Pretty Good

Clever, believable, and super fun to watch. It totally has replay value.

After playing with our expectations, this turns out to be a very different sort of film.

This is a dark and sometimes deeply uncomfortable drama

A typical Shankar's theme, about a man rising against corruption in India. The director got too communistic and too emotional writing the script and so spoiled the movie. The songs were good but the duet songs were too un-appropriate. The first half was okay but the latter was way too bad. I could see a lot of connections with the theme of Anniyan, Indian and even of Muragadoss's Ramana. Inspite of all the negatives mentioned above, I still feel there are some great comedy scenes (at the latter half with the villains). The movie was fast paced with lot of logical errors. My verdict : A watchable movie for the comedy. Quite entertaining but less brainy.

After Poraali, Samuthirakani is back with his new flick Nimirnthu nil.Though the theme of the film is strong, the film was not up to the mark.The film deals with a common man who is beaten up by the corruption in the society,rises to put an end to it.First 30 minutes of the film looks pretty common.But the plot drifts to the rising of the Aravindan Sivasamy(JayamRavi) against this corruption and the film moves where the the government officials join to stop him.Although the climax can be obviously guessed.As a director,Samuthirakani has done his part well.Dialogues looks a bit strong in the film.But the characterization can be improved where certain characters were not introduced clearly as it for Sarath Kumar's character.The cinematography looks good.But,the editing was not that good that too when in the dual roles fight the editing was under the mark,it makes me think its unreal.The screenplay looks illogical at times.Music by G.v.Prakash was OK.As for as acting is concerned JayamRavi has done his part pretty good in both the characters.Gopinath looks strong in his acting at certain scenes.Soori has fitted the role pretty well.As a actress,AmalaPaul has done it again.I think actors can do even better to make it natural as possible.Although Samuthirakani has taken a strong theme to deliver it to the audience the film still needs some nourishment in its plot and other areas.And the whole, the film looks as a commercial entertainer.I would give it 5/10 considering it as a one time watchable flick.

Nimirndhu Nil is yet another good one from Samuthirakani. The movies against corruption have always been welcomed by audience and this one gets included as well. Usually the messages will be conveyed at the last in these kind of movies but this time it comes around in the beginning. The director has given his maximum attention for the social causes from the start to the end and makes it an interesting narration overall. Jayam Ravi was at his best again, Soori & Gopinath made commendable performances as well. Sarath Kumar & Amala Paul did fill their roles too. The love track is minimum and gets along well with the movie, but the biggest drawback is the songs. Though the director can't be blamed, it does break the speed of movie. Camera, BGM, Editing, etc were adequate. This one is worth a watch if you care about the society based movies..

After reading a number of positive reviews of this, plus it's dominance on top of the Chennai box office on release, I had high expectations of it; maybe too high. The first 30 minutes are both weak and unfunny but then the film thankfully improves. The best part of the film is actually its last 30 minutes when the story ups its ante. The middle bit you could really do without. Yes, the message embodied in the film is important and brave and yes Jeyam Ravi is a reliable star but that's not enough to make this even half the radical film some reviews are making it out to be. It's a typical action semi-thriller with a message, nothing more. The dual role in Tamil cinema is also becoming tiresome these days and strangely I preferred Jeyam as the alter-ego, Narasimha Reddy. Many people will enjoy this film and all the actors do a fairly decent job but there is, in my opinion, nothing beyond that. When Tamil cinema is starting to turn out really different scripts like 'Soodhu Kavvum', 'Moodar Koodam' and even 'Kumki', it makes outdated over-the-top commercial fare like this pale in comparison. The music is fairly forgettable too with the exception "Negizhiyinil" which has the potential to really blow up. I debated between giving this film a 6, because it was fairly entertaining in parts vs. giving it a 4 because it'll be old news by next month and probably long forgotten-- my score on the review tells you which one I opted for. The one saving grace is Amala Paul who turns out a strong performance; I predict bigger things for her over the coming years. Overall, a disappointing release.