Saripodhaa Sanivaaram

Vivek Athreya tries an action thriller this time with Nani in the lead. While the action parts of the story are typical of any other action movie, Vivek Athreya tried to weave in a personal story of Surya, played by Nani, and how he uses his anger for the good.

While the premise sounds exciting on paper, the execution leaves a lot to be desired. The 3 hour run time demands an engaging and emotional connection with the characters. However, the apparatus used to explain things in his typical style makes it a 3-hour long exposition. While there are no loose ends with respect to character motivations and the things they do, it never feels personal. This led to an unengaging and uninteresting mix of scenes, especially in the second half of act 2.

Although Nani, SJ Suryah, Saikumar, Priyanka Arul Mohan and Murali Sharma pulled off their characters with ease and convincingly, the lack of emotional connection with characters weighs the movie down.

CinephileIndia.