Trance (2020) Malyalam - Movie Review

Trance (2020)

We all have been adhered in some way or other to our own form of conceptualized deity. On devoting our dedication towards our holy gods, the middleman calling themselves proprietary god-men who boasts about inheriting supreme powers to directly contact god and claiming to eradicate any human problems are constantly ripping of devotees off their money and belief. 2020 psychological Malayalam movie Trance is one such movie which blatantly evinces the company some people are running to cash in to the beliefs of gullible and religious people.

Fahadh Faasil plays a small town motivational speaker Viju Prasad who dreams of becoming a successful motivational speaker someday. Having a rough childhood along with his delusional brother, Viju finds himself in a situation where he is approached by few white collar people to work for them as the face of the Christian pastor who performs staged miracle hence convincing devotees into the greater scam of buying their holy waters and oils. Viju later realized his mistake of scamming people and he has choice to either to succumb to whatever happening or take a stand.

Trance is visually stunning, from its background score to cinematography it’s like a new wave in Malayalam cinema. I haven’t seen any previous work of Fahadh Faasil but his performance in this movie alone is enough to convince me that he is a great actor who can speak through his captivating eyes. His performance is enigmatic yet convincing. The movie however suffers from a substandard 2^nd half. 1^st half of the movie keeps you gripped with its tight screenplay but later in the second half with the introduction of hallucination and dreams makes the screenplay sluggish making the audience loose interest. Also I found the runtime of the movie to be problematic being very long. Lastly I would like to say you can watch the movie for Fahadh Faasil.

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