It is very rarely that I watch Tamil movies that are not pure masala, which I watch basically for the pyrotechnics - you know the fight sequences and the way people spin in the air when whacked. So when I came across this recommendation as a good crime-thriller, I decided to watch it.
Synopsis: The movie is is a flashback mode where the investigating offocer V. Deepak, who had dealt with an unsolved case of a man shot, another abducted, a girl possibly killed, another man run over and theories awash about what actually happened that dark rainy night. Deepak unfortunately comes a cropper during a chase sequence and loses a leg. What else does he lose? A sense of purpose? You have to see the movie to work that out.
As a mystery movie, what are the things I liked? I liked the pace, which was pretty fast. I liked the changing scenarios and possibilities, which is part of the mystery. I liked the small vignettes of a police station operation that was highlighted in different scenarios. I liked Deepak the inspector character played out by the actor Rahman, a strong man showing immense patience with his inept subordinates. I liked the jump cuts which kept me guessing as to what was really happening.
What could have been better? Sometimes the jump cuts were too much of a long jump and we had to pause the movie to figure out what was going on. It kept us focussed, but is that how a movie is supposed to be seen? I also felt that the ending (without giving anything away) was unreal and altough the solution was acceptable, there was a whole 20 mins that could have been added to this 1:40 min film that could have done better justice to that particular solution.
The quality of Hindi dubbing was just about okay, serving to flatten the characters somewhat, but if you choose to watch the film in the original Tamil, this issue will not be there and the director Karthick Naren's original dialogues can flow with their original vigour.
Watchable. Available on Hotstar.
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