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Dulquer salmaan parinayam movie review3/15/2023 ![]() ![]() It boils down to self-preservation and a potential whistleblower will not be tolerated. They have to look out for themselves and each other, even if it means destroying evidence and not letting a colleague do his job. The cops are at a point of no return their lives, careers and pensions are at stake. Their concern is not the man they framed. The five policemen, including the Karunakaran brothers, involved in ‘solving’ the case are faced with the fact that the actual killer is out there. The action unravels after the ‘murderer’ Murali is framed and subsequently arrested. The film pivots on the murder of a couple, its investigation, the pressure from politicians on the cops to ‘close’ the case as soon as possible, and what happens in the aftermath.ĭulquer Salmaan as sub-inspector Aravind Karunakaran is a riveting watch and impresses as the cop on the tail of an elusive criminal while trying to beat a ‘system’ that places roadblocks. His restrained take as the newly-commissioned policeman reluctantly pulled into a conspiracy by senior cops, including his older brother Ajith Karunakaran (Manoj K Jayan), to frame an innocent man is a diametrical opposite of his flamboyant character in Kurup.Ĭops turning on each other is a familiar theme, but the presentation has one torn between wanting to condemn them and empathising with them. Director Rosshan Andrrews collaborates with scenarists Bobby-Sanjay again for the film, that is produced by Dulquer Salmaan. The denouement is leisurely arrived at, and the few loose ends are tied up and explained neatly. Salute, streaming on Sony Liv, is a slow-burn as far as investigative films go, but well worth the time spent. It seems too improbable to be happening, but the possibility of it reels one in. As the action progresses, the suspect is picked up, beaten and drops of his blood placed at the crime scene. One of the scenes in Salute has two cops, Aravind Karunakaran (Dulquer Salmaan) and Marar (Alencier), planting evidence to ‘solve’ a murder case. ![]()
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