Sthanarthi Sreekuttan movie review: Child artistes steal the show in this coming-of-age drama
The HinduSthanarthi Sreekuttan, Vinesh Viswanath’s directorial debut, is for children and the child in you. Sthanarthi Sreekuttan Director: Vinesh Viswanath Cast: Sreerang Shine, Aju Varghese, Saiju Kurup, Kannan Nayar, Anand Manmadhan, Johny Antony Run-time: 135 minutes Storyline: Set in a government upper primary school, the film explores the shenanigans of a group of students and the lessons they learn and teach Vinesh, who wrote the story and co-wrote the screenplay with Anand Manmadhan, Murali Krishnan and Kailash S Bhavan, uses the school and the election to discuss several contentious issues in a light-hearted way, that too without going overboard. Sreerang Shine breezes through his role as Sreekuttan with a convincing portrayal of the character’s insecurities and naivety, as do his friends played by Darshan M, Bodig Jordan Asher, Harikrishnan B, Karthik B, Abel Twinkle and the like. The ensemble cast of Kannan Nayar, Anand Manmadhan, Johny Antony, Ganga Meera, Ajisha Prabhakaran, and Sruthy Suresh among others have done their part with ease.