LADAM

My Review: LADAM

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Prabhu Solomon who has always given movies that thread a different path from the usual , has come with "Ladam" which defies the common genres of tamil cinema - it has comedy , thrills , romance , sentiments , action , vengeance ,et al ...but it is not your regular masala that is being churned out in Kollywood these days. It has a hero , who never uses his muscles (not that he has any) but quiet an intelligent boy which ordinary features ; a heroine who is tomboyish , happy -go-lucky devoid of any sentiments & quiet brash & though the villans seem to be the regular pea-headed gangsters , their characterisation is also with surprises.

Plot : Hero gets 16 days to kill the son of a rival gangster otherwise he will be killed .

Aravindan: He is very casual throughout the movie & comes out again and again with some witty one-liners which leaves the audience in splits...Even in some sentimental scenes he leaves a mark.He is apt for the character of Kunjithabatham , M.C.A gold medallist..! The scene in which he encounters Kota Srinivasa Rao for the first time is an example of his ample potential.

Charmi : Her's is not the regular heroine role that we are used to.She may be irritating in some scenes but it is intentional since her character is conceived that way. In comical scenes , she is a revealation & special kudos to the one who has dubbed for her with all those mimic acts.

Kota Srinivasa Rao has the usual Dada role who is bereaved by his son's murder & waiting to wreak vengeance by killing his rival's son , but he has also livened up the screen. .

Music by Dharan is top class. BGM is racy & apt for the story while the melody number "Siru thoduthalile " stays in the mind for a long time.

J.N.Harsha's Scissors have succeeded in keeping the movie racy & rich.

Sukumar - yet another promising Cinematographer (Tamil industry is becoming a mine field of excellent Cinematographers) has given a rich & classy look for the movie .The bluish tinge has once again worked wonders like in "Billa". An excellent camera work in recent times.

Prabhu Solomon who has written & directed the movie deserves a thundering applause for conceiving a story the is unpredictable from start to the end credits. His dialogues are brilliant with umpteen intelligent witty ones interspersed .

Movie moves at a very good pace & Prabhu has kept it light-hearted throughout with sprinkling of some touchy moments - the first night scene between the lead pair is one .

In the times in which there seem to be thought famine among the directors , prabhu Solomon has confidently come out with an engrossing tale with a debutant hero & a heroine making a come-back after a long time & has successfully given a technically sound & throughly interesting movie.

Bottomline : Unpredictably good.

4/5