Kurangu bommai - review
What makes a movie a good one, might be the question for the ages. Does word of mouth publicity or viral spread or appreciative critical feedback or the performances of the artists and their honest attempt or is it the script and screenplay? Maybe is it a bit of all. For either or all of the reasons listed above, “Kurangu Bommai” movie, caught my interest.
Storywise it’s a simple revenge tale, but the way of telling makes it tad more interesting than countless many on the same topic. Also the strong supporting cast with excellent performance from the leads adds to its lustre. Vidarth, hero/producer, finally seems to have made his way onto the list of notable actors, with his improved knack of picking the right scripts that suits his style. Be it “Kutram kadithal” or “ Kidayaain karunai manu” or even “Aal” for that matter, none of his releases have major promotions, but for word of mouth support. And he seems to have mastered the art of underplaying, which doesn’t bother much even on repetition. He is probably at his best dressed character in this movie and with subtle act, he ensures his presence amidst heavy weight performances by Bharathi raja and the surprise villain in Kumaravel. Vidarth fits easily into his role of a guy whom we meet in our daily life but never bother to observe and this makes his reactions towards the climax pretty different and engaging. But any more of similar kind of roles would make one wonder whether he is a one trick pony.
Heroine deserves a notable mention. Possibly, the best looking actress with minimal make-up, post “Kakka muttai” fame Aishwarya. She fits neat into her role and since the romance portions are kept to the minimal allowable limit, without bothering the story flow, her portions appear lesser. But a neat performance nevertheless. Bharathi raja reminds once again, his talent as a performer and a strong notice to tamil mega serial industry to make use of his potential at least from now onwards. Villain guy Kumaravel was the most difficult characters of the lot to digest, especially since it has been portrayed by him. He is one of my favorite quick-on-the-feet comedian whose performances in previous movies like “Abhiyum naanum” “Ponniyin selvan” “Azhagiya theeye” “Velli thirai” have all been top notch. Probably it was a master stroke as, had any other regular guy or a new face even, played that role, it might not have made that impact. The violence was brutal and finally when one makes out what had been on that bag, that had been changing hands since the beginning, it makes a nauseating sense of grief. The pick pocket guy, reminds of the drunkard we see in so many movies and his characterization is also pretty minutely detailed.
Gils verdict- Story wise, it might be a simple revenge tale. But what stumps me is the number of people who find it appealing against so many other movies. The violence in the movie, is pretty gruesome, even though for few scenes and the movie in itself is pretty small with running time just around 2 hours. Maybe this is the trend going forward. A decent one time watch on tv channels during holidays.
Storywise it’s a simple revenge tale, but the way of telling makes it tad more interesting than countless many on the same topic. Also the strong supporting cast with excellent performance from the leads adds to its lustre. Vidarth, hero/producer, finally seems to have made his way onto the list of notable actors, with his improved knack of picking the right scripts that suits his style. Be it “Kutram kadithal” or “ Kidayaain karunai manu” or even “Aal” for that matter, none of his releases have major promotions, but for word of mouth support. And he seems to have mastered the art of underplaying, which doesn’t bother much even on repetition. He is probably at his best dressed character in this movie and with subtle act, he ensures his presence amidst heavy weight performances by Bharathi raja and the surprise villain in Kumaravel. Vidarth fits easily into his role of a guy whom we meet in our daily life but never bother to observe and this makes his reactions towards the climax pretty different and engaging. But any more of similar kind of roles would make one wonder whether he is a one trick pony.
Heroine deserves a notable mention. Possibly, the best looking actress with minimal make-up, post “Kakka muttai” fame Aishwarya. She fits neat into her role and since the romance portions are kept to the minimal allowable limit, without bothering the story flow, her portions appear lesser. But a neat performance nevertheless. Bharathi raja reminds once again, his talent as a performer and a strong notice to tamil mega serial industry to make use of his potential at least from now onwards. Villain guy Kumaravel was the most difficult characters of the lot to digest, especially since it has been portrayed by him. He is one of my favorite quick-on-the-feet comedian whose performances in previous movies like “Abhiyum naanum” “Ponniyin selvan” “Azhagiya theeye” “Velli thirai” have all been top notch. Probably it was a master stroke as, had any other regular guy or a new face even, played that role, it might not have made that impact. The violence was brutal and finally when one makes out what had been on that bag, that had been changing hands since the beginning, it makes a nauseating sense of grief. The pick pocket guy, reminds of the drunkard we see in so many movies and his characterization is also pretty minutely detailed.
Gils verdict- Story wise, it might be a simple revenge tale. But what stumps me is the number of people who find it appealing against so many other movies. The violence in the movie, is pretty gruesome, even though for few scenes and the movie in itself is pretty small with running time just around 2 hours. Maybe this is the trend going forward. A decent one time watch on tv channels during holidays.
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No review of vivegam? Vootukaararukka andha padathukku poittu nondhu poi came back :-(