Vinayan who has two good movies to his credit in Tamil "Kaasi" & "En Mana Vanile" & numerous ones in Malayalam , has come back to Tamil cinema after a long hiatus with "Naalai Namathey" . His intentions are noble which is to bring to light the plight of the underprivileged sections of the society but the execution leaves a lot to be desired . Movie is epitome of amateurish direction who has ended up paying tribute to the crass political Telugu masala movies of the 80's & early 90's.
There is no shred of logic or finesse what so ever .It is very corny , insensitive , trivial & banal . Vinayan must be residing in a different time period to give such an outdated movie .All cliches that one associate with the movies of the yore like a slum dwelling macho man with heart of gold & brain of a genius , god father of the slum whom all call as "appa" , cotton saree clad uptight collector who is also an orphan by the way ,all politicians as epitome of evilness , DGP & IG as comical caricatures , son of the home minister falling in love with an orphan girl who is a student in a corporation school , a prostitute who helps her heart out & it goes on....
Venkat debuts as the protagonist who urgently needs a crash course in acting while for Shravanand it is the extension of role he played in "Kadhalna Summa Illa " . Danusha is pleasant to the eyes & proves to an extent in the acting department also . Manivannan as the god father of the slum dwellers does a neat job while Thanikala Barani , Rajan P.Dev & Ashish Vidhyarthi do what they are known for without any scope for innovation. Kiran & Kaarthika are wasted in some insignificant roles .
There is nothing to right home about Barathwaj's music or the technical crew led by Rajarathinam , the cinematographer .
V.J.Anthony's dialogues are at some places thoughtful but mostly either juvenile or puerile.
Vinayan's signatures like opening credits rolling with a gloomy song , unimaginative song picturization , mandatory gang rap of the heroine , hard hitting political dialogues & buffoonery in the form of comedy etc., all find their places faithfully here too.
On the whole , though the title says "tomorrow is ours" if you risk watching this banal project "tomorrow will never be yours" ..!
Bottomline : BEWARE..!
1.5 / 5
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