However, the music, Sooraj S Kurup’s songs and Sushin Shyam’s background score, is the soul of the film. The visuals, especially because it’s a movie shot on the road, could have enhanced the appeal of the film and that feels like a lost opportunity. The first 15 minutes is slow, but then it picks pace and slows down again while the duo halts at a village in Rajasthan. The film though is let down by uneven pacing. What makes the movie an entertainer is how Jeo, much like his previous movie Kunju Daivam, uses normal incidents and people to talk about prejudices, relationships and perspectives - by injecting a dose of humour and all the while not being preachy. But just then, like a “Mahalakshmi on a Bullet” comes an American tourist Katherine, who wants somebody to show her around the country on a bike for a handsome pay. However, debts soon force him to try and sell the bike. His only treasured possession, apart from the relationships he holds dear, is his Bullet motorcycle. Josemon, being the sole earning member of his family, does all kinds of jobs to fund his sister’s education, pay his loans and look after the household. The script makes you laugh and think at the same time, and it helps that its characters are quite endearing. Kilometers and Kilometers, which is scripted and directed by Jeo Baby, is filled with such references, wrapped and delivered through humour. Katherine observes, “He’s begging while they are wasting milk.” “No medicines in a government hospital?” exclaims the US tourist Katherine, before coming to the conclusion, “Oh, that’s why all your ministers come to the US for treatment.” In another scene, Katherine and Josemon are stuck in traffic as fans pour milk over a massive hoarding of a superstar, while a small boy begs for money. Review: In one of the scenes in Kilometers and Kilometers where the film’s protagonists Josemon (Tovino Thomas) and Katherine Stevens (India Jarvis) are at a clinic, Josemon tells her that he chose the particular medical facility because there aren’t medicines or plasters in the government hospital. However, just before the sale he is tasked with showing an American tourist, Katherine Stevens, around India on his bike for a payment. Story: After being neck-deep in debt, Josemon, who does all kinds of jobs to take care of his family, is forced to sell his Bullet motorcycle, which he treasures the most.
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