Porkkalam Movie Review on Galatta

There are times when striking visuals distract the focus on the story in a movie. Bandi Sarojkumar's Porkkalam is one such. The movie has been stylishly shot with convincing performances from the cast.

Porkkalam has Kishore, Sampath, Sathyan, Lal, Biju Menon, Atheeswar and Smitha in the cast. Tinu Anand is one of the villains. The movie is directed by Bandi Sarojkumar, who has also written the story, screenplay and dialogues. Bhaskar Rao produces the movie for his banner Bharani Minerals.

Porkkalam takes its inspiration from the Ramayana with the characterization to an extent. Karnan (Kishore) is a blind man who lives with his servant Sathya (Sathyan). He becomes the eneny of Aslam Bai (Lal) when he sends Aslam's brother Khader (Ghajini Rajesh) to jail for some crimes. Aslam swears that he would takd his revenge on Karnan.

Sneha (Smitha) who runs from the clutches of Dhronam Raju (Sampath) meets Karnan. She explains that Raju and his godfather Bhismaki (Tinu Anand) have been forcing her into a marriage which she refused. Pasupathy (Ponvannan), a long time foe of Raju, supported her and tried to rescue her. But Raju's men killed his brother and she had no choice except to run away.

Sneha comes to the city hoping to lead a better life. Karnan asks her to stay with him in his home and they eventually fall in love with each other. But things go haywire when Raju's men find Sneha and kidnap her. Karnan decides to fight the baddies and marry Sneha. The rest of the movie is about who wins the battlefield (Porkkalam).