Recommended
It gets a little better after Sakthi enters the Singarayar household though the film never feels nail-bitingly tense, despite its protagonist’s predicament. It feels like everyone was more concerned about staying as close to the original as possible and forgot to inject drama into the scenes. Some of the interpersonal relationships, like Vanathi’s equation with her cousin Raja, aren’t captured well either. The antagonists are made to recite most of their lines in a drawn-out fashion to add punch but this only slows down the film’s pace as do the frequent slow motion shots. As for Santhanam, we see the effort he has put in to pass off as a hero; he looks dapper, attempts difficult steps in the songs and coasts through in full form during the humorous sequences but in the emotional scenes, he is all at sea and at times, this turns the scene unintentionally funny.