My review: 1 by Two
Backed by impressive set of films "Ee Adutha Kaalathu", "Left Right Left", Arun Kumar Aravind turns up with his latest offering "1 by Two" written by Jeyamohan, starring Fahad Fazil, Murali Gopi and Honey Rose Verghese. A psychological thriller, movie explores the psyche of a patient affected by the dissociative identity disorder (multiple personality disorder) and touching the illegal drug testing in human patients along the way.
The screenplay is taut and keeps you engrossed on the proceedings until the last 15 minutes or so when the movie turns filmy. Otherwise the suspense if neatly built up and the psychological aspects are also well tought out and performed. Movie's real star is Murali Gopi who outshines all others with his terrific performance. It is one of the best from him yet and the nuances with which he brings out subtle changes in the various personalities be it the body language, facial expression or the dialogue delivery is astounding. Not in every movie in which Fahad Fazil is also there would you see someone outshining him. But here Murali effortlessly does that.
Fahad Fazil's is more of an extented cameo, but he too excels in the limited time space he is on screen. Honey Rose has nothing much to do while the support cast perform their level best. But it the writer's overzealous approach of trying to showcase the mental makeup of each and every character which makes it tiring for the viewers after a point.
Gopi Sunder's background score thrills while Jomon Thomas' cinematography gives it a classy feel. The movie is technically rich.
The writer seems to have done a good deal of research on the medical terms and lingo. However too much of dialogues in language other than Malayalam including English and Kannada and loads of medical and psychological conversation might deter the wider audience from enjoying the movie holistically.
On the whole, "1 by Two" is a neatly packaged psychological thriller with terrific performance from Murali Gopi.
Bottomline: 1 man show.
3.5/5
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