Vennila Kabadi Kuzhu Review

This review might come a bit late , but i felt like writing it. This movie is what happens, when u cross successful sports movies with a heart like Chak de ,Lagaan with the recent crop of movies that depict rural village life realisticly. And the debutant director has more than enough talent to pull it off successfully. Well does he ? Almost, untill the climax , that leaves you wondering 'wat was the director possibly thinking '? If it were not for that one mistake, we would have had a sure winner !! Theres one trend that ive noticed in our tamil movies . Why do even very good directors think they need a dramatic,tragic end( read 'someone dies' ending) for their movies ? Examples are

Kalloori - a truly wonderful movie, but i would have been happy if the director dint go in for a 'ending' but just left the movie as it is .

Paruthiveeran - I still havent seen this movie but i heard the ending is so very tragic.

Veyil - Is Pasupathi dying the only way for his father to learn his lesson?

Pattalam- Please dont watch this movie, but it has one of the worst endings you can think of , for a movie for and with school kids.

Positives

• Another refreshing film that transports you to the rural heart of TamilNadu ,Kanakkanpatti near Pazhani to be exact :). You get to see their lives,their thiruvizhas and ofcourse their 'Kabadi'
• Good characterisation of the entire cast ( except the hero, surpisingly ).
• All the characters look their part. No lighting , makeup or camera angles to gloass them up. They are so raw and believable.
• I would say the characters that truly livened up the movie were the pencil thin guy with a ravenous appetite :) and appukutty. The mill owner and the coach had also performed well. Saranya Mohan was cute. But the hero Muthu , sorry ,not much acting there. He looked the part, but thats about it. Anyway my favourite 'Muthu' will always be Kalloori's hero (Akhil).
• The humour thats part of the screenplay .
• The two songs "Pada Pada' and 'Lesa Parakudhu'

Negatives

• The climax !! Undoubtedly ! Cant forgive the director for this one.
• Editing could have been better. In the first half, too much emphasis on the romance, both the duets closely placed, etc
• The small characters in the movie have not acted well.

Verdict

• Its a very good enjoyable game, that you should go for , but the game is lost in the end !

Hoping for good movies to come from this promising director , Susindran .