Aanum Pennum

Aashiq Abu's Rani, penned by Unni R, is the third film in Aanum Pennum. The less I say about it, the better. It's a wicked little film with a wicked sense of humour. A depiction of a flawed relationship, Rani can be seen as the third part of a trilogy that includes Aashiq Abu's other flawed relationship dramas, namely, 22FK and Mayanadhi. Aashiq excels at this sort of thing. I found it to be the most refreshing of all three films. It is the only film out of the three with a contemporary setting. We get to see Roshan Mathew and Darshana Rajendran in a way we never saw before. Though Savithri and Rachiyamma don't break new grounds in storytelling, they are solid as standalone stories. They work well with each other. But if I have to pick the standout story, it's undoubtedly Rani.