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Parole



പരോളിന്റെ ആദ്യപകുതിയുടെ മധ്യഭാഗത്ത് ഒരു കൂട്ടം പോലീസുകാരും ഭടന്മാരും സുരാജ് വെഞ്ഞാറമൂട്സിന്റെകഥാപാത്രമായ വർഗീസിനെ ഒരു പള്ളിയിൽ നിന്ന് പിന്തുടരുന്നു. വെടിവെക്കുമ്പോഴും പൊലീസിൽ കോൺസ്റ്റബിൾയാത്രയ്ക്കിടെ യാത്ര തുടരുകയാണ്. മറ്റുള്ളവർ മുന്നോട്ടുവന്ന് വർഗീസിനെ പിടികൂടാൻ ശ്രമിക്കുന്നു. തകർന്ന
 കോൺസ്റ്റബിളിനെ മറികടക്കുന്ന രംഗം, മുൾച്ചെടികളിലും മുട്ടുകുത്തികളിലും വലിച്ചെറിയുന്നതും  വീഴ്ചയിൽ നിന്നുള്ള അദ്ദേഹത്തിന്റെ വേദനയും. സിനിമയുടെ പശ്ചാത്തലത്തിൽ കോൺസ്റ്റബിൾ അല്ലെങ്കിൽ അദ്ദേഹത്തിന്റെ പരിക്കുകൾ അപ്രത്യക്ഷമാകുന്നു. പരസ്യ സംവിധായകൻ ശരത് സന്ദീപിന്പരോളിനൊപ്പം ഫീച്ചർ ഫിലിം അരങ്ങേറ്റം നടത്തുന്നു. ചിത്രത്തിലെ കേന്ദ്ര കഥാപാത്രത്തിന്റെ തിരക്കഥയെ കുറിച്ചുള്ള കഥയാണ്
ഈ സിനിമ.
അലക്സ് (മമ്മൂട്ടി) ഒരു തടവുകാരനായി പരിചയപ്പെടുത്തുന്നതോടെയാണ് ഈ ചിത്രം ആരംഭിക്കുന്നത്. സ്വർണത്തൊപ്പിടയിലുള്ള അലക്സ്, ജയിലിൽ എത്തുന്നതെങ്ങനെയാണ് ആദ്യ പകുതി ശ്രദ്ധിക്കുന്നത്.
അലക്സ് യൂണിയനെ ഒരു കുടുംബത്തിലെ ഒരാളായും ഒരു കമ്യൂണിസ്റ്റുകാരനെ അതിന്റെ തത്വങ്ങളോട് കർശനമായി
 പിന്തുടരുന്നതിനേയും ലക്ഷ്യം വയ്ക്കുന്നത് ലക്ഷ്യമാണ്. അലക്സിന്റെ സഹോദരൻ വർഗീസ് ഉൾപ്പെടുന്ന ഒരു പ്രത്യേക സന്ദർഭം ആ രണ്ടു ഘടകങ്ങളും തളർന്ന് പിടിക്കുന്നു.

ആദ്യ പകുതിയിൽ സ്ക്രിപ്റ്റിന്റെ അസന്തുലിത അനാവരണം ചെയ്തു. ബോൺ-ക്രിഷിംഗ് ആക്ഷൻസീനുകൾ ഉണ്ട്, നല്ല സമരകൻ ഹീറോയുടെ വ്യക്തിത്വത്തെ ഉയർത്തിക്കാട്ടുന്നു. കഥാപാത്രത്തിന്റെ
 കഥാപാത്രത്തിന്റെ കഥാപാത്രത്തിന്റെ കഥാപാത്രത്തിന്റെ പ്രണയവും. ഇടവേളയിൽ ജോൾഡിംഗ് രംഗം വരെയുണ്ടാകുന്നത് വരെ വിചാരണ തുടരാൻ ബുദ്ധിമുട്ടാണ് എന്ന് സംവിധായകൻ പറയുന്നു. ഇത് തന്റെ ജയിൽ
വാസത്തിനു കാരണം വെളിപ്പെടുത്തുന്നു. എന്നാൽ, പരോൾ ചെയ്യാത്ത പരോൾ കാലഘട്ടത്തിൽ അലക്സ് തന്റെ ബന്ധം തകർക്കാൻ ശ്രമിക്കുമ്പോൾ രണ്ടാം ഭാഗത്തിന്റെ ആവേശം മൂടിവെക്കുന്നു.




Towards the mid of the first half of Parole, a group of policemen and soldiers chase Suraj Venjaramoodu’s character, Varghese, out of a church. In between the chase, a police constable trips on a log and falls while others move ahead trying to catch up with Varghese. The scene though lingers on the fallen constable, focusing on the abrasions on his elbows and knees, and his stinging pain from the fall. In the context of the movie, the constable or his injuries are inconsequential and yet ad filmmaker Sharrath Sandith, who makes his feature film debut with Parole, finds it interesting enough to devote time to the scene. It is sequences like these, which digress from the film’s central plot, which holds the movie back. 

The movie starts with introducing Alex (Mammootty) as a prisoner, who is loved by his inmates and police officers. The first half focuses on how Alex, who has a heart of gold, ends up in prison. The flashback scenes are aimed at establishing Alex as a family man and also a communist who strictly adheres to its principles. A particular instance involving Varghese, Alex’s brother in law, gets both those elements tangled, forcing Alex to sacrifice one for the other. 

The script’s unevenness is exposed most in the first half, which serves as a glossy melodrama. It has bone-crunching action scenes, Good Samaritan acts that elevate the hero’s persona and also a romance where the female protagonist falls for the hero’s chivalry. The director finds it tough to keep the proceedings tight up until the jolting scene at the interval, which reveals the reason for his jail term. However, the movie takes a different form in the engaging, thrilling second half when Alex tries to mend his severed relationships within the ticking parole-time. 

Both halves thoughThe director finds it tough to keep the proceedings tight up until the jolting scene at the interval, which reveals the reason for his jail term. However, the movie takes a different form in the engaging, thrilling second half when Alex tries to mend his severed relationships within the ticking parole-time. have Mammootty in his A-game, more with his performance than stardom this time around. As a brother going out of his way to help his step sister and a father trying to reconcile with his son, the film depends entirely on him to make it work and he doesn’t disappoint. The film also has a few moving sequences – some work wonderfully and some don’t – but it makes it clear that if armed with scripts that demand performance, Mammootty will knock it out of the park. 

Miya as Alex’s sister Katrina, Ineya his wife Annie and Siddique’s his confidante Abu do justice to their roles despite the limited screen time. But it’s Suraj, whose shady actions have far-reaching repercussions to Alex’s family, who has a meaty part in the movie. The film has some colourful and uncluttered frames; in fact too clean sometimes – especially the jail sequences. Parole has the elements that would appeal to a family audience – action, drama and sentiments – but a taut script and trimmed first half would have made it an even more engaging venture. 

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