'Mukundan Unni Associates' review: Drive for success goes too far

The themes explored — which in another movie might have been treated in a dark, sombre mood.

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It get an uproariously humorous treatment by film editor-turned-director Abhinav Sunder Nayak.

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Mukundan Unni is so obsessed with this specific idea of success that no action is beyond him.

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The way the script sets up the evolution of this character, makes us believe that he is capable of anything.

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The only ones in the film with their moral compass intact are his friend, his former girlfriend and a judge.

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