Traffic (2016)

You've got to hand it to the Malayalis – they spin some of the best yarn. Innovative ideas aren't all that uncommon in India, but the way those ideas get shaped and sculpted in Kerala is often a matter of wonderment. Take Drushyam for instance - with an idea sourced from a Japanese novel it becomes an Indian film with thoroughly Indian characters. It isn't just the pacing or the detailing - the emotional rhythms of that thriller resonate with the drama-seekers that we are. Traffic (a remake of a 2011 Malayalam film by the same name), too, boasts of such fine writing accorded to an already ex....