My review: Naduvula Konjam Pakkatha Kaanom
"Naduvula Konjam Pakkatha Kaanom" is based on real-life incident that happened in the life of the makers of this movie. It is astonishing to note that all that is shown in the movie has happened in real life which is unbelievable. The audacity of the writer-director debutant Balaji Tharaneetharan in making a movie with almost exclusively male protagonists with the heroine making her appearance only around two hours into the movie has to be lauded. Also he has done away with song routines though he had a chart-buster in "Oh crazy minnal".
Another fact that needs applause is that Balaji has presented such a serious scenario in a humorous manner but in the same time not diluting it into tomfoolery. He has also been successful in casting people who look natural and apt, not only that he has extracted good performances from them too. Second half of the movie is a laugh riot with many situations making one laugh out loud.
But the main drawback of the movie is in it's making. The movie moves at its own pace and at many instances one get a feeling of watching a tele-serial. Nothing much happens in the first half and it seems like a life-time even though it runs for around one hour and few minutes only. Slowly the pace picks up in the second half but by that time most of the patience is lost. One wonders why the movie's running time is two hours and forty minutes. This movie must have never gone beyond two hours maximum. The impact would have been greater if that would have happened. In the end what could have been a crisp comedy-thriller has become a long-drawn-out tale which gets exasperating at times.
Vijay Sethupathy is good in the role of Premkumar who suffers from memory loss following a freak accident. His characterization may be annoying after a point of time but that is how annoying a patient with recent memory loss would get. Rajkumar as Balaji is too good with his hilarious body language and inimitable dialogue delivery. Bhagavathy Perumal who reprises his real life role is casual.(wonder how many can get such a chance of playing oneself onscreen) Vigneswaran as Sarasu is adequate. Gayathri has nothing much to do in a brief role. However she acquaints herself well in the brief time she is one screen.
Ved Shankar's average compositions "Excuse me, sir" and "Omlette potta" are picturized but his brilliant composition "Oh crazy minnal" is not. Sidharth Vipin's background score is average.
Premkumar who is the real life hero is the cinematographer. He has done it well though the technical values of the movie is not that great.
On the whole, "Naduvula Konjam Pakkatha Kaanom" would have done wonders if the pace was a bit brisker and the length shorter. Nonetheless it is a worthy debut from the team and one could expect them to learn from the mistakes and give more memorable movies in the future.
Bottomline: Clean comedy caper.
3/5
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