This because Balachandran had had a grudge on the murdered guy, with whom he has had serious issues in the past. Now, Ramadas, by sheer nature of his job, has Balachandran too among his list of suspects. But the latter refuses and the investigation begins. Ramadas wants Balachandran to be part of the team and offers to initiate steps to deal with the suspension. Superintendent of Police Ramadas (Siddique), with whom Balachandran shares a personal rapport as well, takes charge of the investigation, assisted by Circle Inspector Abdul Latheef (Kalabhavan Mani), who has always been an admirer of Balachandran. And then, a young chap, a terribly ‘bad guy’ and the son of an influential politician Varkey (Vijayaraghavan), gets murdered in the most brutal of manners. ‘Face to Face’ begins as the story of Balachandran (Mammootty), a shrewd cop who is under suspension and who is now busy doing real estate business and at all other times, boozing to his heart’s content. So, in total, though ‘Face to Face’ is not intolerable, it doesn’t leave much of an indelible impression on our minds. But the kind of plot that V.M.Vinu seeks to narrate in the film, isn’t it a bit outdated? The storyline, especially the second half of the film, seems more like that of a film of the late 1980s or early 1990s. But does that (and that alone) make me pass the verdict that the film is intolerable? No way!! It isn’t intolerable, I may say. It did begin on that note, but half way down the line it went for sort of a twist and then when it ended, it ended on a totally different note.
The posters had led me to expect ‘Face to Face’ to be an investigative thriller.
Cast- Mammootty, Siddique, Kalabhavan Mani, Vijayaraghavan, Ragini Dwivedi, Roma etc.
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