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

Jigarthanda by Karthik Subbaraj (Review)

Story: A neo-noir film with an interesting plot. A very well planned script. It was a multi-dimensional narration centered in two characters indirectly connected in first half towards getting directly connected in second half. Unexpected multiple twists and the movie had an awesome fluctuation of pace. Good drama, comedy, action and thriller. A lot of resemblance of common real life incidents. The turning point of the story was epic. And as usual Karthik Subbaraj is a good player when it comes to climax. So stay tuned.

Cast: Siddharth as Karthik. An ambitious director. Good choice of cast. His expressions and gestures to explore were simply superb. Can't say much or it'll be a spoiler in the movie. Lakshmi Menon as Kayal. She is the lead lady in the movie. Regardless of having very limited presence in the movie, she became main contributor for the turning point. Simha of Soodhu Kavvum fame as Assault Sethu. He is the man of the match of the movie. Excellent performance. A very meaty role which becomes the key to the story. One of the best a rural don character I've ever seen. Karunagaran of Soodhu Kavvum fame as Oorni. A comical character who handles major part of the humour in the movie. And many other supporting characters played by Nassar, Ramachandran Durairaj, Guru Somasundram and many more.

Screenplay: First thing to notice in the film is the cinematography. Excellent. The definition and angles were very good. Slow motions were used at the right place. All the sequences were captured in a very realistic manner. No exaggerations. The intro was amazing, they initiated with a follow camera and starts with a cut and short dialogues with shocking opening. And the second pace was slightly slow pace since it was more on explanation of the subject. Good thing about the movie, the director had a lot of surprises. Just when you start predicting the movie, he will prove you wrong. Simple and superb dialogues. I enjoyed every single scenes involving Simha. regardless of being serious subject, the movie had an awesome comedy and sentimental scenes. And the continuity of the scenes and its transitions were smooth. Editing well done. But the movie was lengthy. yet still worth it. And the good thing about the movie, a little bit of movie making and acting inputs were disclosed. Overall all the scenes in the movie simple and impactful.

Music: The music composed by Santosh Narayanan. The BGM is one of the highlight in the movie. But the songs were a bit different from usual

Plus Point: Story, Screenplay, Cinematography, Cast and BGM

Minus Point: Lengthy

Verdict: A major treat for movie lovers.

Naan Sigapu Manithan by Thiru (Review)

Story:A very well planned plot. Good story based on Narcolepsy, a sleeping disorder. The story was well blended with good romance, drama, action and thriller. Turning point was remarkable for a commercial movie. The narration involves mix of present and flashbacks. First half will be a warm and feel good part and second half gets rough with thriller and action. The way director comes up with solutions to cope up with narcolepsy was kind of creative eventhough not proven medically. It is good blend of science and masala together.

Cast: Vishal as Indiran, a man with Narcolepsy who struggles to live normal daily life. Vishal is a one of the very few actors who can bring life to the character. He really did a great job in this movie. His body language and gestures were just perfect for this role. And when he turns badass, he becomes badass for good. Yes there were a few resemblance with his character in Pandianaadu but not that significant. Laksmi Menon as Meera, Indiran's lady love. She is just an average looking girl but she can really bring up the character well. Moreover her chemistry with Vishal was great. Her supportive nature and judgmental insight in the movie worth watching. Jagan handled the comedy as Satish. No doubt that he is as good as Soori and Santhanam when comes to spontaneous humour. Sunder Ramu as Karuna. He is earlier well known for his character in Mayakkam Enna and Moonu. But this movie is his best performance till now. Other supporting characters played by Saranya Ponvanan, Jayaprakaash, Iniya and many others.

Screenplay: Well the plot doesn't have any significant flaws. Not much buffer between one peak to another. The song transition was good. But yet the movie was quite long. The sequences were organized and can be understood easily. The romance scenes were beautifully canned. The cinematography was good, the colour shades were awesome. The climax was a bit of a spoiler since it seems like the Narcolepsy disappears just like that for a moment. Regardless of having some illogical elements, the director was creative in showing how Vishal copes up with his disorder. The climax fight scene was nice. And the movie instills a lot of moral values to be followed. But the movie got draggy due to second flashback scene. The dialogues were superb.

Music: The music composed by G.V. Prakaash and it was good and soothing. Well visualized as well.

Plus Point: Story, Cast and Screen Play.

Minus Point: Lengthy, some illogical scenes.

Verdict: A good movie to be watched with some mature acceptance.