Komban by M.Muthaiah (Review)

Story: A rural subject in lines with Paruthi Veeran, Kizhakku Chemaiyile and Pasumpon. A story centered on the protagonist, a typical village brave-heart. A lot of family value instilled. But too many cliche.Felt like watching 90's Napoleon movie. Full of village violence, romance, family drama and comedy here and there. An outskirt fight for injustice with a very good message on family value and respect.

Cast: Karthi played Kombaiyapandian@Komban. A very rough and tough village character similar to his Paruthi Veeran character. But the difference was this character is more concern on village justice. Well played since it is not something new for him. He carried out the character very well. Lakshmi Menon played Pazhani, Karthi's lady love. Her presence was pleasant. A sweet village girl and lovely daughter. Had an important role for the flow of the movie. Rajkiran as Muthaiya, he was the man of the match. His performance was superb. He manage to carry out a lot of scene with impact. He played a caring father as well as bad ass man. A lot of supporting characters played by Kovai Sarala, Thambi Ramaiyah, Karunas and others.

Screenplay: The movie had good intro and flow for first half, but it starts getting draggy in second half. It's just that the subject was kind of old school relating to many of 90's village based movies like Seevalaperi Pandi. The scenes involving Rajkiran and Karthi was soothing to watch, but the climax spoiled it. Loved the dialogues. The analogies and accents in the movie was realistic. Fight scenes were average and exaggerated at many scenes. But too many unnecessary fight scenes.

Music: Composed by G.V. Prakaash, was just average. Not his best work

Plus Point: The acting, moral message and dialogues

Minus Point: Draggy first half, lack of originality and unnecessary fight scenes

Verdict: Can be watched once

Valiyavan by M.Saravan (Review)

Story: A commercial entertainer with element of romance, family drama and action. A mixture of a few movie stories together as one. Pleasant and inspiring. The narration is based on flashback mode. Lack of originality but still it is slightly different for a commercial movie. Mild inconsistencies in the story, butiIt will grip audience to their sit to know what's next. A very good message instilled during climax.

Cast: Jai as Vinod, he plays a marketing manager for a mall. First half was not much of a performance, just his usual self. But second half is impressive, he transforms into a hunk. Body language was quite good to show as a street boxer. Different from his usual comical films. Andrea played the lead lady Subiksha. Pretty and bold. had ample of scope to perform. He good look was the main attention I suppose. Aaron Chaudary as Ashwin the antagonist. Played an International Boxer. His character was just a stereotype of an arrogant international sports hero. A few supporting character played by Azhagam Perumal, Anupama Kumar, Bala Saravanan and many more.

Screenplay: The movie first half was draggy but second half gets racy. Enjoyed the second half a lot since it shows more realistic practice of boxing. Way better than Maan Karate climax. First half was sweet but lengthy. Camera work was good for certain scenes especially angles for intro scenes, but songs was overloaded. If only Tamil cinema reduces the sing sequence in a movie. But BGM was awesome. The stunt choreography worth appreciated. 

Music: Composed by D.Imman. Not best of his work but BGM worked well.

Plus Point: Screenplay, Narration, Stunt Choreography and Jai's transformation.

Minus Point: Draggy first half, lack of originality and song sequences.

Verdict: A movie worth watching to chill yourself.