NAAN KADAVUL- MOVIE REVIEW

A director who tied up audience emotions with movies like Sethu, Pithamagan comes with another movie ‘Naan Kadavul’ of same genre but with heavy dose. Salute to the director for giving this kind of movie. The story line is simple as expressed in title of the movie, hero thinks himself as God who do Agoram of villain. Ayra performance stuns everyone; he lived as ‘Ruthran’. His Eyes and body language speaks lot. In Pithamagan ‘Sithan’ Character is beautifully handled by bala and hence viewer are very clear about the character but this was missing in ‘Naan Kadavul’. I think this would have avoided if Arya would given more scenes in the movie (I am not sure whether censor edited so many scenes). This is the rare movie in tamil cinema where you can see so many physically challenged people in the screen; everyone did justice to their role, kudos to all of them and special kudos to director for spending so much time to get good performance from them. Pooja steals the entire movie by her overwhelming performance; she is certainly eligible for National award.

Songs and BGM are top class as it was handled by Maestro Illaiyaraaja. Rightly said by bala once ‘Who could able to do music other than Illaiyaraaja?’ . But it is sad that only two song comes in the movie. Bala would have included ‘Kannil Parvai’ song in the movie, thanks to Maestro at least we can able to hear interlude of this song in BGM. The way ‘Pichai Pathiram’ song picturized is excellent. I am sure ‘Ohm Siva’ song will ring in the ears when you come out of the theatre. Final chasing is high light of the movie. Cameras, Stunt, Arya’s performance are extra ordinary in this scene. Illaiyaraaja’s BGM elevates this scene to higher level.

Bala would have excluded the scene in police station where MGR, Sivaji and Rajini were imitated, and would have included songs. We should appreciate bala for his bravery attempt.

Verdict: Heavy dosage of Emotion for normal filmgoers.