Thursday, March 19, 2015

RAJATHANTIRAM movie review



Plot : The story revolves around 3 small time con artists who dupe people, who according to them "are greedy" and they take advantage of their greediness.They are doing really well for themselves until a big opportunity presents itself to them but the leader of the group, Arjun Parthiban (Veera) is reluctant initially, but later agrees when his lover, Michelle (Regina Cassandra) is in dire need of money.The rest of movie is about how the perfectly planned heist goes all awry and wrong for them, how they improvise and will they succeed in their quest or not...

The first half of the movie, up until the interval, is breezy with a lot of situational comedy which blends in well and pushes the screenplay fast and movie takes a serious turn just before the interval. The performances by the three protagonists has been impressive, especially Veera and Darbuka Siva, who have made good use of the roles offered to them. Veera has made a strong comeback after the hugely dissapointing "Nadunisai Naigal" (no fault of his). Regina Cassandra has a good role and she just shines through with her natural performance. She looks stylish, glamorous and pretty at the same time and if this performance is any testimony to her acting skills then she can reach a good position in the movie industry, which basically depends on choosing good scripts like "Rajathantiram" in future as well.

Veterans like Ilavarasu and "Aadukalam" Naren have lent able support to this otherwise inexperienced, but talented cast. The most impressive for me, personally, has been the discovery of the brilliant, "Pattiyal"K.Sekhar as Kanchi Alagappan who is the owner of a big jewellery store and the main antagonists. His performance is one of the biggest pluses and strong-points of the movie. Last but not the least, Direction of debutant A.G.Amid has been spectacular, to put it mildly. Hats off to him for selecting a really different story-line with no big star-casts, but relying solely on a good script and believing in the audience judgement. The screenplay is really good and he unties the knots one by one only during the climax and keeps it interesting with a cat and mouse game.

Brave Directors like Amid should be lauded and appreciated for bring something new to the audience and not testing our patience..if you really want something different and interesting, go watch this movie, guys...I guarantee, you will not be dissapointed...My rating for the movie is 3.5/5...