Jeeva’s career is a curious case of brilliant movies interspersed with some pretty ordinary ones. His latest starrer “Rowthiram” produced by his dad’s Super Good Films after a hiatus is in itself an enigma. Movie is good in parts but those are few & far in between on an overall average fare.
Gokul has talent which shows on screen as far as his directorial capacity is concerned but need to hone up his writing skills. Screenplay spoils the party with some poor characterization & poorer casting marring the effort.
Story is not new that of a righteous hero get caught up for being honest & straightforward .Screenplay also follows the regular commercial route with first half full of comedy-romance-family sentiments with the second half reserved for the action-revenge-action.
Jeeva does his job adequately even though he is made to act against his usual self. The role of a hero with very few words doesn’t actually suits for him & he is clearly uncomfortable in doing so. Shreya is there only to romance the hero & to act naive (or some may call it stupid) to rake a few laughs or two.
Prakashraj has a very brief guest role but the impact of his character is there throughout the movie. Jayaprakash is emerging into a very fine actor with every passing movie. In this movie also he vindicates the point. Ganesh Acharya is totally misfit as Gowri considering the suspense & expectations that was built up before the introduction of the character on screen. He is a fine actor alright but his characterization is such that he brings in a few unintended laughter here & there. Sathyan does manage to tickle the funny bones in the brief while he is there onscreen.
Prakash Nikki’s music is average , no songs make one to take notice. Shanmugasundaram’s cinematography is excellent adding on to the proud list of outstanding technicians tamil industry is giving to the Indian cinema over the past decade or two.
Editing must have been a bit crisper .
On the whole , “Rowthiram” has nothing special in it , if one has time to kill can surly watch it once.
Bottomline: Lacks a punch or two
2.5/5
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