Sanjay Gupta praises Malayalam film Lokah Chapte

Legendary filmmaker Sanjay Gupta review the film and urged everyone to give it a watch.

Taking to his X (formally Twitter) account on Saturday, Sanjay shared a series of stills from the Malayalam film and wrote in the caption, “Dear All, Go watch Lokah Chapter 1: Chandra now!!! Best Indian Film in the last few years.

The Dominic Arun’s directorial “Lokah Chapter 1” is produced by Dulquer Salmaan, legendary actor and father legendary actor Mammootty and features Kalyani Priyadarshan and Naslen. The film hit the
theatres on Thursday for Onam. The film opened to unanimous positive reviews, with viewers and critics lauding the world-building, organic superhero tale from India.

Sanjay is the director behind films like Aatish, Kaante, Kaabil, Shootout at Lokhandwala and Shootout at Wadala.

“Lokah Chapter 1″is credited as the first instalment in Dulquer Salmaan’s planned Wayfarer Cinematic Universe. The superhero film blends elements of fantasy, mythology, and science fiction. It stars Kalyani as Chandra, a young woman who has just moved to Bengaluru after living in Sweden for 20 years. She comes out mostly amidst the evenings, which intrigues Sunny (Naslen) and Venu (Chandu Salimkumar), two young boys who live across the street. How the two come to know about Chandra’s backstory makes up the premise.
The film also features Arun Kurian, Nishanth Sagar, Raghunath Paleri, Vijayaraghavan, Nithya Shri and Sarath Sabha in supporting roles. It opened to positive reviews, with many saying that the film deserved a pan-India release given that the superhero film is far better than films like Brahmastra, and Kalki 2898 AD.

Lokah is proving to be a big draw in the midst of the “Onam” season, having already turning out to be the top choice amongst viewers at the box office. The film has surpassed the collections of Mohanlal’s Hridayapoorvam, Fahadh Faasil’s OKCK.
 

News Edit KV Raman