Life is good for ace-carjacker Burma with his cute girlfriend & funny sidekick, Boomer. When faced with the task of seizing 28 cars for his car financier boss, Seth, Burma manages to hoodwink 27 of them but the final one proves to be a stiff task when he gets sandwiched between multiple people wanting the same car for various purposes.
Language:
Tamil
Running Time:
99 min
Rating:
U/A
Release date:
12 September 2014
Directed by:
Dharanidharan
Produced by:
Sudharshan Vembutty
Written by:
Dharanidharan
Starring:
Michael Thangadurai
Reshmi Menon
Sampath Raj
Atul Kulkarni
Karthik Sabesh
Madhu Raghuram
Music by:
Sudharshan M Kumar
Shot by:
Yuva Raj S
Editing by:
Vivek Harshan
Distributed by:
SPI Cinemas

What’s Hot

  • The title character Burma is essayed by Michael Thangadurai and he has done a decent job possessing the right body-language for such a role. His lady love Reshmi Menon looks pretty and does an adequate job. This film can prove to be a good launch pad for both of them.
  • Sampath who plays the ageing carjacker is brilliant on screen and it is refreshing to see him play a role that allows him to show his funny side. Karthik Sabesh who plays the wily & cheerful sidekick is fantastic & a delight to watch. Atul Kulkarni is also effective as the ruthless financier, Bothra Seth. A special mention to the costume designer for choosing all those eye-catching shirts.
  • The music by debutant Sudharshan is racy & perfect for a film of this genre. Every song is different from one another & they are great to hear as well setting the required mood. The editing by Vivek is sharp and it limits the film to an extremely short run-time of 99 minutes.
  • Special applause to the entire team for using ‘Pudhiya Paravai’ in the midst of a very important sequence & of course for that charming line about dogs & airplanes.

What’s Not

  • While the characters of Guna & Seth have been developed well, the same cannot be said of the other antagonists such as the rogue police officer & ladies who excel in thievery. This leads to the audience getting an incomplete feel when the film ends.
  • The modus operandi of Burma while seizes cars could have been dealt with and dissected in a more detailed fashion given the film is entirely about seizing cars. Also the way in which he hoodwinks couple of owners to get their cars seems a tad amateurish for an ace carjacker.

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Verdict

Verdict Stamp

Burma begins with a blast throwing at us quirky characters, interesting background score & some cheeky dialogues but loses its fizz when it tries too much to build up the tension towards the end.