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Vetrivel (2016)
Old story but fresh screenplay
I know it's a late review. But when I saw this movie having low rating I couldn't ignore it without giving a review. It is a village love story involving family sentiments, caste & prestige issue.
Pros:
1. Screenplay is excellant. Director handled the sentiments very well.
2. Instead of just showing caste and prestige as bad things, their point of view and emotions were expressed very well.
3. Never felt any cringe moments during messages conveyed in the film.
4. Comedy and songs were appropriate for the film. "Unna Pola" song was extraordinary.
5. Fast screenplay. Never felt the need to skip few seconds.
6. Casting and their acting came out well.
Definitely watchable with whole family and friends.
Singapore Saloon (2024)
Commercial movie as it should be
Movie: 7.5/10
This is what a commercial movie when the story is written very well.
Story and the message it tried to convey were excellently executed.
Comedy scenes were refreshing. Everyone played their part very well.
Cons:
1. The climax scene when hero decides to hold his ground after seeing the birds felt little lagging(slow).
2. Songs could been better. None of them stayed in mind after the movie.
3. The scenes where the Singapore saloon gang performs felt lagging/long.
Otherwise it's a very good movie to watch.
Some movies give satisfaction to your heart in a pleasant way. It is that kind. Kudos to the writer for the script.
Siren (2024)
Siren: Not much impact
Movie: 5/10
Pros:
1. The concept of hero taking notes in prison and using those notes to take revenge was fresh.
This could have been explored a bit more instead of flashbacks and commercial fights (one guy fighting 10 goons)
2. Yogi and Ravi's comedy combo was good.
Cons:
1. Keerthy Suresh did not do a justice for the police role she was given. She didn't felt apt for the role.
2. The daughter role felt unnecessary. The humiliation she goes through in school was not reality. No one treats a fellow student like that. It felt like serial. She never tried to ask/confront her father's point of view. No child is like that.
3. Flashback sequences felt too slow/lagging.
4. Typical commercial scenes such as one guy fighting 10 people could have been avoided. And unnecessary chase scenes could have been avoided.
5. All the songs were felt unnecessary in this movie. None of them were good/apt for the visuals.
6. Caste is cliche. Even more than that hero advising for awareness against caste is cliche. No one in his right mind would advise a guy who believes too much in caste.
7. The hero says that the reason for his parole was to patch up with his daughter which he never does. He did not even force her to hear his side of the story.
8. Anupama role and flashback scenes could have been shown like reels with overlapping story explanation by hero. Why explore emotional bond of husband and wife when audience already know she's gonna die anyway? There's a song for that too.
Siren: Not much impact.
Ranam Aram Thavarel (2024)
Could have been written better
Movie : 6/10
Second half poorly executed.
So many lags in the second half.
1. The hero's friend says the constable is alive and can be saved if we take him to the hospital within 30mins. Is he a doctor? NO
2. Flashback sequences felt so slow and poorly written/executed. Instead of exploring villain's world and effect it had on victim during flashback, the victim's emotional bond was explored. This is just poor writing.
3. In the climax, the hero's car in the scene of the accident of the school girl felt too cliche.
4. Instead of flashback and whole kalki character, the story could have been better if the hero was the reason for all the murders and his motive(either revenge or for money) behind the murders were slightly exposed without any flashbacks.
5. Instead of necrophilia, organ theft could have been better. It would have given more space to explore and replace the lost duration of flashback.
6. The whole 'transient ischemic attack' concept could have been used properly. For eg: hero leaves a clue for the police because of that attack or hero becomes a suspect because of that attack. And how he manages to get out of the suspect list to get the job done.
Ranam: Could have been way better.