What is bad:Oh, the list is long. But it is the director J.D. Chekravarthy’s dragging
treatment of an already overstretched plot that will truly test your
patience. Mukul Dev’s villainy, which is poorly sketched and acted, is
an apology. Villainy is not about grandeur. It is about meanness and
menace. Mukul Dev as Bilal does not seem to have a mean bone in his body.
Radha Ravi as the top cop (Sivalinga Prasad) with underworld connections is
an absolute give away. What on earth was J D thinking when he cast them?
And J D’s attempts at comedy are simply left unsaid – they are an
embarrassment.
Me Thinks:J D Chekravarthy should learn to walk the talk. Making a film without songs
and comedy does not make him a Ram Gopal Verma. He should spend a lot more
time as an Assistant Director before wielding the megaphone all by himself.
Tailpiece: Watch it if you are a huge fan of Jagapathi Babu. But then if you are one
you can always call up your nearest video store and have Antahpuram or any
of his earlier blockbusters. Why watch him waste his acting skills with a
director who evidently is not ready to direct a full length feature film.
And having done one has the temerity to call it “siddham”!
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