Still from the ‘State of Janaki vs Kerala’. , Photo Credit: Special Arrangement
Nothing, compared to fierce arguments, is not a court room drama, which opens new avenues in our understanding of a case. In Janaki vs Kerala StateFamous advocate David Abel Donovan (Suresh Gopi )’s arguments are full of fire. Nevertheless, a significant part of them is so irrelevant that they will fit more in a loud television debate than a court. He is a kind of person who will talk about cheese when he is going to argue about chalk. Therefore, it is no wonder that he will go to a long dietib against the developmental projects of the state when he is arguing in the court in a case related to the sexual attack, or he will ask a rape victim if he sees porn and how many times.

The film’s initial credit sequences indicate on the behavior that with the news clipping of his various press statements on a host of issues, which all reveal a lawyer who is more active outside the court. Janaki vs Kerala StateWhich thanks to an additional ‘V’ dictes with an additional ‘V’ in theaters, among the actor’s need to tell a sensitive story and the actor’s superhero Abha playing the role of an advocate. Debut director Praveen Narayanan, who has also written the film, struggle on both counts.
Janaki vs Kerala State (Malayalam)
Director: Praveen Narayanan
Mold: Suresh Gopi, Anupama Paramesheshwaran, Madhav Suresh, Oscar Ali, Shruti Ramachandran, Divya Pillai
Runtime: 156 minutes
Story: An IT professional gets raped in her hometown, but a series of incidents comes under intensive investigation in the court room.
An IT professional in Bengaluru, Janaki (Anupama Parmeswaran), when she is on leave, becomes a rape victim in her hometown. In the exchange of the court, a series of incidents falls under rapid investigation. From early scenes, the filmmaker makes it clear that subtlety is not something he will try. Everything comes with vigor and audio signals, causing no doubt in the mind of the audience.
Writing, as well as film production, returned to the 1990s. Thin veil references for contemporary issues become a convenient writing option. However, when the film announces its pet original ideas, there is a wish that he stayed with those borrowed. One of these ideas, which makes the origin of the film, is one of the outstanding outdoor ideas recruited in cinema in recent years, about the paternity of a child born of rape. This, in a way, by converting a serious issue into a seriously political weapon.
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Many irrelevant arguments for the case spoken by the advocate are also political, fitting with the actual life personality of the actor. For a court room drama, there is hardly any scene that has an effect. For example, to stimulate the audience loans by a dull drama, there is an unnecessary jump scare sequence, which seems inspired by the B-grade horror film. The songs pull the story down further.
On an important issue with its insensitive, Janaki vs Kerala State A film in the form of a film as the letter ‘We’ becomes a film, which was added to the name of Janaki to satisfy the craze of the sensor.
Janaki vs Kerala State is currently running in theaters
Published – July 17, 2025 05:22 pm IST