So much average

Simply A Masterpiece

Don't listen to the negative reviews

Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

If somebody likes Entertainment movie, this is not the movie for those kind of people. This is not a typical Maniratnam movie. Even the dialogues are not clear as they talk tamil differently. Not able to follow most of the scenes. Pros1. Excellent Music 2. Good Character selection (except Heroine) 3. Wonderful camera work 4. Good background music by ARR 5. Excellent Acting by ArunCons1. Lot of filthy words used in many dialogues 2. Not a good story (sometimes boring) 3. Heroine acting is not good.Wonderful climax fighting. Some of the kadal (sea) locations are superb. Nenjukulle song wasted in movie. This movie is definitely not the best of Maniratnam. Expected a lot from him. I would not say don't watch it, but go and watch the movie without any expectation. Kadal without ARR will not be liked at all by many. But because of Rahman songs, people are able to see the movie. Will wait for Mani's next movie.

Its a profound catholic message about Reconciliation, Baptism and Resurrection. The true meaning of sacraments. The director must be deeply understood and touched by the Christian message. All men are called to be saints. Even in the most evil men goodness is present. All they have to do is to explore and find it.The music is great with A.R. Rahman. Nice lyrics by Viramuthu. Tamil cinema will acknowledge this movie as one of the best ever after ten years, its an usual response time taken by audience to understand what Manirathnam has done.I am proud about Manirathnam for this movie, for both direction and the message. GOD bless, he is also a carrier of Gospel.

KADAL ( 2013 )Saw this on the release date itself. Normally it doesn't happen with Tamil movies as far as my movie watching habit is concerned.KADAL is a pretty simple story. The life of a boy who grows up among the illiterate fishermen on sea shores. But that's not just about it. its also the story of good v/s evil fight. Good represented by the priest ( played by Aravind Sami ) and evil represented by rich bad guy (played by Arjun). That's not it about it its also about how love can change someone into good and bring them close to god. Now, that's it about the movie.All clichéd plots, no unseen situations or anything. KADAL is a normal average movie. There is nothing mind blowing or supergood story wise. But in terms of making there are few things I really loved.Songs of a movie play a huge role in pulling the audience to it. KADAL album is already a huge hit and there would be people coming in also to see those beautiful songs. I was also waiting for it to come on screen and I am totally surprised!! The sound track of the movie had different genres of songs and I was wondering what placement or picturisation they would have in a movie related to sea.Right from the moment when my favorite track MAGUDI unfolded on screen, I realized that the experimentation begins then onwards. When you see the songs with the movie, I felt all of them doesn't blend well. But if the songs are viewed alone, they would look good and different. I liked the ' adiye.. enne enge ne' song picturisation very much for that was never what I had imagined that song would be like. MAGUDI also could have been better.As always, Rajeev Menon's cinematography is beautiful and stunning in the climax scene. The climax scene in the sea reminded of Hollywood movies like Pirates of the Caribbean. I was so stunned to see that quality of vfx making it so real!!Coming to the actors in this, KADAL marked the debut of two star-kids. KARTHIK's son GAUTAM and actress RADHA's second daughter TULSI. They could not have asked for a greater opening than this. Gautam has some allu arjun mannerisms but other than that he looks promising. Tulsi needs an acting workshop/course before she moves on . it was so delighting to see the wonderful actors ARAVIND SAMI and ARJUN on screen again.KADAL has very few characters only and they were very limited in the script. It seemed as if they had not much to do in the story. Screenplay could have been much better and powerful. May be the Director Sir wanted to concentrate more on the emotion side of the story rather than the actual story.. who knows?? I am no one to talk about it.

KADAL - Brilliantly Awesome ! Class !! I heard many negative reviews about Kadal, not reviews they're opinions. I don't know what is wrong, maybe they don't understand/know what is Class cinema or they liked typical comedy, entertainers. After seeing Kadal, I realise 90% movie reviewers have no idea of Class Cinema. They don't know how to approach and understand the script. Entertaining cinema get immediate response but vanish, Class cinema take time to merge. Once it merges, its forever ! In Kadal there are numerous scenes with a lot of depth. This is typical Mani ratnam touch, i shall rather say its more than his usual touch ! Do watch and enjoy the magic ! KADAL IS CLASS CINEMA !!