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Tamil
Movie Review : Timiru |
| Timiru
– Just a commercial potboiler!! |
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Cast: Vishal, Reema Sen, Shriya Reddy.
Music Director: Yuvan Shankar Raja
Director: Tharun Gopi
Production:
GK Films Corporation |
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If
you are looking for the ‘Sandakozhi’
effect again with Vishal, do not miss Timiru.
Vishal probably feels he fits the bill of the
‘angry young man’ perfectly. He does
it again in ‘Timiru’. But what we
are left with is a headache and a hangover, moments
to yawn, and—yes--lot of skin on display.
As we all know, Reema Sen, Kiran and Shreya Reddy
can do no wrong when it comes to showing a little
skin.
The director must have had a collection of all
the violent movies on his shelf, along with the
latest Vishal (‘Sandakozhi’), and
you can swear that he has watched it several times,
probably to maintain Vishal’s image or to
follow the current sensation. |
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Tell
tale
The story can be written on the back of a bus
ticket. Shreya Reddy is the darling sister (not
the “Chinnathambi” ‘Kushboo’
type) of two loan sharks in Madurai. She dares
every one and performs her ‘dadagiri’
with no one to question. Ravishing Reema happens
to cross roads with her and trouble starts. When
Reema is disrobed by Shreya in the road, Vishal
the hero comes to the rescue, and he in turn disrobes
Shreya to get even. A shocked Shreya swears that
she will marry Vishal for his insulting act. |
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Trouble
brews and in the ensuing drama, Shreya sacrifices
her life (!!) and asks her brothers to keep an
eye on Vishal to prevent him from getting married
to any other girl. Strange--yeah we thought so
too. So that is Timiru’s storyline, and
if you are worried about a glut of action flicks
in the market, you may prefer to stay home. |
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Star
cast
Vishal wears the shoes of the angry young
man well, but we still think he was better
in ‘Chellamae’? Vishal plays
a quiet young medical student who minds
his business in the first half. In the latter,
he picks up the sword to fight against the
evil loan sharks played by Manoj K Jayan
and I.M Vijayan. Vishal’s menacing
darkness contributes to the character. It
is Shreya who steals the show with her immense
presence in dialogue delivery and, obviously,
by shaking her booty. The dialogues are
too racy and Shreya’s overburdened
delivery seems pretty obvious. We wished
she downplayed a little bit. Is that too
much to ask? |
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Reema limits herself to a couple of duets
and some fairly decent acting, yes folks, you
do get to see a lot of Reema in those songs. If
she is not enough, we have Kiran onboard too.
Her voluptuous looks and slinky moves definitely
keep our folks from getting a puff during the
song sequence. |
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The
other folks like Manoj K Jayan, I.M Vijayan
and Vadivelu play their part to near perfection.
Vadivelu comes across as refreshment at
times with his presence in the otherwise
serious screenplay.
We wished the director would have left the
Madurai slang alone, rather than experimenting
with it—and none too skillfully. The
screenplay does, however, move quickly and
if you like the stuff, will keep you on
the edge of your seat.
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Final
word
Vishal has delivered another commercial
potboiler to his credit and his fans are
going to eat it up. With glamour quotients
like Reema, Shreya and Kiran (though Kiran
appears for a mere flicker), the movie is
the mix of melodrama and street violence
that commercial cinema requires. Yuvan’s
music and Priyan’s camerawork add
to the attraction, and ‘Timiru’
is definitely worth a watch if you want
to kill some time. |
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