Antakshari Movie Review: A Malayalam Thriller Worth Watching

Antakshari is a Malayalam thriller movie which has been released on the OTT platform SonyLIV.

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With Saiju Kurup in the lead role, Antakshari has all the elements one would expect from a smart thriller.

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The thriller Antakshari starts with a teen getting abducted, which sets the tone of the movie from the beginning.

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Das (Kurup) is a police inspector who loves the musical game Antakshari to an extent that he uses it to interrogate his prisoners.

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Apart from the teen, his daughter gets kidnapped, too.

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The plot is all about how the police inspector rescues them with his tactics.

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