: Vishnu Shyam
• Cinematography: Satish Kurup
• Editing: VS Vinayak
• Written by: Shanthi Mayadevi, Jeethu Joseph
• Producer: Antony Perumbavoor
• Directed by: Jeethu Joseph
• Streaming Platform: Disney+Hotstar

Neru is a courtroom drama directed by Jeetu Joseph starring Mohanlal in the lead role. Released in Malayalam on December 21, the film was not only a huge success at the box office but also collected more than Rs.100 crores. How is this movie now available on Disney+ Hotstar? (Neru movie review)

Story

Sara Mohammed (Anaswara Rajan) is blind. An unknown man rapes her. Unable to identify who is involved in this evil, even the police at one stage throw up their hands. Sara, a sculptor by nature, creates a sculpture of her abuser. The police arrest a young man named Michael Joseph (Shankar Induchudan) who bears a close resemblance to the idol. As he is the son of a prominent businessman from Mumbai, this case becomes a sensation. Michael’s father hires Rajasekhar (Siddikh) as an advocate who can win any difficult case with his eloquence. With this, Michael gets bail. Sarah receives a settlement offer from Michael’s family to withdraw the case. (Neru movie Review) However, Sara says that it does not matter if she loses, she will fight for justice. Sara’s father, on the suggestion of the investigation officer, gets lawyer Vijay Mohan (Mohanlal) together and asks him to plead his case. So who raped Sarah? What are the consequences of taking up Vijay Mohan’s case? What is the relationship between Vijay Mohan and Purnima Rajasekhar (Priyamani)? How did the rapist finally get identified? You have to watch the movie to know!

Analysis

Mohanlal-Jeetu Joseph is the ‘Drisham’ film that we all remember. Not only in Malayalam but also in other languages, the films were a huge success. Expectations are huge for a movie in such a combination. The director has succeeded in making ‘Neru’ suitable for them. He starts the story with the rape of Sara in her house and prepares the audience to watch the developments that will happen later. (Neru movie review) Jeetu Joseph’s style is a bit different. After the completion of half an hour of the film, he puts many things in front of the audience regarding the story. Who did the crime? How are the court proceedings going? What decisions do the key characters make? There will be an understanding of such topics. However, the reason to watch the movie with interest is the magic of his screenplay. It worked out in ‘Neru’ too. The unique point is how a blind young woman finds the person who raped her. However, adding the element of her being able to sculpt and move the story forward is nice. Only after Mohanlal comes as lawyer Vijaymohan, the story picks up pace. From there, the arguments, debates, obstacles encountered in the court and the clues to solve them, every element seems interesting, but the way they are executed on the screen seems a bit slow. Especially the questions that Michael’s lawyer asks the victim in court, seem a bit confusing. The drama, which is told in sections during the evidence and counter-arguments, confuses the common viewer. There are references to films like ‘Drishyam’ and ‘Vakeelsaab’ here and there. Overall, ‘Neru’ is a good courtroom drama.

Can be watched without any problem. Streaming on Disney+Hotstar platform. Also available in Telugu.

Strengths

• Mohanlal and Anaswara Rajan acting
• Direction
• Emotional scenes

Weaknesses

• Some lengthy court scenes

Finally: Neru.. an engaging courtroom drama (Neru movie review)

Note: This review is from the perspective of the reviewer. This is the reviewer’s personal opinion only!