Nadunisi Naaygal

The person who is well-renowned for making breezy-romantic flicks of late, has attempted a genre that's not well exploited in Kollywood yet .Yes Gautam Vasudev menon at a Thriller now ! Though the recent Myskin's Yuthem sei also falls under the same genre , I wasn't quite impressed with it.Blame on in the fact that some of its scenes resembled or rather reminded me of the movie SAW.

I'm not a fan of thrillers. In fact ,I despise such movies.But being an admirer of Menon's work, it was natural of me to have expectation.And the caveats -Not for Weak hearted souls,Only for Multiplex Audience,Only for 1.3o hours ,No Songs & No BGM, have stoked it further. Thanks to my 3rd trim midterms exams,I couldn't see it on the first day but managed to hit the theater on the 3rd day with 13 of my BIM-mates (i.e.) Yesterday @ Ramba Theater ,Trichy.

The movie starts with deafening gun shots at a police officer by a tall guy in a blurred background.And the police falls rather slowly in the nearby stagnant-water and it splashes around.That scene picturisation itself depicts the brilliance of the Auteur Menon.Following that ,in a hospital setup, that tall guy,the protagonist Veera, starts narrating his story(movie story)- A Gautam's cliche. He starts describing about his past experiences and incidences that made him who he is now - An MPD Psychopath Killer ! Through that narration, Menon sheds light on the darkest nature of humans: Incest , Child Abuse & MILF sex.To intensify the impact, he resorts to an overdose of SEX & Violence in a rather new dimension that's unexplored in Tamil cinema yet.The way the protagonist woos girls one by one and killing them are familiar concepts though.After these intro-killings comes Sameera Reddy,the ravishing beauty who gave heart attacks to youths around the world, through the movie Vaaranam Aayiram.Though her character is the turning point of the movie,she fails to score miserably in front of Veera.Her scope is too limited though and I find a thing that's missing this time- Her Charmingness.... A big let down :( Then the story revolves around how Veera kidnaps Sameera and ensuing incidents that lead to his arrest.

Besides Menon & Veera there's a guy who deserves special mention here.It's the Camera-man Manoj Paramahansa.Being a thriller he's got plenty of opportunity to showcase his exquisite skills and he pulls it off so brilliantly.Sometimes you stop following the story and just be awestruck by the way he cranked camera. A Glimpse - In the last scene,Veera would be chasing Sameera in rain and this scene is captured from a top like someone standing just straight above you and watching you from there ! And about lack of music - You wouldn't feel that it lacks music at all ,which can be attributed to Menon's brilliant way of story-telling.

To sum it up all ,it was worthy of my Rs.80/-

There are many people who had written bad reviews about this movie.In fact ,people who came with me bashed movie like anything,but I liked it :) Watch it if you are the one who craves for different genres :)