‘Kannai Nambathe’ movie review: This complex thriller turns unintentionally funny towards the end

A still from ‘Kannai Nambathey’ | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement

Director Mu Maran’s directorial debut, of 2018 Iravukku Aayiram Kangal, Despite not being a revelation in Tamil cinema’s tryst with the thriller genre, is a rousing entertainer. The film was woven with an intricate plot that was complex enough to keep us hooked and smart enough not to take the audience for granted. In his second film, Kannai Nambathe, What is repeated is the reference to ‘the eye’ in the title (which will also be the case with this review), a convoluted plot, and as a bonus, a decent attempt to link the two films. What is missing is the imperative brevity in the screenplay and innovation in the intriguing plot, without which the film loses steam even before its climax unfolds.

kannai nambathe Follows the journey of Arun (Udhayanidhi Stalin), who unwittingly finds himself in the middle of a murder, along with his new friend and roommate Somu (Prasanna). Like a collapsing stack of dominoes, a series of events lead to big revelations. Sometimes we miss what’s right under our noses and sometimes there’s more to it than it meets the eye, and that’s probably the idea behind the apt title. Kannai Nambathe. The Mu Maaran set-up takes the usual route we see with our thrillers – introducing the lead actors, the vain female lead whose intimacy with Arun is established with a montage song, and the quintessential hero’s friend who goes missing. Happens, thankfully, after the first few minutes. On paper, kannai nambathe What happens to a guy who goes to help a woman only to find her dead sounds like an interesting story; A classic case of an ordinary man pushed into extraordinary circumstances. But the film keeps throwing a barrage of intricate performances at you till the very last reel.

A certain amount of leeway and lack of logic is usually forgiven for coincidence when it comes to thrillers, but the problem with kannai nambathe In this way the entire film is built on the porous sands of fate. When we calculate the probability of this happening, we get a house of cards that comes crashing down. It comes as no surprise when a character, who is not even related to the story of the film, randomly reappears in the context of providing comic relief in an integral part of the film, just out of chance. By this time, you’re laughing at the film, not because of it.

‘Kannai Nambathe’ is a classic song from MGR’s famous 1975 film Ninaithadai Mudippavan It roughly translates as ‘he who accomplishes what he desires’. The irony is that our lead Arun is anything but a victim of circumstance, he knows what is happening afterwards. Interestingly, the same situation prevails in the character of Arulnithi’s Bharata. Iravukku Aayiram Kangal, But after pushing around for a while, Bharath falls down the drain. In kannai nambathe However, some age-old ‘I’m going to kill you, so how will you know what happened’ trope is what helps Arun come to grips with the events.

A still from ‘Kannai Nambathey’ | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement

The casting got me excited considering the list of talent found in the film. Uday’s co-stars are underrated kanne kalimane (Keeps writing references to eyes himself), Vasundhara. kannai nambathe There is also Bhumika and Srikanth who are reuniting after 20 years Rosa Kootam. But kannai nambathe reduces these talents to one-dimensional roles. Talk about ruining your childhood! Multiple “twists” fill out the second half kannai nambathe But by then, the audience is so battered that some of the surprises become unintentionally funny. In a scene in the third act, a character goes, “Nanba ni Gambhir aah pesuriya illa comedy paniyaanu therila.” Touch

Along with the twists come expositions that quickly and easily untangle the knots the film had carefully dangled. Amidst all this chaos, we get a cameo of sorts that connects this film to Mu Maaran’s debut. Who wants an MCU when we can have our very own MMCU? like onions, kannai nambathe There is a collection of layers that, when unraveled, are at their core nothing except our eyes that go moist. Perhaps this also explains the title.

Kannai Nambathe is currently running in theaters