Sapthamashree Thaskaraha
- Director
- Lijo Jose PellisseryKhalid RahmanAnil Radhakrishnan Menon
- Studio
- August Cinema
- Release Date
- 6 September 2014
- Running Time
- 142 min
- Language
- Hindi
Review
Jeethu Joseph's "Sapthamashree Thaskaraha" is a film that arrives with genuine ambition, attempting to weave a complex heist narrative with thematic depth about redemption and misdirected vengeance. The premise—seven broken men conspiring against a corrupt politician—carries real emotional weight, and Joseph demonstrates his knack for layering multiple character arcs into a cohesive whole. The heist itself is executed with inventive flair: the festival sequence with its sewage tank fireworks and exhaust fan infiltration shows directorial craft that justifies the filmmaker's strong track record. However, the film's considerable length begins to work against it; scenes that should tighten the narrative sometimes meander, diluting the tension that should sustain a revenge thriller of this scale.
Where the film truly stumbles is in its tonal balance. Joseph seems caught between celebrating a stylish heist and delivering a philosophical sermon on the nature of karma and redemption. The twist involving the second Krishnanunni, while conceptually clever, feels more like an intellectual exercise than an earned narrative revelation—one that the film hasn't quite prepared its audience to embrace emotionally. The performances are committed across the board; there's genuine chemistry among the seven, and their individual desperation comes through, but some supporting characters needed sharper definition to justify their prominence in the ensemble.
What lingers most is the film's final
Storyline
Martin sits in a church confessional spilling the wildest heist story—seven broken men thrown together in prison, each carrying their own vendetta against Pius Matthew, a corrupt politician who's destroyed their lives. There's Nobelettan, a businessman cheated out of everything; Krishnanunni, whose wife was killed by Pius's cruelty; Shabbab, beaten down by betrayal; and five others with equally fierce reasons to want revenge. When they hit the streets, they're not just criminals—they're soldiers plotting the perfect score against the man who ruined them all.
The plan is audacious: break into Pius's charity hospital, crack a three-key safe, and grab the money he's stashed there. They recruit Annamma, a nurse with insider access, and pull off an insane heist during a festival—fireworks in sewage tanks, cutting power supplies, sneaking through exhaust fans! They get the safe open and nearly escape with the loot, but the alarm triggers and chaos erupts. The three brothers chase them down, and just when victory feels possible, Krishnanunni vanishes with all the money, leaving the gang stranded on the roadside.
Back in the present, Martin finishes his confession, revealing the twist that breaks everything—they tracked down Krishnanunni only to discover another man with the same name entirely! The gang gets mysterious boxes appearing on their doorsteps containing solar panels, and suddenly everything clicks into place. This isn't a heist movie about greed; it's a meditation on redemption, where wronged men find unexpected salvation through an act of calculated revenge that somehow transforms them all.