Take a linear romance and place it on a very tense premise,thats what Rajiv Ravi does in Annayum Rasoolum. A style, which on many instances reminds us of Anurag Kashyap's Gulaal. But the resemblance ends there. Annayum Rasoolum is heavily structured and grown on the template of Romeo & Juliet. From the title, it follows the pattern with minor and major occasional drifting. But more than adhering to the Shakespearean classic, Rajiv Ravi seems to be inspired from the 1996 Luhrmann version starring Leo Di Caprio. And its clearly not bad inspiration. He pulled it off extremely well and far beyond the expectations I had. ( When Rasool sees Anna lighting candles during the church festival reminds us of the scene where Leo sees Claire through a fish tank during the party. Kunjumon and Claire's mad cousin. Death of a friend and sabbatical at distance. And especially the climax scene) Loved the way Fahad portrayed Rasool. Andrea did a decent job with limited spoken words. The guys who played Abu and Colin did outstanding work being realistic and raw on screen. Sunny Wayne (for sure has great potential) on the other hand, seemed a little misplaced. I didn't get the whole point of him being the narrator. I would've preferred if Hyder was doing the narration. And the voiceover,at times, seemed silly and lacking proper content. Excellent cinematography. Though the scope of the movie was huge, I wasn't impressed with the sound design. Most of the dialogues weren't audible with too much of ambient interference. I didn't have a problem with the lengthy running time, but would've avoided/trimmed down a couple of scenes. An enjoyable experience. A great start for 2013
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