ReviewThe film has nothing new to say that its predecessors didn’t, and the making doesn’t help it stand out in any way.Still from the filmIn the introduction of Dhyan Sreenivasan’s character in Higuita, he plays football with a bunch of kids, failing to stop an easy goal. He is shown as this naïve young man, afraid of everything. You imagine that the film will be about his transition, turning into a Higuita-like player, given the title. But through the entire film -- another clichéd narrative around Kannur politics -- Dhyan plays an unreadable character, mostly a silent observer of what goes on around him. It is Suraj Venjaramood, playing a tall leader of the Left, who Higuita revolves around. The film has nothing new to say that its predecessors didn’t, and the making doesn’t help it stand out in any way. Higuita had run...
- 3/31/2023
- by Cris
- The News Minute
MollywoodWriter Ns Madhavan had expressed his displeasure and lodged a complaint about the film’s title, which is also the title of his popular short story named after a football player.Higuita, an upcoming Malayalam film whose title had courted controversy a few months ago, will release on March 31. A political thriller, Higuita features Suraj Venjaramood and Dhyan Sreenivasan in the lead. The film is scripted and directed by Hemanth G Nair. The controversy broke out towards the end of 2022 when renowned writer and orator Ns Madhavan expressed displeasure at the film’s name, which is also the title of an earlier short story he wrote based on the former Colombian football player Rene Higuita. He had said at the time, "Malayalam cinema has always loved and respected writers. What this venture has done is to take away my rights to the title for a movie based on my story,...
- 3/15/2023
- by Cris
- The News Minute
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