Cycle Review

Cycle is the second film of writer James Albert after his hilarious work Classmates. Cycle tells the story of two youngsters Roy(Vineeth Sreenivasan) and Sanju(Vinu Mohan) who represent todays youth. Both of them have enough financial problems. Roy works as a cashier in a private finance company and Sanju works in an electronic show room. Roy is having a crush on Annie(Bhama) who is working in a travel agency in the neighbourhood of his firm. Sandhya plays Meenakshi who falls for Sanju.

The movie starts with a scene happening in Mumbai in the past. There happens a small crime and the story starts revolving in the present that is 20 years later. James Albert’s brilliant script connects each and every lead character to the main plot in a very cunning way. He portrays the “cycle” effect of small incidents in human life and as a whole there happens a big cycle in the story line. Johny Antony directs a sensible film for the first time in his career. He has a future, if he selects the script carefully.

In performance, Vineeth Sreenivasan has the minor faults of a newcomer but his charater suits him like tailor made. Vinu Mohan and Bhama have improved from Nivedyam, and Sandhya has also done justice to her role. Jagathy Sreekumar excels as the greedy financier and Saikumar and team handles the negative roles. Mejo Joseph’s music is apt for the needful songs and “puthiyoreenam” shines among the rest.

The real hero of Cycle is its script itself. James has succeeded in developing the thread carefully with needful links and connecting the links brilliantly to form the final plot. The only negative point is the slap stick comedy brought in for a scene in the final thrills. Johny Antony’s only fault was that scene, but he handles the new actors with immense care. In short Cycle is a must watch film which has loads of freshness and immense energy level.

Rating 7.5/10