CHENNAIYI ORU NAAL
This fine thriller is a multi-starrer Tamil film, a remake of Malayalam film "Traffic".
In order to perform heart transplant within the stipulated time between two persons separated by a distance of about 150 km, a challenging task is undertaken by a group of people. Questions like whether they succeed in their attempt? What are the challenges they face in the journey? make the film interesting and a nail-biting climax unfolds the answer to all these questions.
Popular actors Sharath Kumar, Prakash Raj, Cheran, Raadhika, Vijayakumar, Prasanna and Manobala fit into excellent characters and share equal importance in the film. To add star value to the movie, Suriya makes a brief appearance. Character artistes Jayaprakash and Lakshmy Ramakrishnan are also given powerful roles and they have done extremely well.
Sharath Kumar as Police Commissioner Sundara Pandian does his role to perfection portraying a variety of expressions like action, command, concern, decision making, social responsibility, sympathy, etc. The story kicks off only after his nod to the plan.
Prakash Raj as a Film Star Gautham Krishna does what is expected of him. Raadhika plays the role of his wife trying to balance between Prakash Raj and their daughter who justify their points i.e. duty and affection. We have seen this scenario in many films and so there is nothing so special about this combination.
Cheran plays a tainted police official's role, who takes up a challenging job to make amends for his lapse in duty. Prasanna as Dr.Rohin Joseph does well, a role which needs to express the dilemma between working for a social cause and showing personal anger after being cheated and insulted.
Mithun as Ajmal brings a twist in the story interrupting the challenging job taken by Satyamoorthy and builds up tension among the audience.
Parvathy Menon and Iniya make brief appearance and their presence fails to make an impact. Sachin however performed well as an aspiring TV anchor. Tamil film industry needs a good looking young hero. Hopefully Sachin will fit into the scheme of things.
Surya's cameo might satisfy his fans and add star value to the movie. But his sequences spoil the reality of the movie.
However for so many good things in the movie, we can bear this typical cinematic approach.
