Biriyani

My review: Biriyani

"Biriyani", a Venkat Prabhu diet is in reality a Venkat Prabhu Cliche. It follows the same mould of all his previous movies. Not only the making style, picturisation, character graph, story-telling, what ever the story may be, all his movies look and feel the same. Initially it was lapped up for the novelty and freshness of it all, but off-late it is getting redundant and stale. What could have been a neat crisp action-thriller gets spoiled by all the Venkat Prabhu constants and must-haves including his brother, Premji in yet another irritatingly annoying exhibition of his histrionics and his gang of  friends. As a result the main plot gets diluted by poorly timed and placed gags and sequences which are not fun anymore.  

Otherwise "Biriyani" is one of the better movies that has Karthi in it. Though the twist in the end lacks the punch required, movie keeps you hooked to it except for those frequent comical escapades that happen throughout the narration. Karthi looks trim compared to his bloated self in "Azhagu Raja". He is in his home turf in the first half filled with fun and frolic. In the second half  he has lots of scope for action which seems to be his latest fetish. Hanshika is still to get the basics right as far as acting is concerned. She is poor in dancing too which is the only thing heroines these days excel in. 

Premji is irritating and annoying. He and his brother should ponder over why he doesn't get  any offer from movies other than his brother's. It is sad to see Nasser reduced to such buffoonery these days while refreshing to see Ramki after a long break. Mandy Takhar is sensuous and ravishing. Television stars like Uma Riaz, Prem, Badava Gopi, Tarika get noticeable roles. 

Yuvan Shankar Raja has put in his best effort after a a long time, considering it is his 100th movie. Songs are all hummable while his background score is adequate. Sakthi Saravanan's camera work is praise worthy. He along with the VFX department have succeeded in presenting the movie technically rich.

On the whole,this "Biriyani" has nothing much new to offer  just about satiates your appetite.   

Bottmline: A Venkat Prabhu cliche. 

2.5/5