FAM Movie Club First Look : KADAL – Tamil (2013) romantic thriller

Release date: FEB 1st(2013)
Director: Mani Ratnam
Cinematography: Rajiv Menon
Music: A. R. Rahman
Production company: Madras Talkies
Cast - Gautham Karthik,Thulasi Nair,Arjun,Arvind Swamy,Thambi Ramaiah

FAM Rating : 6/10

Cinematography – Rajiv Menon – He is a massive plus for this film.lovely cinematography especially at songs and climax fight scene ..!!

Music - composed by A. R. Rahman already some songs are superb hit and they didn’t disappoint us in visual too .The background score is ok in some scenes but overall it was not a complete ARR Fare and might be a slight let down for ARR Fans

Story :-

Being a New Film , i will just give you all a slight overview on it with a little insights.The story revolves around two main characters , none other than ARJUN and ARVIND SWAMY, Goutham the hero did his part well as a beginner, Thulasi character is a cute & childish girl but good at romance in songs :P Then ponvannan did a gud supporting play.

The film is about a christian community fishermen area along the seashore side of south Tamilnadu(thuthukudi) . Kind of Negative Role by ARJUN and Godfather ARVIND SAMY as protagonist. its about how the hero gautham karthick struggling to choose between the two phases of life good and the bad and how he get tangled himself in love with thulasi , whether his love life helped him realize to take a right decision is what takes us to the end of the film ..!

Pros : Arvind samy superb comeback , mind-blowing performance , each & every scene , the dialog delivery is woww just cool , calm but powerful ..!!! Arjun as we all know the action king played -ve role gives 100% justice to his character. He perfectly filled his part and played it to perfection.Gautham and thulasi - good for the beginners lets see them what they do in the future films but not as good for considering a mani sir film ..Amazing locations and picturization was top notch showing us the scenic beauty of ceylon with complete blue waters in mid of sea and shore makes us feel chill n mesmerized. Climax fight was superb between arjun , arvind , gautham in mid of sea on a boat superb CG work too ..!!

Cons : Lack of story and editing is worse in many places definitely not what you expect from a mani sir's product. At some point you will be shocked to realize whether its really directed by the great legend Mani Rathnam. We can see his struggle to get back to his form and this is shocking for a Mani sir fan like me. Ravanan Bad luck and bad form continues.

FAM Punch Line : Kadal ,Starts with a bang but doesn’t settle quickly resting in dust at the end. Mani sir fails in his storytelling, Characters are not that much convincing or to say better not properly used, a confused climax for sure will leave you blind difficult to take it or understand it. " Kadal - A Boat in a Dead Sea Sinking "