Thani Oruvan -

A masterclass from the guy who's been type casted a Xerox machine for his Telugu remakes. Just when you thought this year doesn't have much to offer except Kakka Muttai, Raja comes up with this one... 

An IPS topper takes an oath to topple the mastermind of all criminals.  He hand picks a genius, A master who weaves with his own bare hands a unscrupulous organised crime racket camouflaging himself behind his namesakes/Benamis. The Welfare of society Quotient is high in the heart and mind of the IPS officer, who has spent his life time deciphering the crimes behind the minor misgivings of the society and finally picks his target . It's a battle of wits between the good and the bad unleashed at full throttle. Who comes out of it alive is the question answered with mystery, bugs and romantic intelligence.

When a honest, scrupulous police officer takes an oath and fills his mind with none other than his nemesis  He bleeds loyalty to the society.  With high ideals at play and indomitable will at heart, he plots and ploys every second to command and conquer and comes out of it alive and victorious. 

Brilliant screenplay, sizzling Arvindswamy as the nemesis of humanity, underplayed Jayam Ravi as the saviour, the replayed version of Nayan from Raja Rani- desperate for attention, Thambhi Ramiah plays a dumb head father of a Criminal offering intermittent laughs-  All of them acted to perfection. Decent background score, tolerable music. There's not much more a Tamil movie can offer.

Special mention - Arvind swamy captures the imagination of a classy figurehead of crimes with his body language conquering the attributes of negativity to perfection. He just plays it as though it were his everyday musing. He just ain't a handsome hunk from Roja. He's gonna steal your heart either ways.

"Would you be the guy that puts up with the stench of crime around you or the one who makes an effort dirtying ones hand to clean the society of its misgivings" . Might be the wrongly Translated moral of the movie. With some nice thoughts along the way. 

Watch it as it is one of the best movies out of Kollywood this lacklustre year. 

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Manjhi the mountain man

If you were ever intimidated by the sight of a mountain, here's an ode to the man who conquered it .........

On the blindside Of a mountain lies this hopeless village deserted from amenities, governed by a disgraceful feudal lord and his lusting son. The mountain stands between this impoverished village and equality, development. The path through the mountains to the other side of the world are difficult to traverse . On one such expedition the soulmate of the protagonist breathes her last . 

And thus .....   

A single man ventures out to carve  a Path through the mountain to the secluded village  making it more traversable . He works night and day, pounds the hammer on the stones of the mountain till his muscles give in, not losing sight of his goal ever. His sheer will, Indomitable spirit and his promise to his unfathomable love for his lost one and his aggrieved determination for the betterment of society leads him to lumber through all obstacles and achieve the improbable . Stones give in to his mental strength and give up their grit and bow to the man of steel making way for the conquerer. Without too much emphasis on revenge, bloodshed,  this Herculean task  of laying a path through the mountains is accomplished by  an overburdened superman without an Achilles heel. 

He conquers all the questions that fate had to pose with answers of possibility. 

Thus ends the story with the man being celebrated along the path he laid for future generations. 

Along the way there's some rib tickling humour, one line romances, intimacy of love sculpted to believability, all of which is packed with the all conquering smile and expressive eyes of Radhika Apte,loved and  acted upon to near perfection by Nawazi Sahib. This one is a brave attempt at reality. This movie may even be Bollywood's Shawshank redemption but with noticeable flaws in the commercial script backed by flawless performances from the cast. 

Watch it for Nawaz, Apte.  

Please watch it as it instills at-least an aorta of hope within yourself to move ahead in life.

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