A Civil engineering graduate is resolute on getting into a job on his line of study. To keep the resolve going he has to resist a barrage of insults from family members & his own bruised ego. When guilt consumes him as his mother dies, his dream project comes in the form of a gift from his dead mother & he goes all out to deliver the project successfully in spite of venomous hurdles of power.
Language:
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Tamil
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Running Time:
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134 min
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Rating:
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U
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Release date:
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18 July 2014
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Directed by:
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Velraj
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Produced by:
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Dhanush
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Written by:
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Velraj
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Starring:
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Dhanush
Amala Paul
Vivek
Samuthirakani
Saranya Ponvannan
Amitesh
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Music by:
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Anirudh Ravichander
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Shot by:
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Arunbabu
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Editing by:
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M. V. Rajesh Kumar
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Distributed by:
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Escape artist motion pictures
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What’s Hot
- It is Dhanush’s milestone film (25th) & director Velraj delivers a package that fans of the actor will not be disappointed with. He has succeeded in providing mindless entertainment.
- Dhanush uses his commendable screen presence to good effect & the witty one-liners add to the comedy which comes naturally to the actor.
- The family bondage has been dealt with quite well & would be nostalgic bringing a smile on the viewers’ faces(Sound of a plastic ball in Motta maadi cricket as an example).
- Supporting cast has come up with a solid showing thanks to Saranya(though her enjoying her son’s fight with gundas is a huge tamil cinema mother stereotype), Samuthirakani, Amala Paul, Vivekh.
- The director handles the cinematography as well & so the sync between those departments is evident. Editing deserves a mention for the scenes when the halted project gets restarted.
- Anirudh scores with his inspiring background music providing nice bits suiting occasions in the film themed differently.
What’s Not
- The film doesn’t seem to take itself seriously & the second half takes us straight back to Rajinikanth films from the 80s which fed on victimising villains with the rich/poor divide. There is even a disgusting racist dialogue (one that terms the villain a ‘white’ pig).
- Anirudh’s songs fall flat (save Amma Amma & the title song) because of their semblance with those from his earlier films, because of a seeming low effort put in them, because of their irrelevance to their placement in the film.
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