The pack may be glossy, state of the art, wonderfully coloured, attracting to the eyes, produced with aid of latest of technologies. But in the end of the day if the pack contains only poison, then what is the use of making the pack so sleek & lustrous , never mind the statuary warning written in an illegible font in one corner of the pack. That sums up Gautham Vasudev Menon’s latest offering “Nadunissi Naaygal ” .
Technically the movie is on par with the best of bests. Right from the first shots of the movie it is clear that technical team of the movie has done a fabulous job of it. Manoj Paramahamsa’s cinematography is top notch , especially the colouring & the gloss as well some of the novel camera angles he has tried , awesome is the word. Art direction & DI of the movie makes the movie watching experience grand.
If only Gautham Vasudev Menon , the writer has thought of something novel & new , the end product would have been one of the best done in the country. On the contrary by taking recourse in to the old sadistic thrillers of the yore & joining the bandwagon of portraying the mentally ill persons as dangerous & psychopathic, Gautham has done no good for those who are working tirelessly for to alleviate the stigma associated with mentally ill & mental illness. The disclaimer in the end does no good as enough harm has been done already.
As far as acting goes except Sameera Reddy who has done a decent job as the damsel in distress , amateurishness is writ large as far as the rest of the cast are concerned. It is as if the other actors were given old “psycho” movies for them to rehearse before they started filming the movie.
Veera tries to imitate all those cult psychologically challenged roles like that of Kamal Hassan of “Sivapu Rojakkal ” , Pratap Pothan of “Moodupani” , Dhanush of “Kadhal Kondaen” , Simbu of “Manmadhan”...so on. Swapna who plays the caretaker & godmother of the protagonist , is graceful in her normal avatar but suddenly turns hopelessly out of place in her other role of the instigator.
That Gautham has managed to keep up with the thrills sans background music is a laudable achievement in itself & his courage and gumption in this regard warrant a standing ovation. Also as far as the screenplay goes , movie is lucid & travels at an optimum pace with no place for yawn in between.
The problem with the movie is the content & hence it doesn’t stand a chance in the box-office because it right away shoos away family audience as well as female audience. And finally anyone who compares this movie with “Sivappu Rojakkal” must be despised with cause it was done aesthetically which is what missing here in “ Nadunissi Naaygal”.
On the whole , “Nadunissi Naaygal” is technically brilliant but thematically appalling.
Bottomline : For your sadistic pleasure...!
2.5/5
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