The first & only reason to watch this movie is director santhakumar. Coming to the movie, it's a usual crime drama that was presented in the directors unique film language. The whole first half was taken for the set up and the major plot of the movie reveals in the starting of the second half. Though the first half was slow in setting up characters and story, it wasn't boring. But the second half, where the major plot is revealed engages us better. But, it gives a feel of unsatisfactory, as the first half has built a huge curiosity over the audience. Coming to performances, Sujith who plays the antagonist role delivered a stunning performance as a bad cop with childhood trauma. But his character with good potential had been underused. Sujith's parasu is the main character of the story with more depth than the hero Arjun dass's character. Arjun dass who played the role of Sadhasiva Pandian, a sidhdha doctor is the typical protagonist of santhakumar movies with some past pains and a silent nature. His performance was neither great not worse. Reshma venkat's "Chandra" was good enough but Tanya ravichandran's "Surya" was an usual Tamil cinema heroine. Technically this movie was good. Cinematography and framings were excellent in many scenes, but the grains in some sequences irritates. Thaman Background score was a pillar of the movie, but the songs weren't good. Santhakumar's writting had been led down, compared to his previous works. Though the dialogues were good, but it was too preachy in many scenes. Villain's role was written well but haven't used well. On a whole, it's a one time watchable crime drama with a slow narration & some major flaws.
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