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With a name as unique and interesting as Sapthamashree Thaskaraha, one expects a a uniqueness in the treatment, if not in the story and in that Anil Radhakrishnan Menon doesn't disappoint.

Be it Ocean's Eleven to the forthcoming Happy New Year, Hollywood or Bollywood, everyone associates a heist movie with stylish shots, suave protagonists, cool gadgets and futuristic security systems. In the midst of all that gloss comes this very naadan, Malayalee, down to earth thaskara katha (heist tale). From the small time temple bhandaram thieves, blueprints which are more brown and not a CAD/CAM version, a hospital and circus that we have seen in our cities (unlike what Dhoom 3 would like us to believe) to referring to dates as per Malayalam months, this movie has a Kairaleeyam feel to it. Even the gadget geek is so real that you know you have called him home to repair your motherboard once or twice :). Add to this the natural performances from the non mainstream guys that actually bring a smile to your face its definitely not a bad movie at all.

Coming to the movie, the first half is interesting, but the shift from the comic to pathos is a little uneven. So much so that you keep wondering if its a lighthearted movie or a serious one. Both Nedumudi's and Prithviraj's flashbacks are kind of predictable and boring, yet they expect to move you, which they don't. And then the overuse of the much loved Thrissur accent. I loved the way the city is captured, but haven't we already saturated the potential of this sing-song lovely accent of ours? At least a few characters could have been left out from it! The second half, with all the preparation and planning is fun and the music adds to the thrill. But even if you ignore the feeling of "isn't that from xyz movie?", there are so many loopholes and the plan looks so convenient that you are not completely convinced. And the sad part is that these loopholes could have been easily fixed with a quick review of the script. Unfortunately, someone decided to be lazy in giving those finishing touches. Prithviraj needs to be appreciated for being the producer and still giving the limelight to the other actors. Of the sapthamashrees Chemban Vinod, Neeraj Madhav and Sudheer Karamana steal the show while the known faces like Nedumudi Venu, Asif Ali and Prithviraj do nothing special.The music suits the pace and the rock feel contrasts the backdrop very well. The camera captures Thrissur beautifully. Its the script that fails them all.

In the end Sapthamashree Thaskaraha has a novelty which is reflected in its name. While heist movies are by rule suave and stylish, here's one that's so Malayalee-garized and naadan that it brings a smile. Unfortunately, the novelty lasts only for a few minutes, and the script with its "oh so convenient" a heist, the overused Thrissur accent and the expected "twist" lets it down.

I just saw this movie just 2 weeks back and the movie was awesome and it was having much fun and having adventure.The movie is a bit compared to the Hollywood film 'the Italian job",but still he had added much ideas to the film and developed it.this not an idea that a normal director should get,the directer has a special ability to think more.great.this film would be more nice if he didn't compare with the Italian job.still its good and the director was able to add much tragedy and fun.looks like its created very hard and it took a long time.we should, have awesome films to make thoughts like this :).it was not slow and it was having fast actions and good actions.i don't think a normal artist can make a freaking film like this.and i now thank Santhosh Sivan.now just think about him (Santhosh Sivan) he is fantastic thinker.And i again thank Mr.Santhosh Sivan for giving us a great time (watching this film .i feel good now cause he didn't copy the film "italian job" directly.if it was like that i would have written a bad review

This is a severely underrated movie of Prithviraj and as the title says - this is the story of 7 good thieves who conducts a well-planned heist. I always wanted Mollywood to have a classy heist movie and thanks to the director, he did an amazing job here. The movie has some good songs too from the one and the only Rex Vijayan (He is the music director).

The movie was shot in the Thrissur district of Kerala and the cinematographer has done his job by beautifully capturing the cityscape. The movie has an ensemble cast and even Asif Ali plays an important role in this movie. The director Lijo Jose Pellisery also have an important role in the movie. Overall a great experience.

Watchable that is i am going to say. Though i heard great reviews about this movie i didn't really think it was that great in my opinion. It was definitely watchabe but this suspense was not that great. When i was going through people's comments on nowrunning one person said that it had a similar ending to many recent prithi movies and it sure does. The movie is definitely watchable but i really don't know about how enterating it is though. If your excepting a comedy from this movie there are definitely a few good ones. I personally thought the story was well planned though each moment of the movie just kept adding to the theft but it was all spoiled for me by the ending