Narrating a story about how girls get trapped, Blessy shows the different sides of Kolkata mainly focusing on the dark side of the city in his new movie 'Calcutta News'.

The movie begins with a TV channel reporter getting an award for his documentary film which he had shot in his mobile camera. He with his camera follows a girl and brings out the horrible truths that were unknown to public.

Krishnapriya (Meera Jasmine) comes to Kolkata with her husband Hari (Indrajith) on the same day they get married. Ajith Thomas (Dileep), a 'Calcutta News' TV channel reporter meets the couple accidentally at many places. One day Ajith comes to know that Hari is murdered and he goes in search for the girl. Finally he finds her locked up in a room. He feels pity for her when he understands that she is cheated by her husband and tries to help her. And his inquisitiveness makes him follow her and capture the bright and dark side of her life with his mobile camera. He understands that a big sex mafia is after her and tries to rescue her from them.

Unlike 'Kazhcha', 'Thanmatra' and 'Palunku', Blessy goes beyond the walls of a nuclear family to a city, the 'city of joy' -Kolkata, in his fourth film ‘Calcutta news’. The director with a unique panache for making a strong impact portraying real life issues, this time deals with the social menace of illegal trafficking of women. Kudoos to him for choosing such a subject, but unlike his other films, he fails to convey the main message in this movie, as the audience gets distracted with other things such as black magic, ghost appearances, romance, Kerala Samajam conflicts etc. While Blessy is known for portraying family life well, he couldn’t make it in this movie. The family life of the reporter, and the old memories and love of his mother towards her husband offers nothing new and has been seen in many Malayalam movies before. The narration of the first half of the movie flows smoothly but looses continuity in between. The audience start to think about the importance of many scenes that could be completely removed from the movie. Subtitles for many dialogues in Bengali and Hindi are missing, which is difficult for the Malayalee audience to decipher.

S Kumar's camera picturizes Kolkata city very well. The different shots of the city are fabulous especially those of narrow walls that lead to the slum where the sex workers live, literally carry the viewers there.

Debojyoti Mishra, the former assistant of Salil Choudari succeeds in churning out good songs. The music gels well with the lyrics of Vayalar Sharat Chandra Varma.

Dileep, playing the role of a journalist looks very different in his appearance with long straightened hair and thick glasses, does well but fails to present Ajith in his full spirit. His dialogue delivery falters in many scenes. He could have done much better with the character.

Meera Jasmine as usual is natural in her role but reminds one of her other very similar characters. The character of Krishna Priya, an innocent orphan girl who is trapped by a man who marries her to sell her off to others, is safe in her hands.

Innocent as the Kairali Samajam President is in his usual style. Vimala Raman as Ajith's co- worker Smitha, Thampy Antony as a Psychiatrist are apt in their roles. The others in the cast include Unni Sivapal, Manasa, Bindu Panikar etc.

‘Calcutta News’ had a very good message to communicate with the audience, but has not fully succeeded in its mission.