{"id":2311,"date":"2020-08-24T19:48:19","date_gmt":"2020-08-24T14:18:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theleonews.com\/en\/?p=2311"},"modified":"2020-08-31T23:11:40","modified_gmt":"2020-08-31T17:41:40","slug":"movie-review-driving-license","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theleonews.com\/en\/movie-review-driving-license\/","title":{"rendered":"Movie Review: Driving License"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Of all the films that got released on Amazon Prime this year, the Malayalam flick <em>\u2018Driving License\u2019<\/em> stood out with its out-of-the-box content. It revolves around a Superstar and his die-hard fan who later becomes the nightmare for the actor.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Story<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Kuruvilla Joseph (Suraj Venjaramoodu) is a motor vehicle inspector. He is a die-hard fan of Superstar Hareendran (Prithviraj Sukumaran). When Hareendran needs a driving license to perform a car chase in one of his movies, he sends his friend Johnny to Kuruvilla who agrees delightfully. Coming to know of this, Bhadran, the Hareendran\u2019s rival leaks this information to the press. Hareendran suspects Kuruvilla behind this and humiliates him in front of his son. Kuruvilla is shattered to see his favourite star behave in this way. He seeks vengeance by complicating the licensing process for Hareendran and the rest of the plot hinges on whether Hareendran gets the license and the misunderstanding between them ends or not.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Underlying message<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Fans love their favorite stars to the core and they expect the same warmth from them. It is not always possible to reciprocate the same feeling mutually. This movie deals with the adverse effects of egos getting bruised. The clashes and confrontations that follow have been beautifully shot by Lal Junior, the son of legendary director Lal.<br \/>\nThe crux of the movie is articulated in one scene where Kuruvilla gets disheartened in the RTO office after he gets yelled at by Hareendran. The strength of this movie lies in the realistic portrayal of events without unnecessary commercial diversions and sub plots. Prithviraj Sukumaran and Suraj Venjaramoodu have given stellar performances to keep the drama riveting until the end.<\/p>\n<p><strong>In a word<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We have seen several movies portraying the warmth and affability in the relationship between the star and his\/her fan. \u2018Driving License\u2019 stands apart due to its unique plot that revolves around the ego-clash between the star and his devoted fan. Writing in the film is top-notch and there is news that it is being remade in Telugu by a well-known producer.<\/p>\n<p><em>Where to watch?<\/em><br \/>\nAmazon Prime<\/p>\n<p><em>Cast:<\/em><br \/>\nPrithviraj Sukumaran, Suraj Venjaramoodu, Mia Goerge, Major Ravi, Saiju Kurup, Suresh Krishna, Lalu Alex,Nandu<br \/>\n<em>Music: <\/em>Yakzan Gary Periera, Neha Nair<br \/>\n<em>Cinematography: <\/em>Alex. J. Pulickal<br \/>\n<em>Producers: <\/em>Supriya Menon, Listin Stephen<br \/>\n<em>Language: <\/em>Malayalam<br \/>\n<em>Rating: <\/em>3.5\/5<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Of all the films that got released on Amazon Prime this year, the Malayalam flick \u2018Driving License\u2019 stood out with its out-of-the-box content. It revolves around a Superstar and his die-hard fan who later becomes the nightmare for the actor. Story Kuruvilla Joseph (Suraj Venjaramoodu) is a motor vehicle inspector. He is a die-hard fan [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":2312,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[115],"tags":[251,160,164,252],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Movie Review: Driving License - The Leo News | English News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theleonews.com\/en\/movie-review-driving-license\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Movie Review: Driving License - The Leo News | English News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Of all the films that got released on Amazon Prime this year, the Malayalam flick \u2018Driving License\u2019 stood out with its out-of-the-box content. It revolves around a Superstar and his die-hard fan who later becomes the nightmare for the actor. Story Kuruvilla Joseph (Suraj Venjaramoodu) is a motor vehicle inspector. He is a die-hard fan [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.theleonews.com\/en\/movie-review-driving-license\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Leo News | English News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-08-24T14:18:19+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-08-31T17:41:40+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.theleonews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/driving-license-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"750\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"375\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"TLN Staff\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"TLN Staff\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.theleonews.com\/en\/movie-review-driving-license\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.theleonews.com\/en\/movie-review-driving-license\/\",\"name\":\"Movie Review: Driving License - The Leo News | English News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.theleonews.com\/en\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2020-08-24T14:18:19+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-08-31T17:41:40+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.theleonews.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/0b821f3437a1135691ff13e29c34338e\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.theleonews.com\/en\/movie-review-driving-license\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.theleonews.com\/en\/movie-review-driving-license\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.theleonews.com\/en\/movie-review-driving-license\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.theleonews.com\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Movie Review: Driving License\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.theleonews.com\/en\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.theleonews.com\/en\/\",\"name\":\"The Leo News | English News\",\"description\":\"Andhra News | Telangana News | Tollywood\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.theleonews.com\/en\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.theleonews.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/0b821f3437a1135691ff13e29c34338e\",\"name\":\"TLN Staff\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.theleonews.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9a34eaf7e04a92a9894bc30f163940c2?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9a34eaf7e04a92a9894bc30f163940c2?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"TLN Staff\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.theleonews.com\/en\/author\/tlnstaff\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Movie Review: Driving License - The Leo News | English News","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.theleonews.com\/en\/movie-review-driving-license\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Movie Review: Driving License - The Leo News | English News","og_description":"Of all the films that got released on Amazon Prime this year, the Malayalam flick \u2018Driving License\u2019 stood out with its out-of-the-box content. It revolves around a Superstar and his die-hard fan who later becomes the nightmare for the actor. Story Kuruvilla Joseph (Suraj Venjaramoodu) is a motor vehicle inspector. He is a die-hard fan [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.theleonews.com\/en\/movie-review-driving-license\/","og_site_name":"The Leo News | English News","article_published_time":"2020-08-24T14:18:19+00:00","article_modified_time":"2020-08-31T17:41:40+00:00","og_image":[{"width":750,"height":375,"url":"https:\/\/www.theleonews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/driving-license-1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"TLN Staff","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"TLN Staff","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.theleonews.com\/en\/movie-review-driving-license\/","url":"https:\/\/www.theleonews.com\/en\/movie-review-driving-license\/","name":"Movie Review: Driving License - The Leo News | English News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.theleonews.com\/en\/#website"},"datePublished":"2020-08-24T14:18:19+00:00","dateModified":"2020-08-31T17:41:40+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.theleonews.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/0b821f3437a1135691ff13e29c34338e"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.theleonews.com\/en\/movie-review-driving-license\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.theleonews.com\/en\/movie-review-driving-license\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.theleonews.com\/en\/movie-review-driving-license\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.theleonews.com\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Movie Review: Driving License"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.theleonews.com\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.theleonews.com\/en\/","name":"The Leo News | English News","description":"Andhra News | Telangana News | Tollywood","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.theleonews.com\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.theleonews.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/0b821f3437a1135691ff13e29c34338e","name":"TLN Staff","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.theleonews.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9a34eaf7e04a92a9894bc30f163940c2?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9a34eaf7e04a92a9894bc30f163940c2?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"TLN Staff"},"url":"https:\/\/www.theleonews.com\/en\/author\/tlnstaff\/"}]}},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theleonews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2311"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theleonews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theleonews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theleonews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theleonews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2311"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.theleonews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2311\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theleonews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2312"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theleonews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theleonews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theleonews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}