I am a telugu guy, but really fond of some tamil movies which have an appreciable standard of innovative technical and screenplay achievement. Though i do not understand the language fully, i take considerable effort to know what is happening in every scene of the movie.
So, i went and watched this movie which is a Cop story...directed by Menon of Kakka Kakka fame and it has the versatile Kamal Hassan in it. Ummm, the title sounded very catchy too. Middle aged Cop hunting a serial killer on the run...wait a minute, when did you ever knew about an Indian serial killer who is methodical ?. These brothers (2 serial killers in this movie) do the killings in rural parts of Tamil Nadu and also in the creepy places near New York, USA. HELLO, this is NOT INNOVATIVE when you use two young guys as serial killers who cannot handle such a thing on their own, where experience is the main criterion and essential requirement to fool the establishment and societies in India and USA. The director got too involved with his own movie watching days (hannibal lecter kind) while writing the story line, where he tries to dwell into the behaviour of that main psycho guy (i cannot recollect his character name) in much of the second half of the movie.
I expected the psychopath through-out the initial phase of the movie (just before the 2 brothers are shown to the audience) to be a seasoned professional killer who is at ease with his deeds, which then would have bought new dimensions to Kamal Hassan's character, thus making the movie more thrilling to watch. A definite disappointment for me there. The movie takes abrupt turns every 20 or 30 minutes and Kamal's character should have been more serious (i appreciate the inclusion of comic mode once a while, but it should have been greatly reduced for the sake of a thriller).
I liked the overall approach of the director in trying to make a very different movie, where he successfully tried to cut through the existing mold(many such previous Indian movies had a "responsibility" of satisfying all the audience) of treating a cop story and making it more original to watch also taking it to the rusty criminal's door steps (i bet a real criminal of that kind should have been scared a little with Kamal's character after watching this movie). My salute to the director of the movie for handling a brave script and thats the main reason for me giving 8 out of 10. This movie will open new avenues for Indian cinema.
The songs are nicely shot (i liked Neruppae and the initial title track).
So, i went and watched this movie which is a Cop story...directed by Menon of Kakka Kakka fame and it has the versatile Kamal Hassan in it. Ummm, the title sounded very catchy too. Middle aged Cop hunting a serial killer on the run...wait a minute, when did you ever knew about an Indian serial killer who is methodical ?. These brothers (2 serial killers in this movie) do the killings in rural parts of Tamil Nadu and also in the creepy places near New York, USA. HELLO, this is NOT INNOVATIVE when you use two young guys as serial killers who cannot handle such a thing on their own, where experience is the main criterion and essential requirement to fool the establishment and societies in India and USA. The director got too involved with his own movie watching days (hannibal lecter kind) while writing the story line, where he tries to dwell into the behaviour of that main psycho guy (i cannot recollect his character name) in much of the second half of the movie.
I expected the psychopath through-out the initial phase of the movie (just before the 2 brothers are shown to the audience) to be a seasoned professional killer who is at ease with his deeds, which then would have bought new dimensions to Kamal Hassan's character, thus making the movie more thrilling to watch. A definite disappointment for me there. The movie takes abrupt turns every 20 or 30 minutes and Kamal's character should have been more serious (i appreciate the inclusion of comic mode once a while, but it should have been greatly reduced for the sake of a thriller).
I liked the overall approach of the director in trying to make a very different movie, where he successfully tried to cut through the existing mold(many such previous Indian movies had a "responsibility" of satisfying all the audience) of treating a cop story and making it more original to watch also taking it to the rusty criminal's door steps (i bet a real criminal of that kind should have been scared a little with Kamal's character after watching this movie). My salute to the director of the movie for handling a brave script and thats the main reason for me giving 8 out of 10. This movie will open new avenues for Indian cinema.
The songs are nicely shot (i liked Neruppae and the initial title track).