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Puli Varudhu Movie Review |
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Puli
Varudhu
Cast
: Ramesh, Mallika Kapoor, Karunaas, Manivannan, Saranya,
Kuyili
Direction: G V Kumar
Music: Srikanth Deva
Production: ELK Antony |
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The
title reminds of you a common adage in Tamil referring to
the impending danger but something that never really happens.
If you thought that this story, common to all kids, is used
as a sheer catch phrase, you are damn wrong. |
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In
fact director GV Kumar has gone a step further and tried
to make sense of the superstition - that dreams one
has during the day come true. Jithan Ramesh plays the
lead and Karunas and another newcomer form his group
of friends.
The story revolves around Ramesh's scary daydream and
how it impacts the lives of those around him. Ramesh
and his friends are traveling to his friend’s
place to attend an engagement when Ramesh dozes off
in the bus and dreams of the bus meeting with an accident
in which Karunas, one of his friends gets killed, and
the girl who is to be engaged to his friend has a dosham
that will result in the death of the bride groom to-be
and this forces him to marry the girl, played by Mallika
Kapoor. Shortly after their marriage, Ramesh's father
Manivannan dies of a heart attack and Mallika, out of
guilt, that she was the one responsible for all the
mishaps immolates herself. Ramesh wakes up to this to
try and stop this impending future that he believes
will unfold before his eyes. |
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His
efforts to stop this from happening forms the rest
of the story and to everyone's surprise the major
part of his dream does come true. But as is true for
all Tamil movies, the incidents don't culminate the
way it did in his dream.
In
an attempt to establish this trait of Ramesh, the
director has some funny scenes involving Karunas with
the latter trying hard to make sure that his dreams
don't come true. These scenes do raise a few laughs
and one particular incident while the two are traveling
in the bus where Ramesh screams on dreaming a deadly
incident forces the driver, played by Nellai Siva,
to stop the bus midway and grab a cup of tea thanking
Ramesh for waking him up, sends the audience into
splits.
Ramesh
shows remarkable improvement in his performance but
definitely hasn't reached there yet. Karunas adds
the necessary pep to the proceedings while Saranya
and Manivannan as Ramesh's parents carry off their
role with ease. Mallika Kapoor doesn't have too much
scope to perform.
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Srikanth
Deva's songs fail to stay on after you leave the theatre
but his background score makes up for it. Cinematography
by C. Rajasekhar and Raja Mohammed's editing do add some
pace to the movie. Director GV Kumar comes in for adulations
for having chosen a wafer thin plot and adding some interesting
twists and turns to what is otherwise only an average fare.
Verdict: Time pass, for those with plenty
to spare
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