ENGEYUM EPPOTHUM
An extremely interesting movie portraying the experiences of passengers travelling by two buses one plying from Chennai to Trichy and the other bus plying from Trichy to Chennai. The movie starts with the terrific head-on collision which occurs between these two buses. Soon after, the movie goes back to the sequences which happened 4 hours prior to the unfortunate incident. Each character appearing as passengers of the bus has some memorable experiences which is fantastically shown in the movie. The manner in which buses are made ready before the journey are shown in detail, which is quite unique to Tamil movie.
Ananya plays the role of a timid girl from Trichy visiting Chennai for the first time, in search of a job. She is helped by Sarva, who makes a memorable debut in this movie. Ananya's expressions are exceptional throughout her appearance in the movie, showing her reluctance to cope up with the city culture and Chennai bus routes, suspecting Sarva's every move and her spontaneous reaction to a co-passenger in the share auto to respond "I am (?) completed B.E., with 92%, I know English" and gradually getting bold enough to buy "Kings" for Sarva, etc. Anjali however plays a contrasting character, a bold girl who constantly teases Jai before finally accepting his proposal. Jai has done equally well, especially his shock at the manner in which Anjali spends money in a luxurious shop and hotel. There are some more minor characters in the bus which have great impact like the person who is fast asleep waking up every time he hears "Trichy Trichy", the man who returns from the Gulf after 5 years getting frequent calls from his eager kid, the elderly person who talks to his son to pick him, the intimate couple-husband accompanying his wife as long as possible though he actually came for a send off, two youngsters exchanging romantic gestures through their eyes, the cute girl who keeps walking and conversing with the passengers, etc.
The extra strong points of the story, apart from the crisp screenplay and editing, are the dialogues and some interesting scenes. To mention a few, Jai's mother asking him over phone "You want me to beat drums and blow trumpets when you come home?", Jai and friends selecting dress according to their girlfriend's dress on that day and his friend coming with Khakhi dress to match his Polytechnic girlfriend, Jai's sarcastic comments "At least change the subject" after listening to his friend's brother's remarks "we want to discuss mathematics in Ibrahim park", the girl offering Jai ice and requesting him not to disclose the fact, auto driver consoling Jai "Seems you come by auto for the first time, you will get accustomed to it sooner or later", Jai asking for "Bru Coffee" in Coffee Shop and arguing with the bearer as the "Cold Coffee" not hot enough(?), Sarva's excellent answer to Ananya for her criticism on Chennai, Ananya getting a checkered shirt for her father in memory of Sarva, Ananya's appropriate answer to her cousin to brush her doubt aside on how a girl could understand a boy in one day, Jai's age justification and his dialogue in that context "I may not be Tendulkar, but you are Anjali to me", slogan "It's my papa's road" written on a rash driver's car, etc.
Songs are good and are apt to the sequences and situation of the movie. "Govinda Govinda Chennaiyile Pudhu Ponnu" has a mocking tune, "Maasamaa Aaru Maasamaa" has folk flavour, "Un Pere Theriyaathu" has the mesmerizing voice of Madhushree and "Chotta Chotta Nanaiya Vaithaai" in Chinamyee's sweet voice is a fine melody. Music Director C.Sathya has done reasonably well.
The Director is extremely alert to include a scene "Men at Work" to justify head-on collision happening in GST road in which majority of the places have median. The collision is shown graphically very well and the screams and bloodshed during the collision are quite horrifying and filmed in a realistic manner.
Though I would definitely suggest you to watch this movie without any hesitation, you must have a brave heart to watch the unfortunate accident and the aftermath of the collision. It would be a lesson to rash drivers as the movie clearly exposes the difficulties faced and losses suffered by many families due to the lapse in concentration or arrogance of one or two drivers, though this particular accident is due to some unfortunate incident of windscreen being covered by a cloth.
M.Saravanan, A.R.Murugadoss's long time associate, makes his debut as a Director in this movie and deserves credit for making the movie very interesting in spite of the fact that majority of the sequences happen during the bus journey. The opening title of the movie has the audio of bus journey in the background and the end title has some vital advice to the drivers in the form of audio. Full credit should go to A.R.Murugadoss Productions & Fox Star Studios for their brave attempt in presenting a different movie to the audience, having full faith in their taste and passion for novel ideas.
Great movie, but it is difficult to digest the reality.
DEIVA THIRUMAGAL
A heartrending story combined with extra-ordinary performance, lucid screenplay and well-structured sequences combine to churn out an unforgettable movie in the history of Tamil film industry, though inspired by the Hollywood movie "I am Sam".
Vikram literally lives as "Krishna" in the movie while others rally around him. It is amazing to see him depict the character of a mentally challenged person with such a remarkable consistency. Baby Sara as "Nila" shows lot of maturity in her acting. The scope for these two characters is so immense that other characters had to be content playing little cameos in the movie. Anushka, Santhanam, Nasser, M.Bhaskar, Amala Paul and Y.G.Mahendran should be commended for playing their role to perfection.
There are several emotional scenes in the movie which would make your heart melt. Nila's classmate who often teases Krishna finally understanding his noble heart and kissing him, Nila's grandfather leaving Krishna midway in the outskirts of Chennai, Krishna's reluctance in crossing the road when the signal is not through with minutes left for his crucial meeting with Nila, M.Bhaskar's tactical statement in the court saving Krishna, Hand Shadow Art playing a crucial role in an emotional scene to describe the interaction between Krishna and Nila in total darkness, Krishna's splendid gesture bringing the medicine for Nasser's son, mute interaction between Krishna and Nila in the court, Nasser's emotional surrender and finally the practical but painful decision of Krishna in the climax. Altogether a mixture of emotions which would bring out tears instantaneously and make your heart moan for a long time.
G.V.Prakash Kumar has scored the music apt to the sentiment of the movie. "Aariro" sung by Haricharan and "Vizhigalil Oru Vaanavil" sung by Saindhavai are particularly impressive. Director Vijay should be applauded for bringing out this wonderful movie. Credit should also be given to him for making the song sequences interesting. His partnership with G.V.Prakash after the historic movie "Madarasapatnam" has worked out wonderfully well once again.
Kollywood film fraternity can feel proud that it could offer quality movies like Angadi Theru, Madrasapatnam, Mynaa and Deiva Thirumagal in the recent times. If this trend continues, it would easily garner the respect and honour which Malayalam and Bengali films succeeded in getting so far.
A splendid movie which would remain glued to your memory for a long long time.
AVAN IVAN
Yet another Bala movie which has created much hype especially after his recent masterpiece "Naan Kadavul".
Vishal and Aarya have been offered the roles of step-brothers with peculiar names Walter Vanangamudi and Kumbiduren Saamy respectively. But the ample of scope provided to Vishal takes him far ahead of Aarya. Vishal, with his womanish gestures, which he derived from his dance movements, and squint eyes add up to make his role challenging and performance-oriented. I won't be surprised if Vishal gets an award for this movie.
Ambika plays the role of Vishal's mother in a manner she would have never imagined in her life. G.M.Kumar as Highness, plays the role of a Zamindar to perfection. The way he supports the families of Vishal and Aarya, bringing about peace makes his character supreme. He is also instrumental in bringing out the inherent acting talent of Vishal.
Janani Iyer as Police Constable and Madhu Shalini as a college student fall in love with Vishal and Aarya respectively. They simply come and go in the movie. Nothing special about Yuvan Shankar Raja's music.
The movie has lot of negative aspects like the unwarranted joke which Vishal cuts at Janani Iyer's uniform, Ambika's filthy language, atheist remarks thrust upon by Bala on some divine characters on stage (which he did elaborately in his previous movie Naan Kadavul), cheap dialogues uttered by Vishal, ugly and cruel murder of Highness, the manner in which Aarya imitates the possible fear the top actors would have if Vishal becomes an actor, etc. etc.
However there are some bright moments in the movie like the performance of Vishal and Highness, Vishal performing "Navarasa" in front of celebrity Surya and Vishal's anger after his mentor's murder.
Many of the scenes are not for family viewing, not due to any obscenity, but because of the raw, filthy language used by the lead characters in the movie. Had this been under control, the movie would have been ideal for family viewing.
KHO
Great movie based on the prevailing political scenario in the country.
Veteran actress Radha's daughter Karthika makes a decent debut in this movie. Jeeva, Karthika and "Goa" fame Pia Bajpai work as journalists in a Tamil daily. Jeeva in fact is a photo journalist. Pia's one side love with Jeeva and the romance between Jeeva and Karthika pushes the movie with some interesting and humorous encounters. However Jeeva's brave endeavour revealing the ugly side of the politicians puts him into trouble. How Jeeva faces it and comes out triumphant is the main interest in the story.
Prakash Raj & Kotta Srinivasa Rao, ideal choices to act as politicians have done their role to perfection. "Anjathe" fame Ajmal also has done his part well.
Harrys Jayaraj's memorable tunes add to the charm of the movie. Mesmeric song "Ennamo Etho" is already a big hit.
An interesting movie with some realistic scenes.
You can watch this movie without any hesitation.
VAANAM
We have seen three tracks of stories combining at a point in movies like "Aaydha Ezhuthu".
But this is a movie where you see five such tracks.
Bharath, as an aspirant guitarist from Bangalore, leaves for Chennai accompanied by his troupe, Saranya leaves for Chennai with her father-in-law to find a solution to clear her debts and retrieve her son, Muslim couple Prakash Raj & Sonia Agarwal take a journey to Chennai in search of former's missing brother, Anusha involved in "age old profession" takes the train to Chennai with different business plans.
With these people reaching Chennai, Simbu is already there in the Metro as a Cable Operator. His rush for money to succeed in his love results in a complicated situation. The moment these people come together under mysterious circumstances, the real drama begins. What you see after this meeting is a thrilling climax filled with action and suspense. A touching end to the film makes the movie memorable. Simbu's character in particular becomes unforgettable.
All credit to Director Krish for making the film interesting with proper mixture of scenes involving all the five tracks. He has cleverly used the current problems like religious violence, problems faced by couples when they are found alone, police station incidents, child labour, etc.
Yuvan Shankar Raja's music is nothing special in terms of quality, though a couple of fast numbers like "Evandi Unna Pethaan", "No Money" have become the talk of the town (?).
In spite of possessing all the essential ingredients, somehow the movie doesn't seem to be a Box Office Hit. Difficult to understand public mood.
An interesting movie with excellent screenplay. Don't miss it.
THOONGAA NAGARAM
Typical Maudrai story, as the title itself suggests. But it is quite heartening to see a movie on Madurai with no bloodshed and only the required amount of voilence. "Pasanga" and "Kalavaani" fame Vimal plays the lead character with a bunch of interesting guys as his friends. "Nadodigal" fame Bharani is one of them.
Vimal and his associates, having no connection between them at the start of the movie, get together through some interesting sequences. "Anagaadi Theru" fame Anjali is the heroine of the movie. She has done her role to perfection.
A light-hearted movie gets a twist when Vimal extends a helping hand to the temple priest, which drags him into deep trouble. The problem is extended to his friends also. The manner in which Vimal and his friends overcome the trouble is shown in an interesting manner. If the first part of the movie is all smiles and humour, the last part is full of tension.
Sunder C.Babu has composed the music and his typical tunes are apt to the genre of the movie.
Director Gaurav (former associate of K.S.Ravikumar) has made a memorable debut in this movie.
A movie you can watch with no inhibitions.
YUDHAM SEI
Yet another interesting movie from director Mysskinn, who took a side track in his previous movie "Nandalalaa" to take an emotional route, now back to his main track "suspense and action".
Story opens up with Cheran (as Intelligence Bureau Officer J.Krishnamoorthy) going in search of his sister, who absconded under mysterious circumstances. In addition he takes up the assignment of trapping a criminal. A series of crimes of similar nature builds up the tension and finally when the truth unfolds it is quite different from what we would expect normally.
Story opens up with Cheran (as Intelligence Bureau Officer J.Krishnamoorthy) going in search of his sister, who absconded under mysterious circumstances. In addition he takes up the assignment of trapping a criminal. A series of crimes of similar nature builds up the tension and finally when the truth unfolds it is quite different from what we would expect normally.
Y.G.Mahendran has done a powerful role probably for the first time in his career. Manicka Vinayagam's role is also very different from a typical "middle class father" character, cursing his ridiculous son, etc. Facts about "Change/Trial Rooms" is an important lesson you can get from this movie.
The disappointing fact about the movie however is the manner in which the suspense unfolds. The sequences are drab and one loses the interest as the wait is too long. The manner in which Mysskinn sustained the interest throughout the movie in "Anjathe" is missing here. Screenplay could have been little bit crisp and more sequences involving Y.G.Mahendran and his family could have been included. However Mysskinn deserves much credit for having taken up a serious cyber crime topic to educate the society.
Music is composed by Krishnakumar (a) K. There is no scope for song in this movie and hence it has been cleverly avoided. Re-recoding and background scores take us back to "Anjathe" movie, whether it is intentional or not. Such an imitation could have been avoided.
Altogether a typical Mysskinn movie... But little bit low by his standards.
PAYANAM
An interesting plane hi-jack story, a rarity in Tamil Films. Reminds us of Kandahar plane hijack incident and subsequent release of Maulana Mazood Azhar and his associates. Nagarjuna makes a memorable comeback to Tamil films after a long gap, though his role is not that much powerful. A serious subject is dealt with right blend of subtle humour. To mention a few... the way the superhuman efforts of Kollywood heroes are criticized, punch dialogues, the way government negotiates with the terrorists, the way News Channels blow stories out of proportion just for TRP forgetting their social responsibilities, etc. Minor characters like Prakash Raj (Officer), M.S.Bhasker (Father), Manobala (Astrologer), Prithviraj (Shining Star), Deal-aa No Deal-aa fame Rishiraj (Doctor), Badava Gopi (passenger entertaining others with Mimicry) and the girl on her way back to Pakistan after successful treatment in India have done their role to perfection. The plan chosen to trap the terrorists is quite interesting. Crisp editing and avoiding unnecessary sequences helped in making the movie interesting. For instance, when Nagarjuna goes for a flashback, it is really a "Flash"back running for about a minute. No heroine in flashback, no song sequence, no "age old" theory of terrorists gunning down the heroine. Director Radha Mohan's treatment of the story is really fantastic.
A movie you can watch just for the way it is made!!!
NANDHALAALAA
Heart-melting Tamil movie from the successful director Mysskinn, who already directed blockbuster hits "Chithiram Pesuthadi" and "Anjathe". Unlike the other two movies wherein the story revolved around rowdies, kidnapping and violence, this is thoroughly a different plot for him. This film has definitely helped Mysskinn to come out of the monotony.
Two different characters Bhaskar and Akhilesh go in search of beloved mom. Bhaskar is a "mentally young" character who manages to escape from a lunatic asylum whereas Akhilesh is a young student who skips his educational tour to get a glimpse of his mother. Interesting sequences lead them to join hands in their noble journey. During their journey they come across some interesting and emotional characters with the right mixture of fun. But when they reach their ultimate destination what happens? This is what you have to watch in a theatre.
Mysskinn has played the role of Baskar to perfection. No over-action, no unwanted fight sequences, no shouting, etc. Master Ashwathram as Akhilesh has shown remarkable maturity in his performance. The way he dodges Bhaskar to get into a bus alone and the way he ultimately decides to join him back, he deserves a big applause for his measured expression.
Many small characters in the movie have made deep impact like the schoolgirl in bicycle, lorry driver, bike duo, limping man, sex worker, etc. Each of them make our heart harden for a moment before the story proceeds to the next character. Cinematographer Mahesh has been a big plus point in the movie.
Finally, the real hero of the film, Maestro Ilayaraja. Though there is less scope for him in the movie to show his skills, with the characters and situations changing at a rapid speed, he has done remarkably well to keep us in the groove. In a story like "Azhagi" where the emotion is focussed on a few characters he has done tremendously well, in fact better than this, which is not a strange thing for a maestro like him. But, to have an impact in this kind of rapid movie is a champion stuff indeed.
Altogether, a great movie with an array of impressive characters, subtle humour and finally a perfect finishing touch.
Well done Mysskinn!!
MAINAA
Yet another natural village story with real life characters. Like Paruthi Veeran, romance is the main theme of the story. An adamant boy (Suruli) gives a helping hand to a family which gets deserted after the demise of the head of the family. He does all types of sacrifice to provide education to the girl (Mainaa). Mutual love develops as they grow.
There are many interesting scenes like providing light through dynamo of a cycle and illuminating insects. But the real twist in the story happens when heroine's mother is reluctant to accept Suruli as bridegroom. Story goes in top gear after this. Police Officers going in search of the accused, dangerous routes, bus accident, sentiment... Amazing speed and turn of events. Thambi Ramaiya (sidekick comedian in many of Vadivelu's films gets enough scope to act), Police Officer Bhaskar, his wife, Mainaa's mother, Suruli's father - all these characters have literally lived in the film.
D.Imman has scored music for the film. For a change he has taken the melodious route. The songs may not be memorable, but they are apt to the film.
Like Paruthi Veeran, the climax scene is hard to digest. May be the Director wanted to create sympathy. The movie stays in memory for a long time even after you finish watching the movie.
Well done!!!
UTHAMAPURTHIRAN
Story unfolds with the age old story of kidnapping of a bride by mistake and facing the sequences which develop as a result of it. Pooja's (Genelia) entry into Siva's (Dhanush) family brings back the memories of "Santosh Subramaniam". But the bubbling energy which Genelia displayed in that movie is missing here. With not much scope for acting Dhanush makes an ordinary appearance in the movie. As publicized before the release of the movie, Vivek's entry is the main twist in the story. Vivek plays an auditor's (fake) role with the nickname "Emotional Ekambaram" (a new trend started in naming the characters which started with "Erimalai" in Singam and we are likely to witness similar names in the forthcoming movies). His character is definitely enjoyable especially when Dhanush's tricks often puts him in a tight corner before the villains. Bagyaraj has an interesting role as "Washington Vetrivel" which helps in moving the story in the second part.
Uthamaputhiran is a family entertainer with mild characters and incidents.
VA-QUARTER CUTTING
Amazing title which probably would spoil the image of the movie. But as soon as you complete watching the movie you will agree with the title. Movie starts with creative titles with animation. The story is in line with the style of narrating the incidents happening in a short duration like "Newton-in Moondraavathu Vidhi". "Thamizh Padam" fame Siva has done wonderfully well to portray the character, bound to fly to Dubai the next day, spending one full day roaming around Chennai in search of "Quarter Cutting", having come to know that he will not be able to consume liquor in Dubai. With absolutely no story, credit should be given to the Director for making the movie very interesting with a sequence of comic sequences and dialogues. Siva follows the style of comedian Santhanam with his subtle comments. To name a few... "Oru aiyer kitta thayir saadham saapdaathennu sonna... oru sait kitta beeda podathennu sonna...", "antha meen-e ungala vida uyaramaa irukku", "vayasaanavanga saavula en vedi vekkaraanga... oru velai sariyaa saavalainaa vedi sathathula mothama uyir poyidumnu...". Minor but effective characters like Marthandan (SPB Charan), Prince & King in Prince's Den, Chinna Annan, Periya Thambi, Saraswathi make the movie very interesting.
Uncomplicated simple comedy. You can watch it just for entertainment.
VAADAA
Typical Sunder.C formula with a mix of action, romance and comedy. Vivek has imitated Surulirajan throughout the movie. Cleverly the movie starts with Vivek paying tribute to Surulirajan's portrait. Otherwise he would have been criticized as "copy cat". Vivek plays the role of the "Travel Agent" to perfection. The sequences involving stoppage of Vivek's marriage creates laughter. But one wonders how long his "stripping" comedy will go on. That could have been avoided. It is pitiable to watch the Heroine of the movie joining hands with Vivek in this unwanted type of comedy. Majority of the shots were filmed in picturesque Hardwar and Hrishikesh, the place chosen by Sunder.C for hide-out. When you watch the movie you can predict that some flashback sequence is always on the cards and it unfolds at an appropriate time. Sunder.C-Vivek combination is maintained following the success of movies like Sandai, Ainthaam Padai.
Regular Sunder.C movie interspersed with Vivek's comedy.
MADRASAPPATTINAM
A great movie which has a grand "Titanic" type opening. Old lady's reminiscences form the backbone of the storyline. Credit should go to Director Vijay for moving the current happenings and flashback scenes simultaneously without creating any confusion. Heroine recalling the dialogues uttered several years back at the same location for e.g. Airport Arrival shown visually adds to the beauty of the film. Art Director has done wonderful job bringing out the Old Madras as set. It looks very real.
If Titanic is the inspiration for the way of telling the story, Director must have been inspired by the movie Lagaan as he tries to settle down the issue between the Britishers and the villagers by way of a Wrestling Competition between Arya and the Britisher.
Arya should be very lucky to get a powerful role after his phenomenal performance in "Naan Kadavul". He has done full justice to the role by precise acting. Hanifa, Nasser, M.Bhaskar and TV Compere Balaji played their roles to perfection. British actress Amy Jackson has also performed extremely well.
G.V.Prakash Kumar has scored the music in a very apt manner to suit the sentiment of the film. Picturisation of the song "Vaammaa Duraiyammaa" is excellent, bringing out the features of rich Indian culture and the beauty of Madrasappattinam. "Pookkal Pootha Tharunam" is another excellent song. "Suriyan Udhikkumbothu" resembles "Veyilodu Vilayaadi" from the film Veyil.
Climax scenes shot at Chennai Central Station is very interesting. Emotions at the time of attaining Independence have been well picturised.
On the whole, a great movie... Citizens of Chennai can feel proud after watching this movie... I will try to watch this movie as many times as possible and would recommend you to watch at least once.
ANANDAPURATHU VEEDU
Story of "haunted house", "evil spirit", etc. are not new to Tamil film industry. But this movie is quite different from others as the souls of the ancestors are portrayed as very kind and helpful ones.
Nandha and Chaya Singh have acted very well. After an impressive negative role in the film "Eeram", Nandha gets much scope to show his skill in this movie too. Child artiste "Aryan" has played the role of special child in the movie. He has also performed extremely well. Majority of the film sequences happen in the village house and it is an uphill task to make a movie interesting when the location is limited. Director of the movie has succeeded in this task. Special mention about the new bulky villain with histypical accent "Bala Sir" becomes absolutely necessary. There is a great twist in the story towards the end, which makes the movie thrilling. Movie ends with a fitting finale.
One must see this movie to understand the necessity to respect our elders, especially departed souls.
MILAGAA
A movie comprising of majority of the characters involved in a great movie "Maayaandi Kudumbathaar".
Unlike the other contemporary movies, this is a thorough entertainer. Hero Natraj is quite energetic and his sequences with the heroine Poongodi makes the movie very interesting. Director Singampuli has taken care of the comedy part in his typical style of sarcastic comments. He is a simple and uncomplicated actor and his comedy is quite fluent, as we have already experienced in "Maayaandi Kudumbathaar" and "Goripaalayam". "Naan Kadavul" fame Rajendran has played the main villain's role to perfection.
The film may not impress you much in terms of story or screenplay. But if you want a good entertainer, you can watch this movie without any hesitation.
A light hearted movie...
After seeing **** rating in Times of India and some good reviews I rushed to the nearest theatre to enjoy the movie.
I expected it to be better than my most favourite film of recent times "Angaadi Theru". But I was disappointed not only because of my expectation leval but also because of the actual stuff.
The movie depicts the romance which blossoms between an irresponsible youth and a school student (Oh God... in how many movies we are going to witness such an unbelievable love. Love is blind. Silverscreen love is blind beyond imagination).
Pasanga fame "Ingittu Meenakshi" Vimal is the hero of the movie. He has done reasonably well. New face Oviya as heroine played her part too. But the Director has missed the plot by trying to present a serious story in a light manner. There is enough scope for violence in the movie. Luckily violence is used to the barest minimum which is the positive aspect of the movie. Ganja Karuppu is good in creating "Paruthi Veeran" type of humour. S S Kumaran has scored the music. "Dama Dam" song is of "ok" category. Rest of the songs vanish from our memory even before we reach the parking lot.
In a nutshell, a movie which created lot of expectation but could only be a satisfactory movie.
RAAVANAN
A movie which created much hype even before its release.
Technically a great movie. Excellent cinematography... An award winning effort indeed.
Music is not to the expected level. Rahman's fans must be a little bit upset with the songs especially after the big musical hit "Vinnai Thaandi Varuvaayaa".
Director Maniratnam has struggled a lot in bringing out a "modernised" Ramayan story. He even went to the extent of making veteran actor Karthik climb a tree to equate him with Lord Hanuman. Instead he could have gone ahead with the story not concentrating too much on the epic as he did in "Dalapathi" which is based on another epic "Mahabharata". However Maniratnam has handled the characters of Aishwarya (Modern Seetha) and Vikram (Modern Raavan) very carefully in the climax which otherwise would have become highly controversial.
Credit should go to Aishwarya Rai and Vikram who have performed extremely well.
The movie received mixed response.. excellent feedback immediately after release and criticism after a few days...
You can see the movie for its technical excellence.
SINGAM
A typical Police story in the lines of Walter Vetrivel, Kaakka Kaakka, etc. Surya gets enough scope to perform after a series of ordinary movies. Dialogue plays a major role in the movie.
Prakash Raj plays the perfect villain's role to maintain the tempo of the movie.
Vivek's comedy may not be great thanks to his double meaning dialogues, but his comedy helps in sustaining the interest.
Devi Sri Prasad alias DSP (DSP for a police story... what a coincidence?) has scored music. His numbers make the youngsters dance, but if you listen carefully there is always some similarity with some old song. For instance, the song "Naane Indiran... Naane Chandiran" resembles the song "Raaman Aandaalum... Raavanan Aandaalum" of "Mullum Malarum" scored by the Maestro Ilayaraja. It is pathetic to see Maestro's songs being re-rendered either indirectly or directly as a remix.
On the whole a descent film and a perfect family entertainer.
KOLA KOLAIYAA MUNDHIRIKKAA &
KATRADHU KALAVU
Don't be surprised with the way I collectively discuss about two movies.
There is not much to differentiate between the two stories as the plot is almost same. Hero and Heroine of both the movies perform all possible tricks to cheat and earn money.
Kola Kolayaa Mundhirikkaa pushes the movie with a bit of comedy. Crazy Mohan's Comedy is not of the standard we have seen in Michael Madhana Kamarajan, Pammal K Sambandam, Pancha Thandhiram, etc.
You will be disappointed if you see the movie with such expectations.
Katrathu Kalavu has chosen the "thrill" route to run the movie. Police-criminal chasing, interrogation and other such scenes are available in plenty. But the most important thing is missing... which is the "story". Krishna, Vijayalakshmi (Chennai-28 fame) play the lead roles along with Sampath as Police Officer.
Not an impressive movie.
ANGAADI THERU
A realistic movie which vividly portrays the day-to-day problems faced by salesboys and salesgirls. Young boys and girls who hail from villages come to Chennai with great ambitions and dreams about city life. But the true picture takes them by surprise. Family circumstances and poverty forces them to adjust with all the difficulties, insults, exploitations, etc.
A movie one must definitely see....
GORIPALAYAM
One more violent movie in the lines of movies like Subramanyapuram, Renigunta, etc. Usual story of group of youngsters who hail from a locality in Madurai, spending their valuable time without worrying about their future. Routine family problems, ignorance by the parents, etc. etc. makes one to doubt whether they are seeing the old movie again by mistake. Bloodshed, murder and related activities are available in plenty in the movie. "Nadodigal" type of story treatment would have made the movie more interesting and would have attracted the entire family to the theatres.
IRUMBUKOTTAI
MURATTU SINGAM
A different story. Possibly the first full length cowboy film in Tamil movie history (though some of Jaishankar's movies come closer to it).
Though the comedy is not of high standards it makes us laugh at that moment.
Excellent sets, wonderful cinematography, action sequences, treasure hunt sequences makes the movie interesting.
One must see this movie just for its variety and unique style ...
No comments:
Post a Comment