Produced
by-Rebel Studio
Scripted and
Wielded by-Ranjith Jayakodi
Cast-Vijay
Sethupathi, Gayathrie, Mahima Nambiar, Arjunan and Ramesh Thilak
Censor
Rating-U
Running
Time-122 minutes
Rating-***
That Vijay
Sethupathi and Gayathrie share a very good onscreen chemistry has been proved
yet again in this suspense thriller set on a musical backdrop.
The opening
scene of the film is a suicide in action and the audience do not have any clue
as to who the girl is or why has she chosen the easy way out! Then the
narration sets its focus on Kathir (Vijay Sethupathi), an aspiring composer who
has assumed responsibility as the person-in-charge at a shop that deals with musical instruments and a
music teacher, Meera (Gayathrie). The latter runs into the former at the shop
premises and slowly but steadily (but really very slowly!), love blossoms
between the both of them on expected lines treading a much travelled path!
Neither of them has family backups and hence they both move on with their
romance till a video reaches Kathir’s mobile showing Meera in some compromising
poses!
Touched to
the quick, Kathir turns aggressively responsive as more of such videos land up!
At one point he shares the news with her and she cuts her own veins but she is
saved on time and gets hospitalized! Needless to mention, Kathir nurses her
back to normalcy and not before long, the videos start coming in again! Kathir
tactfully, of course on the strength of his emotions, tracks the number but
when he reaches the owner of that mobile-owner, he realizes that he has almost
reached a dead end!
Out of his
two close friends, one if forced to commit suicide owing to some embarrassing
circumstances and the other is taken in by the Law!
When Kathir
thinks that he has got closer to the brain behind all these happenings, much to
his shock he realizes that the person who gets caught isn’t the one who has
been doing everything!
Pushed back
to square A, Kathir is forced to undergo humiliation in public as per the
dictates of the brain behind, the identity of whom still remaining a mystery!
As the
climax unfolds, the audience gets to know about the existence of Mridula
(Mahima Nambiar), the one who had fallen from a high rise building in the
opening scene!
The
proceedings draw to an unexpected climax!
Vijay Sethupathi
is in his usual elements even as a student!
Gayathrie is
subdued but not effective in a role that warrants more potential and power!
Though her character is short lived, Mahima Nambiar creates a flutter!
Dinesh
Krishnan B., and Sam C.S., the composer have combined well to generate a
feeling of creepiness, especially in the scenes involving a peeping Tom!
There are a
few glaring setbacks but the director’s genuine effort to deliberate the ill
effects of sharing private things in public through mobile applications is
mention worthy though not all that effective by way of an outcome!
J. Sathish
Kumar of JSK Film Corporation (who had appeared in a neat cameo in the recently
released movie, Tharamani) has distributed the film.
Though this
one was conceived and crafted earlier, ‘Lens’ showcasing a similar subject came
out first and hence comparisons become inevitable!
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