The film starts off with a raid taking place in the car of a huge businessman, Ronaldo. 3 crores are found in the car and is taken away by the police. The story then shifts to Balan , an advocate who hasn’t made much in life due to his stutter. He is finally successful in a case that granted bail for his client Anzar. After Anzar offers a house in a crooked colony for Balan instead of his fees, he is kicked out of the house by Babu. He leaves to his house in his hometown where his father and mother stay. After some unfortunate events, Balan’s brother-in-law entrusts him with a complicated case. Balan solves the case due to his love for Anuradha. The police chief was part of that cash of 3 crores confiscated by police. His nexus with Ronaldo and Tina is filmed by intelligent father of Anuradha who asks Rs 5 Crore but DG gets him killed. Father kept secret in bank locker. He has taught his daughter to solve puzzles. With that ability she helps Balan with major leads in the case. Balan takes Asst D G lady and court magistrate in confidence and exposes corrupt DG. At last DG is arrested and Balan lives happily with Anuradha, now stammering less, now also free from guilt of having caused his close friend's accident who was the magistrate and helped Balan to become victorious.
Cast
Dileep as Adv. Balakrishnan
Mamta Mohandas as Anuradha Sudarshan
Priya Anand as Teena Shankar/Anuradha Sudarshan
Harish Uthaman as Ronaldo
Siddique as Somasekharan Pillai, Balakrishnan's Father
Unnikrishnan initially visualised the story with Mohanlal in mind for Balakrishnan, which he conceived in 2014. When he told the one-line story, Mohanlal suggested Dileep would better suit the character. The film was produced by Viacom18 Motion Pictures and marks their debut in Malayalam cinema.
Music
was initially signed in as the composer. But as the project was pushed to October, Rahul Raj had to opt out after composing two songs, "Then Panimathiye" and "Thaniye Itha" since he had to be in Berklee, Spain. The other two songs, "Babuvetta" and "Onnum Mindaathe" were thus composed by Gopi Sunder
Release
The teaser video of Kodathi Samaksham Balan Vakeel was released on 27 December 2018. The trailer video of Kodathi Samaksham Balan Vakeel was released on 24 January 2019. The film was released on 21 February 2019.
Box office
The film was a commercial success, it grossed ₹10 crore from Kerala box office. The film's first week gross collection from India was ₹5.4 crore. It grossed $47,728 in four weeks from the United States. The film grossed $8,546 in two weeks from New Zealand.
Critical reception
CNN-News18 rated 3.5 in a scale of 5 and wrote that the film "blends all the right ingredients of populist cinema and emerges victorious". The New Indian Express critic also rated it 3.5 out of 5 and commented: "The film makes it obvious from early on that it was not designed to provide any sort of intellectual stimulation, and any attempt to seek the same would be an exercise in futility. It's more interested in playing to the gallery and should be approached in the same way as you would any commercial entertainer". The Times of India critic rated 3 out of 5 stars and wrote that it is a "run-of-the-mill thriller made for you to like and be in awe of the hero. It is demanding you to like him and root for him, sometimes out of sympathy and the other times for his intelligence. It is a story entirely revolving around that need to urge you to like him and appreciate his Sherlock-ian intelligence". Sify's critic called it an "average thriller" and rated 2.5 in a scale of 5 and said the film "ends up as an okay one time watch, packaged for those who don’t need much to be thrilled".
Remake
In late February 2019, Unnikrishnan said: "Viacom is considering remaking the movie and discussions are in the initial stages. We are talking to both Akshay Kumar and Shah Rukh Khan for starring in the movie".
