Sonna Puriyadhu

My review: Sonna Puriyadhu

"Sonna Puriyadhu" as the title indicates it would be difficult to understand why the movie does not strike a chord with the audience. It has "Agila ulaga superstar" Shiva with his indomitable comical style ably supported by rest of the cast who all are capable actors. It has a story which is a perfect comedy material that can be exploited to the core to rake in the laughs. Movie is technically good and sleek. There are quite a few humorous moments but all these does not add up in the end to satisfy the audience. The main culprit here is the screenplay and direction. 

One can't but help get a feeling of watching an amateur skit. We have seen skits staged in our college days better executed and more comical than this movie. Screenplay is way too sluggish to keep the viewer interested. And the direction leaves a lot to be desired. Scenes are poorly cut, many extending a bit more than what is needed. At times movie attempts at spoof, at times tries to be a romantic comedy, suddenly brings in a sentiment scene or two. There is a clear lack of purpose that is striking. May be the makers if they were a bit focused on what they intend to make movie might have turned out better.

Shiva is good in parts but looks disinterested in most of the scenes. He is too good in the dubbing sequences and the introduction scene in which he sings "Rosa hai, dil main rosa hai". (This scene brings to the forefront the stereotyping that Tamil movies are also not bereft of. So when our movies make such cheap fun of Hindi speaking people and their Tamil accent it must be prudent for us to be receptive when the vice-versa is shown wrt., Chennai Express). It is when he tries to do certain serious sequences that he falls flat. It is getting a bit redundant seeing him do the same time and again. For his style to work out it should be backed by a good script but here it is not so. Vasundhara Kashyap continues with her good work. She is one actress who is able to perform whatever role she is given. Also it is heartening to see the female protagonist getting equal footing. Rest of the support cast are all good, have done their parts well.

Yatish Mahadev is the music director. None of his songs are hum-worthy and his background score is poorly done. Especially in the climax the voices of the actors get drowned in the BGM. Saravanan's cinematography is good. He shines in the duet song sequence. Movie looks glossy. T.S.Suresh, the editor seems to have dozed off in his editing table. A bit more diligent effort from him could have salvaged the movie to some extent.

Krishan Jayaraj has written and directed the movie. He seems to lack clarity of purpose. And he has to work a lot more in honing up his directorial skills. In these days in which even the short films are made more professionally it is shocking to come across a movie that can be best described amateurish. 

On the whole, except for a few comical moments here and there by and large "Sonna Puriyathu" is a huge disappointment.

Bottomline: Not worth the money spent.

2/5