Prasoon (Basil Joseph) is a passionate animator. After failing in entrepreneurial attempts in animation, he is forced by his family to join as a livestock inspector under the dying-in-harness post of his father. Will the animator turned livestock inspector manage to survive in the village? `Everything is ok’ with filmmaker Sangeeth P Rajan’s debut directorial that explores the beautiful bond between humans and domestic animals. A slice of life movie – scripted by Vinoy Thomas and Aneesh Anjali – it has a novel take on those working with animals from the films that has earlier touched on the veterinary profession.
While each character is layered in humour, it also speaks for those who are forced to take up jobs that they are not interested in, those who are struggling with alcohol abuse and addicts of blind belief systems. The major highlight of the film is the outstanding performances of the actors like Johny Antony, Indrans, Shammi Thilakan, Jaya Kurup and Siby Thoams who supported Basil Joseph to make Prasoon compelling. It would have been interesting if the script could have delved in a bit more on characters performed by Shammi Thilakan and Siby Thomas. And also, on the camaraderie between humans and animals which is looked at in this film from the owner’s perspective.
Palthu Janwar is different from the human-animal films like CID Moosa, Gajakesariyogam, Ringmaster and Samanam, in that it sums up with a beautiful message, ‘every life is precious’.
