Actor Sakthivel Vasu who needs a break in his career is back after a gap with ‘Tharkappu’ and this time Samuthirakani joins him in a strong supporting role. All others in this film are new comers and it comes with the tag of a message oriented film. What the film offers to a general movie viewer?
The film starts with the planning of a
police encounter operation to kill Sakthivel a junction in Bangalore
highway when his car would pass there before the dawn. Two different
couples plan to meet at a point to elope and they are heading towards
the same point where the plan to encounter Sakthi is going to take
place. Who is Sakthi and why the Police is planning to kill him? What
happens to these four innocents in the melee? To know these, you have to
watch the film on the screens as revealing more than this would act as
spoilers.
First of all hats off to debutante
writer-director RP Ravi for registering a strong and impactful message
against encounter killings, Death penalty and killing a human being with
whatever justification. Handling these subjects in mainstream films
requires not only strong conviction to the values but also the ability
to effectively portray them in a manner that makes an impact on audience
who would have a different perspective in these issues. And you should
also make your points reach the audience without preaching. Ravi scores
well in these aspects with brilliantly written and executed scenes and
praiseworthy dialogues.
The film makes us understand how the
system ruled by corrupt politicians and high level bureaucrats uses some
honest and highly committed officials in police department for their
needs and throw them and even goes to the extent of killing them when
their existence becomes a problem. The writer also successfully
registers the difference between police officers who carry out
encounters with real care for society and the wrong elements that misuse
their good intentions. There are also dialogues that justify the act
of policemen.
Ravi also impresses with his
detailing on planning and execution of encounter killings and
investigation on encounters. The details retained as suspense turns as
surprises when they are revealed. There are many interesting scenes in
these portions which will satisfy the audience who may not be convinced
with the message the film conveys
The non-linear narration helps to
maintain suspense elements. The first half ends with a pack of surprises
and half told stories of each character. Only in the second half we
could get the clear picture of each of them and the film ends soon after
that. There are no full length songs that hamper the narration and the
film hardly lags anywhere.
The biggest problem of the film is
that more time has been dedicated for the two love stories which are
neither bad nor great. It is true that their background needs to be
established to make us understand how they come to the place of
encounter. But it goes way more than required and end up as commercial
compromises that end up taxing beyond a point.
