Ennu Swantham Punyalan

However, Ennu Swantham Punyalan’s biggest flaw is its lack of jokes. While the film offers enough light-hearted moments that keep it from becoming dull, it rarely delivers genuine LOL moments. Even as the narrative becomes more gripping and attempts to evoke small laughs, the absence of good jokes remains a notable shortcoming — one that is only partially compensated by the lead actors’ performances. Hence, it is doubtful if the film would hold the same appeal when watched at home, where one can easily pause or switch to something else. Despite being set in a fascinating location, with a major part of the story unravelling in an ancient church surrounded by myths, Ennu Swantham Punyalan fails to fully utilise this setting, limiting the narrative to its three main characters.

But bad execution, questionable casting, and some shoddy performances dampen the overall experience. Samji M Antony’s screenplay is loaded with moments similar to several other films, like Adi Kapyare Koottamani, Marykkundoru Kunjaadu, Romans, etc. Even the opening stretch about Thomas’ parents’ desperation for a boy child seems to be borrowed from Ustad Hotel. But at the same time, there are some attempts to infuse freshness like employing AI-generated visuals to narrate the origins of a holy cross and its Mesopotamian heritage. Samji also spins a unique custom around this cross, which brings together the Christian and Muslim communities. It’s a potent idea but explored only peripherally. The focus, instead, is on creating confusion comedies that fail to evoke laughter.