This is the story of Don Bosco, a seminary student turning into a 'Don'. The story is said to be taking place in Kochi. I don't know if there is another place with the same name as Kochi, for, in the place picturized in the film anything could happen to anyone. A mother abandons her son when her husband, a notorious criminal, is killed. She doesn't want her son to follow his
father's footsteps and her wish for him is to become a clergyman. Everybody in the church knows the whereabouts of Don Bosco (Asif Ali) except himself. His mother is a music teacher in the same convent and his foster father, a churchman, is bent on making him a goon! The other priests in the seminary have allegiance with another notorious gang, Pathamkalam,
who currently rules over Kochi after the death of 'Satan', Don Bosco's father. They even give asylum to two of Pathamkalam's members, including a girl in the seminary. The priest-students are sent for their service and are asked to do menial jobs for them. The rector even asks Don to wash the feet of these two as punishment and he is also made to drink the soiled water.
The Pathamkalams are a Jewish family, so by washing their feet and drinking that water the Christian rector was reverting the hatred towards Jews as the traitors of Jesus perhaps! Marty the boat owner can openly woo Don and she even dares to come to the church and tries to flirt with him, calling him 'eda' a colloquial term of endearment. When the first half of the movie is
almost over Don Bosco decides to discard his priesthood and be a 'Don' and avenge his father's death. The moment he decides upon this there is a drastic change in his apparel, he is wearing a suit with all the accessories, and there are mini skirt clad women to hold an umbrella for him, huge bungalows to reside and latest Jaguar, BMW to drive. His class mates who joined him to be a part of 'D company' all of a sudden start addressing him 'Bhayya'. I'm sure there is another Kochi where all these happens. He even kills his mother, unintentionally of course and gets away scot- free. In the last scene the hero is singing a song rowing a small boat along with his lady love. The moral of the story ought to be that 'be a Don, take revenge on all the people you want, live life king size, confess to a priest, and then lead a peaceful life'. The police, the court all are dispersed till another notification.
The film has a strong message to give, howsoever one tries on it, a criminal's kid will grow up to be a criminal! Throughout the film Don Bosco is addressed as 'asuravith' emphasizing his scandalous genealogy. The movie has something novel though, this time the female members of the villainous families are also shown to be partakers in the crime, doing cold
blooded murders rather than the usual crying, and pleading womenfolk! A woman police officer is shown grinding red chillies inside the police station for third degree punishment (cry hoarse 'stereotyping', a woman even if she is in uniform is best doing household chores!). The director, A K Sajan knows the craft of filming, but unfortunately the movie lacks a credible
storyline and a good script. Some elements like picturising the boys in the seminary as young men of flesh and blood who loves the pleasures life offers is rare to find in our movies, though.
Last word – for I M Vijayan football is his forte not acting.
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