'Aarkariyaam' movie review: A thought-provoking family drama with a surprise factor
Express News Service The opening sequence goes like this: A long static shot of a man sitting in front of his laptop. There is no background music. Just the sound of him typing. Outside the window: lightning accompanied by thunder, not loud enough to scare us. It’s a picture of tranquillity. The scene has maybe one or two lights. (In fact, the entire film has bare minimum lighting emulating the real world.) It resembles something out of a Nuri Bilge Ceylan film or a Japanese animation film. Then, the man, Roy (Sharafudheen), turns to look at his wife, Shirley (Parvathy Thiruvothu). In a sof...