Martin Prakkat's new thriller Nayattu is about a flawed law and order system where the cops are mere pawns for an authoritarian government. The film's politics may not satisfy everyone's sensibilities, whereas its lack of conventional cop film formula elements may unsettle some. But for the most part, this is a high-concept, high-octane thriller that delivers the goods.
Apr 10, 2021 By Sreejith Mullappilly
In Martin Prakkat's taut new thriller Nayattu, Kerala Police staff members are mere pawns for an authoritarian government that controls the state law and order. The film makes that clear when Joju George's Sub Inspector Maniyan goes to plant evidence against a young man on a minister's order. Goons who do quotation work can accept or decline their work orders, but we cannot do it, says Maniyan.