So most of the people, including myself got to know about the movie when it got selected as India's Official Entry To OSCARS 2017 in "Foreign Film Category". It made me really curious as to why this movie got selected. As of now, i am not going into the matter of the movie getting selected for OSCARS. I am gonna tell you how the movie really is. So lets move forward to the review.
The movie revolves around 4 guys Pandi, Murugan, Afsal & Kumar who all are Tamil laborers working in Andhra Pradesh. Poor young guys don't have their own house so they sleep in Gandhi Park to make their ends meet. But their lives take a u-turn when they all are captured by cops for a crime that they don't even about that. Muthuvel, a Tamil police officer has come in Andhra Pradesh to carry out some secret operation. (NO SPOILERS)
The movie has a simple story, those who has the mind to catch that would get the story without giving any stress to the mind. Movie being based on a true story that happened in 1983 in Andhra Pradesh, where a Coimbatore based auto driver "Chandran" was working a waiter in a hotel. One day, he & few Tamil laborers were captured by the police in "case of doubt". For a period of 2 weeks they suffered continuous merciless custodial violence, for the crime they never did. Based on the novel "Lock Up" by "M Chandrakumar"
In acting, Pandi played by "Dinesh Ravi" is the main lead & is really great in his character. The way he tries to save his friends in the police custody you will get the feeling of applauding him for his actions & reactions. Even after getting badly beaten up by the police he stands his ground against a crime that he & his friends have never committed. The other three guys with Pandi are Murugan played by "Aadukalam Murugadoss", Afsal played by "Silambarasan Rathnasamy" & Kumar played by "Pradheesh Raj", have done a marvelous job in their respective roles. The horror a common man shows when Police unexpectedly shows up to convict them for a wrong case is shown brilliantly by these 4 actors. Muthuvel played by "Samuthirakani" in many ways would stand out the strongest point of the movie with "Dinesh Ravi". Samuthirakani looks like a torn police officer in doing what is right & in the pressure of his seniors to do a certain work.
"Vetrimaaran" the director of the movie has made a "no non-sense" type movie. Not a single shot in the movie seems to be irrelevant. At a running time of 117 minutes every scene in the movie is as important as the climax. The terror of police on the faces of the common man has been shown effectively by the director. It is certainly a powerful film & sometimes you feels the chills by seeing some scenes on the screen.
Now for the debate that is being going on for this movie sent for the "Oscars". In my opinion, it is a great choice to send this movie for OSCARS. Not the best, but great. It is certainly not a bad choice.
AND I WOULD SURELY RECOMMEND YOU TO SEE THIS MOVIE BECAUSE IT NEEDS TO BE SEEN. NOT ONLY BECAUSE IT IS BEING SENT TO OSCARS BUT TO SEE HOW THE SYSTEM TRIES TO TOY WITH COMMON PEOPLE.
My Rating - ****&1/2
Cast - Dinesh Ravi, Samuthirakani, Aadukalam Murugadoss, Silambarasan Rathnasamy, Pradheesh Raj.
Director - Vetrimaaran
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