A thriller again, in the history of Tamil cinema. A predictable storyline leading to a ‘lived happily ever after’ ending. Yet, Venkat Prabhu has succeeded in keeping the audience biting their finger nails or if they are hygiene freaks, he brought them to the seat edges for a considerable part of the movie. Premji Amaran scores brownie points for his timely untimely dialogues, especially when he mimics the super star and the super star aspirant Vijay. My wishful thinking is that he teams up with Sandhanam of lollu sabha fame and does a full fledged serious comedy.
Venkat Prabhu has carefully avoided the traditions of a typical Tamil cinema thriller.
-A drum beat follows every footstep of the bad guy
-A close-up shot of a hand touching the hero’s shoulder, he turns around shocked and bang comes ‘Intermission’
-Rotating colour lights on the villain’s face (this gives me the creeps)
-Good cop gives a sermon to the bad cops and they all magically turn good.
None of these theatrics and extra terrestrial gimmicks. The extraordinary thing about the movie is it is so ordinary.
What could have been better:
-The engagement song: looked more like one of Ekta Kapoor serials with everyone clad in a red sari with heavy makeup and jewellery.
-Saroja’s accent: the school girl hardly got a complete line to speak and could have well avoided her Junoon Tamil accent.
-Jayaram’s last minute change of character: a time tested formula.
Mothathil, Saroja – Oru Mulliladha Roja.
Adutha varam, meendum top 10 -il sandhipom, vanakkam.
Venkat Prabhu has carefully avoided the traditions of a typical Tamil cinema thriller.
-A drum beat follows every footstep of the bad guy
-A close-up shot of a hand touching the hero’s shoulder, he turns around shocked and bang comes ‘Intermission’
-Rotating colour lights on the villain’s face (this gives me the creeps)
-Good cop gives a sermon to the bad cops and they all magically turn good.
None of these theatrics and extra terrestrial gimmicks. The extraordinary thing about the movie is it is so ordinary.
What could have been better:
-The engagement song: looked more like one of Ekta Kapoor serials with everyone clad in a red sari with heavy makeup and jewellery.
-Saroja’s accent: the school girl hardly got a complete line to speak and could have well avoided her Junoon Tamil accent.
-Jayaram’s last minute change of character: a time tested formula.
Mothathil, Saroja – Oru Mulliladha Roja.
Adutha varam, meendum top 10 -il sandhipom, vanakkam.
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