Vellaripattanam review: Manju Warrier & Soubin Shahir shine in this political satire

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By Arjun Ramachandran

24/03/2023

Director Mahesh Vettiyar’s Vellaripattanam (Utopian State) is the latest addition to the list of comedy dramas released in the recent past in Malayalam. But this one is a political satire.

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Vellaripattanam is a new-age Sandesham (1994). The flick is set in the era of smartphones, memes and hashtags.

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The story revolves around an imaginary village Chakkarakudam, the local body elections and the petty politics inside the political parties operating there.

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Manju Warrier and Soubin Shahir appear as KP Sujatha and KP Suresh respectively. They are the members of a political party, referred to in the film as the Indian National Congress.

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Vellaripattanam mainly focuses on the changes in the criticism of political parties after the advent of social media.

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Family and politics also get importance in Vellaripattanam. Both Sujatha and Suresh are ambitious in their political careers.

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Sabareesh gets a pivotal role in the movie as Baburaj, a young party worker who is against old traditions.

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Vellaripattanam is critical of major political parties in Kerala. The movie isn’t message-oriented but is purely made to entertain the audience.

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