Nimirndhu Nil

My review: Nimirndhu Nil

Samuthirakani is known for his sermonizing in most of his movies whatever theme they may deal with. So when it comes to a movie which has corruption as its focus point one need to think twice before entering the theater to withstand all the preaching that one has to deal with. "Nimirndhu Nil" is Samuthirakani's chance to dwell on the ills of the society and how the vigilante hero tries to get a solution before giving his oration in front of the judge telecast live all over the country. Movie diligently follows all the templates that the Tamil films so far made on similar genre have laid out thus far.

First half is entertaining with a neatly written  screenplay, crisp dialogues and taut narration. But the problem with Kani's movies which has plagued this one too is that he invests all his energy on the first half which he fails to sustain the same in the later part too. "Nimirndhu Nil" has contrasting halves, while the first one is taut edge-of-the-seat thriller second half peters into a long drawn out, yawn inducing, ridiculously plot sermon which tests the patience of the viewers. 

Jayam Ravi is in a really bad patch in his career. He is investing lots of time for every other movie of his but the success continues to elude him. Here too he puts in a neat effort, one can't really find any fault in his performance. Amala Paul too does her part well. But the bevy of comedians as villains dilute the second half to a great extent. 

G.V.Prakashkumar's music is average with couple of melodious numbers being hum-worthy.  M.Sukumar-M.Jeevan have handled the camera and they have succeeded in presenting the movie in a grand scale.

One wonders whether Kani is smitten by the recent political developments before he made this movie. One cannot miss the uncanny resemblance or references to the recent anti-corruption campaign including the name of the protagonist of this movie Arvind. Especially when Arvind declares that the movement will continue to stay as an anti-corruption movement with no political ambitions  one can only grin at the irony of the reality.    

On the whole, "Nimirndhu Nil" could have been a better movie if only Samuthirkani managed to sustain the promise that he showed in the first half. Due to a mediocre second half movie sinks without traces.

Bottomline: Nothing new to offer.

 2.5/5