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A popular actor who is on a success wave with his last four films, his stylish looks, exotic location in the form of London and hence some excellent visuals & frames and couple of beautiful actresses to spice up a triangular love story, will these combinations deliver a good film! Certainly not. For that you need a solid script without too many cliches.
Now, Anil C Menon's latest film London Bridge is not that bad a movie to be totally ignored. It is watchable but the thing is it is too slow paced and at the same too much of drama towards the end along with cliched moments we have seen before puts a question mark on the overall completeness of the film.
For me London Bridge was an average watch but I cannot hide the fact that there is boredom and dragness especially post intermission. As I pointed out, script lacks that punch to make the viewers attention throughout. Even Prithviraj who is so bankable and reliable these days cannot do much to raise the film to the next level. The film's extended climax is also a dampener as it goes on endlessly without a stop.
The plot revolves around Vijay Das, an ambitious and young entrepreneur in London. At one stage, two young girls enter his life ; Pavithra, daughter of an industrialist and Merin a nurse who just landed in Briton to join on duty in a hospital. Rest of the story focus on the relationship between the three.
On the acting side, Prithviraj as Vijay did his job convincingly but this is not a challenging role for the actor in him. Many comparisons are bound to happen between his successful four films released previously that might work against the film. The reality is London Bridge is nowhere near those beautifully crafted movies.
Nanditha as Merrin was a letdown. She looked beautiful but her acting was disappointing and the other leading lady in the cast Andrea was able to perform well as Pavithra.
Prathap Pothan, Mukesh, Lena and Sunil Sugatha form the supporting cast that is limited to a very few and among them Mukesh was the standout out one though his role was very brief.
Camera work by Jithu Damadar deserves special praise. Though he had to his aid, the visual beauty of London he did his job to make the frames look cool and colourful. In the music department, credit is given to two directors; Rahul Raj and Sreevalson Menon. The songs especially couple of them were good to hear and along with the visuals, they were nice to watch on screen. Gopi Sundar's background score as usual was different and gelled well with the situations.
Summing up things, London Bridge is one movie that won't remain in our memories for a long time. For me, it was an average film that offered anything new but the offerings were more of draggness and boredom. Still I am going with a generous 2.25 out of 5.
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