Shylock

Name: Shylock
Director: Ajai Vasudev
Genre: Action
Released: 2020-01-24
Rating: 1
Cast: Mammootty, Rajkiran, Meena, Siddique, Kalabhavan Shajon

Directed by Ajai Vasudev

TezScore20/100 Unfavourable reception Unfavourable Early coverage · 1 scored of 1 Indian-media review How TezScore works IMDb 5.1/10

130 min 24 Jan 2020

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Synopsis

Shylock

Boss alias Shylock, a ruthless loan shark, provides money to a film producer Prathapa Varma to produce a film. However, Prathapan cheats Boss by not repaying the money, which enrages him. Prathapan is a close friend of a corrupt Police Commissioner Felix John. Boss creates a ruckus on Prathapan's film sets and abduct the film director due to which Prathapan sends men to kill Boss. Boss defeats everyone, including Felix's son Joel and mocks Prathapan and Felix. Felix charges a fake case that Prathapan's son Adithyan has gone missing and Boss is behind this. The police arrests Boss, but a video evidence proves that Adithyan is celebrating Holi in Nagpur with Felix's daughter Jewel. Felix is forced to release Boss. On the way home, Prathapan confronts Boss and demands to know Adithyan's whereabouts. Boss reveals that after the video was telecasted, Boss kidnapped and killed Adithyan by using Prathapan's car claiming it as an accident. During Adityan's funeral, Felix and Prathapan suspect that Boss was part of a plot that they did before. Boss receives a call, where he rushes to home only to see an old man is awaken from coma. When Boss's associates ask him, Boss reveals that the old man is his brother Ayyanar and he narrates his past. 3 years ago: Boss used to live with his rich family. Boss's adopted brother Velumurugan is in love with Poonkuzhali. Poonkuzhali's family declined their relationship due to caste differences.

Director: Ajai Vasudev
Release: 24 Jan 2020
Run time: 130 min
Language: Malayalam

Cast & crew

Mammootty Cast RA Rajkiran Cast

Meena Cast SI Siddique Cast KA Kalabhavan Shajon Cast BI Bibin George Cast

Sidhique Cast BA Baiju Cast AR Arjun Nandhakumar Cast AR Arthana Binu Cast JO John Vijay Cast AJ Ajai Vasudev Cast, Director RE Renadive Cinematographer GO Gopi Sundar Composer

Reviews

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The Indian Express Manoj Kumar R.

★★★★★ ★★★★★ 1/5

Director Ajai Vasudev has served up another snoozefest called Shylock, which is headlined by Malayalam superstar Mammootty. The movie raises serious questions about Mammootty’s artistic choices. He is the same actor who picks scripts like Peranbu and Unda. And he also approves the likes of Shylock. Is there an unwritten rule that states for every good film Mammootty delivers, he must mess up five? Shylock is a mess. You know this story. You know how things would pan out. And you know what happens to the bad guys even before the film arrives at its depressingly predictable climax. There is no point talking about the gist of the story. Because what’s the point of speaking about something that doesn’t exist in the movie. So, let’s skip that part in the review.

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