Mirattal

My review: Mirattal

Over the last couple of years Tamil cinema has seen many movies which were remade from successful movies of other languages not faring that well. "Osthi" , "Uthamaputhiran" , "Thillalangadi" , "Vedi" to name a few. Problem with these remakes are that either the story didn't suit Tamil taste & sensibilities or the actor who starred in the remake didn't fare that well as the one who did it in the original or the screenplay & direction faltered. "Mirattal" joins the bandwagon  falling short by all accounts mentioned previously. It is a remake of immensely successful 2007 Telugu movie "Dhee" directed by Srinu Vytla.

Vinay looks ill suited for these kinds of roles & he only reiterates this point by his performance in this movie. He looks ill at ease in comedy sequences & fails to tickle the funny bones. The story is pretty old & Tamil cinema audience must have seen umpteen movies with this kind of story line over the past decade. The screenplay of the movie is poor with scenes suddenly appearing & disappearing , sequences disjointed from one another. Poor editing making the matters worse. Direction by R.Madhesh is non-existent with characters just enacting what comes best to them with no sense of purpose.

As a result "Mirattal " once again proves that remaking a successful movie into a different language is not a child's play. Many have tried & not everyone seem to as successful as few like Raja who has perfected the art of remaking. Even Shankar (Madesh's mentor) has done a decent job of it in "Nanban". R.Madesh has done 2 pretty ordinary works as director before this one. This one also does nothing to enhance his reputation.

Coming to acting Vinay looks clearly uncomfortable as said earlier. Sharmila Mandre does a decent job aping Genilia's bubbly act from the original. Shanthanam's is far-cry from what Brahmanandam did in the original. Except for couple of one-liners his roles falls flat. Prabhu does a decent job albiet his role is replete with buffoonery. Pandyarajan & Mansoor Alikhan completes the comedy team . Kanja Karupu irritates with his hamfest once more.

Music by Praveen Mani is not that interesting. Background score is loud.

D.Kannan is the cinematographer. His work shines in the song sequences.

Movie touted to be a comedy fails to do just that. The closest one comes to view hilarity is when Vinay & Sharmila blissfully dance to the tunes of the song in a busy street of some foreign country with bemused onlookers looking at them with disbelief. Ridiculous & one wonders how many more years directors would make these hapless actors do the same & subject us to this tomfoolery.

Bottomline: Poor remake

2/5