Endrendrum Punagai by I. Mueenuddin Ahmed (Review)

Story: A story of friendship, bromance between 3 guys. Unlike Nanban@3idiots, it was more on egoism and domination. Not an adaptation of dil chahtha hai either. The characters were centralized towards hero character but how the characters around him brings enlightenment. Beautifully portrayed. Good input of friendship,family and love. A lot of good values were instilled and so much of entertaining elements were included like how guys acts among their friends which was hilarious. The story might be a very general story which happens around us. But making it as realistic masterpiece is the directors achievement. Though I find minor glitch which I find illogical in the story, it doesn't affect the movie as a whole.

Cast:Jiiva played Gautham. A very egoistic and serious character. Not so dynamic and very firm. This is one of his best performance. seriously, jiiva brought life to the character. We can see the rage and how he controls the environment around him very well in the movie. Superb acting. Vinay played Shri, one of the bro of gautham. He was equally good. He had a lot of scope to perform eventhough he was not the main character. He contributed a lot for humour in the movie. Santhanam as Baby, the third and final bro. Of course he suppose to be the joker of the group. But some of his one liner doesn't work this time. But of course combination of these three idiots will make you laugh your A** out. Trisha was the lead lady named Priya. Good to see her after so long. She was beautiful and dashing as usual. And she was an added value for the romance since she really had good chemistry with jiiva. Nasser played Jiiva's father. A very loving and silent father. We dont need to teach that guy to act. He was excellent. There were few supporting characters played by Andrea, Abhinay, Varsha Ashwathi and many others.

Screenplay: The director's first achievement was signing a good cast. Good portrayal of guys friendship. It was spontaneous and realistic. Good romantic scenes, thanks to location selection. shooting love scenes at cold countries always works. Good portrayal of fatherly love. Song sequence were well choreographed. The screenplay was not draggy, which makes the movie not so lengthy. There are very valuable messages instilled in the movie. only last two songs the gap was small which looks a bit of a spoiler.

Music: Songs composed by Harris Jeyaraj and was good but typical. Yet it was a mood booster. good BGM.

Plus Point: Story, Cast, BGM, Screenplay and Moral Values.

Minus Point: Minor glitches in story.

Verdict: Awesome entertainer. Will be youngsters preference. Worth watching in cinema.

Vanakkam Chennai by Kiruthiga Udayanidhi (Review)

Story:A romantic comedy with usual story of fights of differences becomes love. The story is just like some bollywood love movie with good feel of romance, comedy, drama and sentiments. Similar to May Madham but with some additional story line to make it look meatier. A feel good story to make you feel loved.

Cast: Mirchi Shiva as Ajay@Madasamy, A rural boy who moves to Chennai for profession. Unlike his usual mokka performance there are some improvement. But still there are a lot of space for improvement. He really needs to go to acting school to pour some emotions in screen. Priya Anand played Anjali, a NRI from London and a professional Photographer. She was so hot and well represented her role. She maintains the accent in order to convince the audience she is from London. And of course her grooming was good to show her as an urban girl. This was her best movie to date. Santhanam handled the comedy as Narayanan@Billa. He was not the main attention in terms of comedy surprisingly since his role starts only in second half. Rahul Ravindran as Deepak, Anjali's fiance from London. He was just a touch and go character and also the turning point of the movie. And there are some supporting characters like Nizhalgal Ravi as Priya Anand's Father, Renuka as Shiva's mother, Nassar as Colonel  Balasubramaniam, Oorvasi, Manobala and many others

Screenplay: Kudos to Kiruthiga for an excellent screenplay.She did very well for a first timer. You can hardly find flaws in terms of screenplay. the Location in thenni was superb. she just fit in all very important elements that needed for a romantic movie like good location, good music and the dialogues. The dialogues were good but just that some were not well presented by shiva. The song clips were awesome especially oh penne penne song. Good BGM's to keep the feel of love going. Hats off to Director of Photography, he had done well done job on showing the rural beauty and urban shades. The climax was a bit of cliche but that was not a trade off for the whole movie. Overall well done job for the team.

Music: Composed by Anirudh, and all were chartbusters especially oh penne and osaka.

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

Minus Point:Shiva's acting

Verdict: Watch this at cinema and feel good.