It really is the director that seems to have failed Odiyan. He could have chosen to make a very personal film about the irony of such a character. He could also have made a mad action entertainer that all of us were expecting.

I am not objecting here to the prejudices of Odiyan's characters, but to the director's and writer's own problematic gaze on Ravunni.

Odiyan has good acting, a well thought-out script and brilliant action scenes that the family audience would enjoy.

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