Action Hero Biju (2016)

Thoroughly enjoyed watching this off-beat movie which has more good aspects than the usual run of the mill movies coming out from India.There is bit of over glorification of the police force. But at the same time the movie gives a sympathetic attitude to other professions like doctors, advocates,teachers and other government officials. Politicians and thugs are given their own due. .. Quite hilarious at times, didn't feel bored at all even though there is no continuous story as in other movies from beginning to end... There is bit of too much violence at times which could have avoided... The music is OK, the end scene is clearly influenced by the ending of batman movies..To be frank, the music and the narration at the end of the movie is enough to lift Nivin Pouly to stardom..! Salute to Batman of malayalam cinema..

#ahb is a powerful attempt from from abrid shine and nivin pauly. despite of all negative reviw the film worked as it means.... social committed movie... What is the role of a policeman in the society? OK, we think it is to safeguard people and their property of the locality he is in charge of. But, our films tend to show only the extremes; either make a superhero out of him who takes on the corrupt system single-handedly and walks away in slow motion after blowing up the bad guys in the end or the link in the nexus between the politician, police and the criminal, a dark and grumpy persona without an iota of humanness in his personality. hats offf..

This is one of those movies for which IMDb can effectively disable the spoiler button and it would make no difference since the movie has no storyline and thus nobody can spoil the plot for those who are yet to watch it.I have seen more than my fair share of movies. I have seen absolute gems like 'Castaway on the Moon' that very few people would have been privileged enough to watch. I have seen horrendous movies like 'The Chosen One' starring Rob Schneider that even he himself probably did not watch. However this is the first time ever that I have seen a movie without the slightest semblance of a storyline. Action Hero Biju is borderline biography. If you are expecting a movie in which the protagonist uses words like 'Boombastic' repeatedly and beats up politicians just for fun, this is not it. If you are expecting a movie with comedy in the first half and mind boggling suspense in the second half then , this is not it either.If a camera crew followed a honest yet tough police officer around for a month keeping track of the day to day functioning of a police station ,then this would be it.Action Hero Biju is not everyone's cup of tea. This is one of those movies that will split moviegoers opinions down the middle. Half the audience will leave the theater disappointed because this is not what they have come to expect from action movies/thrillers/police oriented movies. The other half will stand up and applaud the director for a very unique way of making a movie without a concrete plot. It is simply a series of complaints that Sub Inspector Biju Paulose handles to the best of his ability. Sounds simple enough but it is the execution of this sequence of events, the attention to details, the simplistic humour, that is the strength of the movie.It kind of reminds you of the movie 'Signs' which was not very well received because the audience over the years had come to accept that the only way to defeat Aliens would be if the American Military bombed the living daylight out of them. So when someone made a very good movie about Aliens having to retreat simply because they could not adapt to water it was met with thumbs-downs and brickbats.Action Hero Biju is arguably Nivin Pauly's best movie to date in terms of acting prowess. Even in Premam his acting skills would come into questions during the scenes where he had to exhibit sheer anger . This one is a near flawless performance. He manages to transition effortlessly from funny cop to tough cop from time to time.One of the brightest spots about the movie is the casting. Though it is a very extensive cast , every single individual comes up with extremely convincing performances. A lot of the cast members might have probably never stood in front of a video camera before but it never shows that they were cast from oblivion and will probably return to oblivion. If there was an Award for Best Ensemble Cast this one would win it convincingly. While every single cast member is at least on par there are a couple of performances that over shine the rest, especially the short toothless drunkard who sings and Suraj Venjaramoodu as the helpless husband whose wife elopes with his friend.There is a show called Bosch that airs on the FX channel. Before Bosch every police show was about that one cop who took on crime single-handedly,gave two hoots about the system and never got along with his co-workers or bosses. Detective Harry Bosch follows procedure to the book , gets along well with everyone and still solves crime. Bosch is a refreshing change from the run of the mill crime shows. Action Hero Biju is the Bosch of Malayalam cinema.If you asked me a month from today I might not be able to describe the movie scene for scene. However what I can tell you that today I spend two and a half hours thoroughly enjoying a very well acted, well cast , funny , well directed movie as did most of the people in the theaterIf you watch it with an open mind nothing will stop you from enjoying it. Watch it because it is different.

"ACTION HERO BIJU" is not PREMAM. The film was nothing like I expected, but I gotta say I was surprised in a very good way. The movie follows a series of sub- plots ordered in a fine sequence. As the tag line suggests, its just a ride with a police officer. Nivin Pauly has his problems when it comes to do stuff outside his comfort zone, but he shines in this one, unlike in IVIDE. I don't know about others, but I was completely satisfied with his performance. Each and every actors who played the supporting characters were awesome. I will never forget the performance of Suraj Venjaramoodu. The film has life only because the actors are so good. Abrid Shine has made a bold attempt to do a kind of film like this, but hats off. I bet no one could pull this off like he did. This film is not for everyone, and it may not be accepted in theaters now, but this movie is going to be a milestone in the careers of each and everyone associated with it, and yeah it's definitely gonna be a part of Malayalam Cinema hall of fame.