Cinema மினிமா's Movie Review on 'Sonna Puriyathu'

Cast: Shiva, Vasundhara Kashyap, Manobala, Vatsala Rajagopal, Meera Krishnan
Cinematography: Saravanan
Music: Yatish Mahadev
Written and Directed by: Krishnan Jayaraj

Shiva is known for his comical spoof entertainers, which he used to give in almost all his movies. The first look and the trailers of the movie indicated that it is gonna be a fun riot. Lets see, whether the movie has really served the expectations.

Cast and Crew:
Shiva gets yet another role of a comical guy. We see the usual shiva in the screen. He just tries to make the audience laugh in all the scenes he appears. But the sad part is, he is not able to entertain fully. People get irritated as he repeats his same flow every time. His pair Vasundhara Kashyap looks good in few scenes and looks 'ppaaahhh' in few scenes. Her lip sync also does not match in few scenes. Vatsala Rajagopal who comes as Shiva's Ipad grandmother, does a calm and neat job of keeping the audience entertained with her Facebook jokes.

The rest other crew including Manobala, Meera Krishnan and blade shankar & co., also contribute their part fair enough. The audience erupt during the entry of 'Idea star' Sam Anderson. But that too does not last for more time.

Music and Cinematography:
Songs are worst to the core. Debudant Yatish Mahadev should have done the proceeding with the songs, much more better. His BGM is neat and good. Cinematography is done by yet another debudant saravanan. He does a neat job with the camera angles, though there is not a much scope for camera.

Story, Screenplay and Direction:
There is no strong story line. The screenplay is also too slow. I heard people asking for an 'Interval' in the first half, as the movie was progressing. Debudant Krishnan Jayaraj should have taken care of this. Dialogues written by him also does not make the audience to smile, which this movie is basically meant for. He needs to take care of things in future to save his guru C.S.Amudhan's ['Tamizh padam' fame] name.

Overall, this is a comedy entertainer that loses its track totally and ends up in just giving something that is not at all needed for the audience.

Verdict - 4.25/10 [சொன்னா புரியாது.. கடைசி வரைக்கும் ஒண்ணுமே புரியாது]  

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Cinema மினிமா's Movie Review on 'Pattathu Yaanai'

Cast: Vishaal, Aishwarya Arjun, Jagan, Santhanam, John Vijay, Ajay, Murali Sharma
Cinematography: Vaithy
Music: S.S.Thaman
Written and Directed by: G.Boopathy Pandian

Director Boopathy Pandian has always been known for his commercial entertainers. And Pattathu yaanai is yet another commercial masala film featuring Vishal and Aishwarya Arjun alongside with a long cast. Lets see what this masala flick is upto.

Cast and Crew:
Vishal who did a very different role in his previous movie - 'SAMAR', Is yet again back to his usual Masala flicks. He plays a role of a cook in this movie. This movie features all the elements that vishal demands for his movies - songs, fight and comedies. I dunno why vishal still demands such kind of role. He hits 100 persons at a time literally without a weapon. May be he would have thought that, It is something a mass hero demands. But it creates irritation for everyone in theater. Surely after seeing such fights, I could see a 'BALAKRISHNA' in the making in TamilNadu.

Aishwarya Arjun has made her debut venture in this movie. Her Make-up is a bit too high in all the scenes, which makes people feel, 'ppppaaahhh'. She has a lot to work with her expressions. 'Comedy super star' Santhanam is the only person, who holds the movie for quite a few time. He is a supported by Jagan and co., who come alongside as Vishaal's friends. The protagonists- Murali Sharma ['Dhoni' fame] , Ajay and John Vijay do not have a great role other than getting hit in the hands of the hero, which has been the usual cinematic result.

Cinematography and Music: 
Cinematography is being done by Vaithy. He has not got a great scope for cinematography. Still he does a neat job. Music by S.S.Thaman does not appeal much. His songs are too bad. Still he has to improve a lot in making the audience entertained with his songs. But his BGM making skills saves him. S.S.Thaman was highly expected when he did 'Eeram'. But, after that, all his songs are not up-to the mark. Lets expects something like 'Eeram' in his upcoming flicks atleast.

Direction:
As like mentioned previously by me, Boopathy Pandian is known for his comedy entertainers like 'Devathaiyai Kanden','Thiruvilayadal Aarambam' and 'Malai Kottai'. His Story and screenplay might have appealed the audience during 2004-2007. But, not at all now. That too, when he expects his hero to hit 100 person in a row, speak punch dialogues and want villains to do some comedies, It would certainly bore people. So, If he wishes to continue his screenplay like this in another movie, then for sure, he will be out of race in this Industry.

Questions to the Director:
These questions are not only to Boopathy Pandian, but also to all other cine directors:
--> Why can't commercial movies made without santhanam? And has anyone got the guts to make a comic movie other than santhanam and make it a huge hit?
--> When there is a lots of good stuffs in Madurai, Why do u always show it as like a city of Rowdyism?

Vishal has to choose acting in some good movies, like he did in, 'sanda kozhi','Thamirabarani','Avan Ivan' and 'Samar'. Else, If he continues to do such kind of roles alone, he will be lost nowhere very sooner. Very frustrating indeed from Boopathy Pandian and Co.,

Verdict: 3.75/10 [Malaikottai + Thimiru = Pattathu Yaanai]

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Cinema மினிமா's Movie Review on 'Mariyaan'

Cast: Dhanush, Parvathy Menon, Appu Kutty, Jagan, Uma Riyaz Khan

Cinematography: Marc Koninkx

Music: A.R.Rahman

Screenplay: Bharat Bala, Sriram Rajan

Dialogues: Joe. D.Cruz

Story and Direction: Bharat Bala

Dhanush and A.R.Rahman joining hands for the second time on the trot with their leader being Director Bharat Bala. Initially there was not much of the speculation going on about this film. But the expectation meter geared up as subsequent teaser were released with Dhanush being depicted as deep diver and then sporting for his life with a leopard etc., This movie was also re-recorded with Auro-3d format and hence speculation went higher over this movie. Lets see whether the makers have stayed with all the expectations they have created.

Mariyaan is a emotional journey of a common man, who goes to Sudan, gets trapped in the hands of terrorists and returns back for his love. All the characters ranging from Dhanush, Parvathy menon, Appu Kutty, Imman Annachi, Jagan, Uma Riyaz khan etc., have done some extra-ordinary performance in this movie. The entire technical team of this movie have put in a commanding effort. I would like to depict all of their performances individually. 

Dhanush and Parvathy Menon:

Dhanush as 'Mariyaan' is the pillar of this movie. He has taken the entire movie over his shoulders and has also put some marvellous effort for it. The place where he starts as a industrial worker in Sudan, then as a deep diver in Kanyakumari and again as a hostage in Sudan, he has just transformed his acting skills to a great extent. Oh my god!! That is really stunning. The way he depicts his love, anger, fear, pain, agony and hunger in his face expression are all quite brilliant. He should be ready to receive lots of accolades for it.

Parvathy Menon is certainly a best pick for this movie. She scores in every areas, where she expresses her love, desperation during Dhanush's departure, longing for Dhanush's arrival are all so brilliant. The wait after her maiden venture, 'POO' has payed a great reward to her in this movie. She will really be the next generation actress, If she contiues doing such kind of stuffs again.

Other Crew:

Appu Kutty as sakkarai [Dhanush's friend in Kanyakumari] and Jagan as [Dhanush's friend in Sudan] have a short and a neat role here. Imman Annachi who also comes as Dhanush's counterpart in Kanyakumari is also a best pick. His natural Nellai slang adds value to his presence. Uma Riyaz Khan as Dhanush's mother is also one to be noted in this movie. Her acting skills have expended in this movie and I bet most of you would not recognize her, Just by seeing her initially. The final scenes when she cries to Parvathy menon, 'என்னோட பாசம் அவன திரும்ப கூட்டிட்டு வருமோ இல்லையோ, நீ அவன் மேல வெச்சிருக்கிற காதல் அவன கண்டிப்பா கூட்டிட்டு வரும்' is really touching.

Cinematography and Music:

Cinematography is done by Marc Koninkx. His camera just revloves around every nook and corners. His crystal clear shots in when Dhanush hunts a fish in deep water just with his dagger, the wide spread shot in the deserts of Sudan and the shot with cheetah are all mind blowing. Music by A.R.Rahman is yet another diamond to this movie, which adds the beauty to the crown. The BGM and songs are all wonderful. Marc Koninkx's camera and A.R.Rahman's music gives everyone a big treat in 'Sonapareeya','Innum konja Neram' and 'Nenje Ezhu'. 

Direction, Dialogues and Screenplay:

The Dialogues penned by Joe.D.Cruz are quite good. My question to Bharat Bala is, 'Where have you been this much days?'. He has depicted every emotions - emotions of lovers, emotions of a hostage, emotions of a mother etc., quite brilliantly. He just make everyone emotional while showing the scenes where Indian fishermen being shot by Srilankan coast guard. He is one fine and fantastic film maker, who our Tamil Cine Industry needed. Kudos sir!!! 

Negatives:

I found two Negatives in this movie. One is, the slow Narration of the script which also has not much of an effect indeed. The other one is that the makers could have avoided the smoking scenes they have kept. There are too many of these.

We always love to watch some fantasy movies taken by Hollywood makers. And this movie is one such which certainly succeeds in impressing in all the aspects. A great Salute to the entire cast and crew for taking Tamil cinema to some world standard with such a fabulous product.

RATING - 8/10 [Definetely a must-watch flick]

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Cinema மினிமா's Movie Review on 'Singam-2'

Cast: Surya, Santhanam, Vivek, Anushka, Hansika Motwani
Cinematography: Priyan
Editing: V.T.Vijayan
Music: Devi Sri Prasad
Written and Directed by: Hari

The team that roared during the success of 'Singam' comes back again in its sequel 'Singam-2', where Surya and Director Hari join their Hands for the fourth time. This has certainly created much anticipation and lots of expectation over this movie. Does the movie live upto its expectations??

Durai Singam is back into action of destroying the sea smuglers. Surya as Durai Singam has cameback with double energy and double action than what he showed in 'Singam'. The same cast in 'Singam' [Vivek, Anushka, Radha Ravi, Nasser] repeats in 'Singam-2' with the addition of Santhanam, Rahman and two other villains. Anushka is just used for her Skinny dance and Hansika plays a short and sweet role. [இத்தன பேர் இந்த படத்துல தேவையா Director Hari அவர்களே???]

Vivek and Santhanam puts up much effort in making the audience engaged with the movie. Their comedies are so enjoyable. Surya, Vivek and Santhanam are the backbone of this film. Villains Mukesh Rishi and the African Guy are needless extra additions to the film. [Surya சார்.. நீங்க Backboneங்கிறதால படம் முழுக்க backdropla கத்திகிட்டேவா இருப்பீங்க???]

The songs are too bad to hear so as the Background Music. Devi Sri Prasad just makes the BGM that is loved by Andhra Fans. Tamil Cine Fans really hate this loud BGM. [சார் உங்க கைல DRUMS  இருக்குங்கறதால இவ்ளோ sound ah அடிச்சு காத கிழிப்பீங்களா??]

First half of the movie was quite good to watch. But the second half was watching a movie in fast forward action. Seeing the movie, what I thought was, Director hari has prepared a lengthy script and has tried to fit them all into 168 minutes, which has ended up making the screenplay much faster and unfinished. This reflects in cinematography and editing too. The top angles shots and close up shots all go in vain due to the fast paced screenplay and editing. Cinematographer Priyan and Editor V.T.Vijayan's work goes in vain. Few stunts are unbelievable and are out of trend too. [இன்னும் எத்தன நாள் தான் கயிறு கட்டியே பறந்து பறந்து அடிப்பீங்க??]

There are lots of unanswered questions in the movie:
--> How can a Indian cop arrest and bring back a criminal of South Africa in South Africa even after the mission gets cancelled?
--> What happened to Rahman atlast?
--> It was pretty much clear in First part of singam that Anushka and surya got married at the end. But how come they show Surya and Anushka didnt get married in 'Singam 2'??

Positives:
--> Surya
--> Santhanam
--> Vivek

Negatives:
--> Screenplay with over dosage
--> Loud BGM
--> Lengthy Script

Though Singam-2 has got ingredients to serve a great treat to the audience, the over dosage of screenplay has made the movie to fail in giving the magic that which 'Singam' did in 2010. திறமையான நடிகர்கள், அட்டகாசமான கதை, பட்டய கிளப்பும் திரை வல்லுனர்கள் என அத்தனை அம்சங்கள் இருந்தும் திரைக்கதை கந்தலாகிப் போனதால் சிங்கத்தின் உறுமல் ரசிகர்களின் குமுறலாகவும் கதறலாகும் மாறியது..

RATING - 5.5 / 10 [Restricted to Surya Fans alone]

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