Cassanovva:Roshan Andrews' Average Romantic Action Thriller(Movie Review By Yunus E.K)

It is discouraging to know that in the current scenario of rip offs, remakes and comedies, a filmmaker  who known to make films on social issues also fell in the same category. Cassanovva is Roshan Andrews' average movie inspired from a well known hollywood movie. It has a slow and unimpressive start which continue after the intermission. In the second half you see the good old Roshan Andrews lost in some cliche scenes.

In short some straight conclusions about the movie are :

1. It is inspired from the famous “Love In The Afternoon”  which is directed by Billy Wilder.

2. It can also be seen as a redefined version of Benny Chan's masterpiece “New Police Story”. As here Mohan Lal take revenge for his lover.

3. There are few debutant actors in the movie-Abhishek,Shamsi,Arjun,Vikram and Midlaj.

4. This time Andrews’ ‘Jacky Chan' is the powerful “Mohan Lal” who is equally power packed and punchy as Jacky was in “New Police Story”. He is such a great actor that even when he has not got that physical appearance, still he makes you believe when he fights many men single handedly. He gets a author backed meaty role and does full justice with it. The film belongs to him completely.

Mohan Lal plays the role of Casanovva, a serial womaniser. Casanovva is the owner of Casanovva’s Eternal Spring, an international chain of flower boutiques.   He is quite impressive but also seems similar to his act of “Sagar Alias Jacky” and “Red Chillies” . Jagathi Shreekumar is there for his support .The first half pretty matches the expectations from the biggie, but in the later half while dealing with the lead man's original love with a salsa dancer named Sameera (Shriya Saran) who transforms him to a romantic than a womanizer, 'Casanovva' looks sulky and strained a bit. 

But its all the way “Mohan Lal” which you remember coming out of the theater for his gem of a performance. Shreya Sharan has nothing to do as Lal’s lover except one good scene when she die. Whereas music is satisfactory & could have been better, the background music on the other hand enhances the impact of the scenes.

The movie is tense and lacks lighter moments of good humour. Roshan Andrews never manages to impress in the second half. If only the second half had been more entertaining and engrossing, it could have resulted into a better movie. "Cassanovva" lacks the complete ingredients of a blockbuster,  and the movie should be watched only for one person, that’s Mohan Lal.

Ratings : 2 Stars (with special mention of Mohan Lal.)