Seval

My review : Seval

Hari is one director who is caught up with in the Time-machine of 80's cinema.And almost all his movies follow a routine action-sentiment formula bounded with a racy script . He believes in his hero's "aruval" & heroine's "Kanner" which make up a deadly combo ,spiced up with oodles of Male chauvinisms & age old rediculous superstitions . Ironically with this he has done wonders in his constituency which is ladies & rural audiences of south. Cola sipping , Pizza munching , IT kiddos please excuse.!

Plot: Age old story of a ruffian falling in love with a girl of angelical qualities & problems that they face before finally uniting in the end......!

Barath: He has done justice to his role well.He is every inch a village wastrel who is out of the bounds of his father strictness. Also he has shown the contrast in his character that undergoes a change after his tryst with love. But it is comical to see him as a 40 year old though !

Poonam Bajwa: Hats-off to her courage for shaving her head .I don't think there is any actress in the whole of India who would have done it except it was a Shabana Azmi or a Nandhitha Das (who did it for "Water" before it got shelved.)But the sad part that it appears to be forced into the movie rather than what the script exactly wanted. She has a good future ahead as she is good in the emoting aspect as well.

Simran: She neither has a big part to play nor her part is much powerful as it was proclaimed to be.Rather her role is very regressive one in the days of female rights & forward looking modern women.

Vadivelu: Tickles the funny bones well. Esp. the scene in which he reads a letter with "Padithathum kilithuvidavum" written in it is very hilarious.

Sampath : Not a well etched out role .All through his only part is to ogle at the heroine.

Supporting cast includes Rajesh , Y.G.Mahendran ,Yuvasri,Prem , Krishna--all have done their parts well.

Music by G.V.Prakash is a downer.He seems to go downhill after his "Veyil" days.

Priyan , a Hari constant , has captured the flower fields & natural beauty of Nellai well.

What V.T.Vijayan failed to do , the theater operators have succeeded in doing.They have trimmed the movie by half an hour it seems which makes the movie to not lag that much.

Coming to Hari , he has forced sentiments into the movie unlike his previous ones. Take for instance the "heights of sentiment" that this movie try to achieve - that of the heroine's head getting shaven. She accepts to get her head shaven only to prove that Barath has no place in her life & will serve the family of her in-laws untill her death knowing pretty well that they are a treacherous gang.But a frame later she does exactly what she was accused of in the first place..!!!

Bottomline: average

3/5

Netru,Indru,Nalai

My REview :Netru,Indru,Nalai

First i must clear two misconceptions regarding the movie.

1) First , it is not a bilingual , as the makers claim it to be. 90 % of the movie seems to be dubbed from Telugu and they have shots of some famous landmarks of Chennai in between the narration to give a feel that the story is happening in Chennai !

2) Also don't get fooled by the importance given to Tamannah in the trailers and publicity posters of the movie . If you want to see the movie for the sake of seeing her , better you take a look at the trailers of the movie ...That is all the part that she plays in the movie as well. Not an inch more than that.

Plot : If there is any , than those who have seen this movie please explain to me.

The title doesn't have anything to do with the movie ....The scenes depicted as INDRU-portray the life of the hero , which lasts for days,weeks.... ; for NETRU - the life history of the villian , a Dada , is shown ...; & finally director flashes the words NALAI -- may be intended at the consequence of those who have watched the movie courageously ....!

The credits informs a list of names as ACTORS , But none seem to justify the claim.

Dilague writer Prasannakumar shows of his misogynistic attitude with his dialogues full of spewing venom towards the females ..

AND ,

How long does these Bigoted filmmakers going to portray a penniless , jobless , good for nothing pauper loving a rich girl as HERO and a sensible , forthright girl who refuses the love of such a loser for some better prospects as a VAMP.

The much publicized erotic song featuring Ravikrishna and Akshara (Of Punnagai Poove fame) is downright crass and vulgar even after being heavily censored . It is a shocker that the movie has got U/A .

The director Laxmikanth is totally at sea with a very purposeless script and inept direction .

Bottomline : Trash

1.5/5

Dhurai

My Review : Dhurai

Arjun's follow up to one of his major hits "Marudhamalai" was keenly expected by all but sadly " Dhurai " fails to live up to the expectations.Arjun's Story & screenplay plays the spoilsports here which fails to liven up the proceedings .

Plot : About political power struggle & conspiracies within a party .

Arjun : He is dashing on screen with a well toned up body which he flashes often in the movie . As far the acting goes he is little irritating as an amnesic in the first half but regains his feet in the second half as a man bent to seek revenge.

There are 3 heroines but all are used as properties without a inch of scope to perform , not that they are itching to show of thier acting prowess either . Keerath in particular seems to think that flashing her teeth on to the camera is all about acting.

Vivek irritates as usual trying to emulate Vadivelu .

Music by D.Iman , who is usually good at remixing has miserably murdered the classic "Raja..rajai rajan intha raja .." by remixing it .It feels terrible to hear the remix version of one of Raja sir's beauty .

Cinematographer Laxmipathy (Debutant) tries his best to show his prowess but he seem to have battled with the limited resources .

Editor seems to have slept off during the entire process of editing this movie. 2:20 mins seem to go on & on.

A.Venkatesh , who has a name as a reliable commercial director has faltered this time as the script just refuses to help his causes .

Bottomline : Movie joining the list of Pandhayam & Sakkarakatti ....

1.5/5