HERE I'M LENDING A WORD MY BROTHER SAID AFTER WATCHING THIS FILM, THAT "MALAIKOTTAI VAALIBAN IS THE MOST ORIGINAL PIECE OF WORK THAT HAS HAPPENED IN MALAYALAM CINEMA IN RECENT TIMES". AND OFCOURSE I WAS SCEPTICAL OF IT UNTIL I FINISHED IT. BECAUSE YES THIS INDEED IS AS ORIGINAL AS IT CAN GET. WITHOUT ANY PRIOR NOTICE THE FILM JUST STARTS & ON IT GOES ON A COMPLETE LINEAR LINE WITH SOME BRILLIANT FRAMES & SHOTS I'VE SEEN FROM OUR INDUSTRY OF LATER TIMES, OFCOURSE IT DOES GETS SLOW AT CERTAIN POINTS, THERE WERE A FEW AREAS I THOUGHT, ' MAYBE THEY COULD'VE TRIMMED THIS UP". BUT THEN AGAIN, THIS WAS HOW THE STORY WAS INTENDED TO MOVE, LIKE A NARRATIVE, I TRAVELED WHOLEHEARTEDLY WITH THE FILM, & WITH THE TWIST REVEAL & GENRE BENDING, LJP PROVED THAT YES HE IS INDEED A CRAFTSMAN HELLBENT ON TRYING WHATEVER HE DEEMS TO FIT & HOWEVER, THE WESTERN INSPIRATION, THE WHOLE JAPANESE SAMURAI-ESQUE FIGHT SCENE THAT CAME IN THE 2ND HALF WERE ALL A JOY TO WATCH FOR ME. MOHANLAL WAS SIMPLY JUST MOHANLAL AS IT WAS A JOY FOR ME TO JUST WITNESS HIM TAKING THIS UP WITH ALL HE COULD & CARRYING IT THE BEST HE CAN, MAN STILL OOZES THAT CHARM & CARRIES THE FLEXIBILITY EVEN AT THIS AGE. THIS WAS INDEED LIJO'S ODE TO CERTAIN OF HIS FAVOURITE NO DOUBT & YES I FOR ONE AM WAITING TO SEE THAT FINAL SHOWDOWN NO MATTER WHAT OR HOW...

not my cup of tea. I can't believe it when I say this as a hardcore lalettan fan. his acting in this movie at times shuckkkks... I don't expect this for LJP. the guys who make realistic movies, this movie is between fantasy and reality . cmon bruh a second part? it took me 3 days to finish this one.