Bibin Krishna’s Sahasam begins in a wedding house. Over this setting comes a playful phrase: “Every dog has a day.” It’s an odd but intriguing way to open a story that very quickly trades flowers for firearms, whisking us to the smoky streets of Mumbai.

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Here, the film sets up its thriller hook. Rajeev Nambiar (Narain), a police officer, leads a successful drug bust. But the real prize, Victor, the man behind it, slips through his fingers.

Victor vanishes, carrying with him a trail of secrets and grudges. Parallel to this is the shadowy figure named John Alex, known in the underworld as Wolf (Babu Antony), who’s after a different kind of treasure: a stolen password to a laptop containing a fortune. The Mumbai sequences carry pace and grit, hinting at a slick cat-and-mouse game ahead.

But the film soon takes a sharp turn south to Kerala. The camera returns to the wedding house where we first began, this time centred around Sera Isaac (Gouri G. Kishan). As the families fuss over rituals, another drama brews — Sera’s secret romance with Jeevan (Ramzan Muhammed).

The two plan to elope, but their attempt quickly collapses into comic chaos. Jeevan barely escapes, the elopement abandoned, and the wedding moves ahead, though the air is now thick with whispers.

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In the meantime, Wolf has also landed in Kerala, hot on the trail of that elusive password. Victor, not far behind, is chasing him. The threads start to tangle. Sera’s relatives, determined to “teach Jeevan a lesson,” travel to Ernakulam to find him, only to cross paths with Wolf’s circle unknowingly. Mistaken identities pile up.

The middle portion becomes a constant criss-cross of people looking for other people: Wolf chasing the password, Victor chasing Wolf, families chasing Jeevan, and Jeevan dodging Rony Zakariya (Jeeva Joseph), the fiancé of Sera, is being pushed to marry.

Adding to the knot, Ramzan’s friends unwittingly befriend Wolf without knowing his real agenda. The tone swings between slapstick and chase sequences, with scenes hopping from apartments to offices to street-side meetings.

One subplot briefly threatens to bring focus,  Gayathri, Jeevan’s office boss, becomes the unlikely point of contact between Victor and Wolf. For a while, it seems the narrative will funnel through her, but her arc is abruptly cut short, leaving only another jolt in the already restless rhythm.

The second half opens with a song montage, a colourful distraction that feels more like a breather from the confusion than a narrative push. From there, the film accelerates into pure chase mode.

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Rajeev re-enters the picture, Rony’s men close in on Jeevan, Victor’s patience thins, and Wolf grows desperate. The climax finds everyone converging at a single flat — Rajeev, Wolf, Jeevan, Saira, Victor, and a handful of others, all because of that one password. A cameo by Aju Varghese as a singer-narrator adds a wink to the audience, though it does little to tighten the plot’s loose ends.

In terms of performances, Babu Antony is the standout; his towering presence and quiet menace anchor every scene he’s in. Ramzan Muhammed shoulders much of the comic and romantic beats, while Narain, despite his billing, is given surprisingly little to work with. The female cast, particularly Gouri G. Kishan, appears in moments that promise more but rarely deliver in terms of character depth.

Technically, Sahasam has its bright spots. Alby Antony’s cinematography captures the shift from Mumbai grit to Kerala warmth effectively, and Kiran Das’s editing gives individual scenes rhythm, even if the overall structure feels breathless.

Bibin Asok’s music is the real highlight, especially the festival track Onam Moodu, which has already found its way into playlists and celebrations. The background score injects pace even when the screenplay meanders.

Where the film falters is in its insistence on juggling too many characters and plotlines without giving them space to breathe. The premise — a password worth a fortune tying together criminals, lovers, and unsuspecting families — has promise, but in execution, it feels like a constant chase without a moment to settle. The humour lands in pockets, the action has sparks, but the novelty wears thin quickly.

In the end, Sahasam is a restless ride, loud and constantly in motion. It entertains in moments, but leaves you wishing it had trusted fewer characters and given them more room to shine.

Timeline Verdict: Sahasam, saved in parts by its music and a few lively moments, it’s more noisy spectacle than tight storytelling.

Cast 

• Narain
• Babu Antony
• Gouri G. Kishan
• Ramzan Muhammed
• Baiju Santhosh
• Shabareesh Varma
• Jeeva Joseph

Crew

 

• Director & Writer: Bibin Krishna

• Producer: Front Row Productions

• Cinematography: Alby Antony

• Editing: Kiran Das

• Music Composer: Bibin Asok

• Lyricist: Vinayak Sasikumar