Produced
by-Dream Warrior Pictures
Scripted and
Directed by-T.J.Gnanavel
Cast-Ashok
Selvan, Priya Anand, Nasser, Samudrakani, Bala Saravanan, John Vijay,
Marimuthu, Sanjay Bharathi etc.
Censor
Rating- U
Running
Time-120 minutes
Rating-***
Ashok Selvan
who has had a reasonably good innings so far through some successful outings as
Soodhu Kavvum’, ‘Thegadi’ and ‘Pizza-2: Villa’ and not so successful films as
‘Savale Samali’ and ‘144’, has undergone a total transformation in this,
playing an average student for whom mostly everything goes wrong in life right
from his academics to his personal life, his love life included! Both the front
benchers and the last benchers catch the attention of all those around for
reasons that are opposite! But those who occupy the middle benches are the ones
who fail to draw the attention of those around and as far as the others around
are concerned, the middle benchers are almost non-existent! Journalist turned
filmmaker Gnanavel has taken up the cause of one such unlucky middle bencher,
enacted with a lot of understanding by Ashok Selvan.
Regardless
of the commercial angle, this film is certainly a milestone film for Ashok
Selvan who has come up with an impressive performance in the character of a
simpleton! Priya Anand’s characterization deserves special mention. She plays a
topper, high on her achievements. Her performance too deserves mention!
Bala
Saravanan has been cast in an appropriate role and he has made the best out of
that opportunity! His smart and sharp one-liners bear testimony to his talent
as a growing comedian that too as a formidable force!
Both
Samudrakani and John Vijay have been typecast in roles that give the feeling of
already seen before kind of feel! Yet, Samudrakani manages to make his mark
while John Vijay’s performance just appears pedestrian!
Arvind
(Ashok Selvan) is the middle one in that family (middle one, here too!) and is
just an average guy in all counts and is constantly being pulled by his dad
(Marimuthu) who expects much more from his middle son while his first and last
are a lot more successful!
Arvind is
behind Janani (Priya Anand) a high achiever who studies in the same class but
the point is she is not even aware of his presence! At one point, Arvind
manages to get acquainted with Janani thanks to the efforts to a don
(Samudrakani) as Arvind had saved his son from drowning! As a matter of fact,
it was not an intentional act as Arvind had entered the waters only with a view
to end his life! The don’s initiates to get them together takes a nasty turn as
Janani inadvertently gets involved in an accident masterminded by the don for a
different reason! How the issue gets sorted out is the fairly engaging rest!
The subplot
that sketches the war between a corrupt cop and the don does not really hold
much of a relevance to the main plot but yet doesn’t exactly mar the narration!
Nivas K.
Prasanna’s music is a noteworthy feature of the film.
Are middle
benchers unlucky to this extent in real life as depicted in this film is the
question that looms large in the mind as one walks out after watching this!
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