8 Thottakkal

Enjoyable watch. MS Baskar acting was great.

Not as much of a cop-thriller, as the movie is quite predictable. Some really dense hard hitting moments, specifically on parenting, and about life in general. Drama quotient is greater than thriller quotient in the movie.

These days I'm comfortable with B movies in Kollywood than its other end. Creative and fresh subjects are the reasons they are succeeding. For the past couple of years I have been watching some awesome B movies and this is one of those. It was not quite great, because of borrowing some of the usual Tamil film formulas. Like the songs which were totally unblendable with the story narration. And then the love story, which is a must in Tamil films, particularly to add romance tracks which again takes us to the point one.

Apart from those small flaws, I liked the film. Those second string and supporting actors had their dream roles. To identify their performance, they never had such focused character in their career. I'm taking about particularly MS Bhaskar. He might have played a negative role, but it is his career best performance. I've seen him in the hundreds of blockbusters, but never like this. Then the new faces, they were not bad. But in some places, it is easy to recognise their inexperience, especially while delivering the lines and expressions. While watching the film, you should stop counting the bullets as I did, because that's not how it goes. It has a different explanation for the title.

The film was about an orphan boy who was wrongly accused of a crime and then after he grew up, he became a police officer. I didn't know, a crime offender can become a police. Anyway, he's so innocent for the job. Meets a girl and while his life was going smoothly, he becomes terrified when he loses the department gun. Following the event, he closely investigates the bank robbery which could be linked to his lost gun. So if that's true, who's behind it and how to come out of the situation comes next.

Very nice storyline, but it should have been 90 minute film. An additional hour was a drag. At least how it looked when the first stage of the development came to cease. In the second half, the focus shifted to the film's negative role. All his history was briefed for our understanding. I thought that parts were intentional and leans towards the sentiments. So when it comes the finale and prior to it, kind of unpredictable, yet compromise in places to knot all the threads together for a perfect conclusion. Nicely done, only keeping in the mind the native audience, but if you are into world cinema, then it is just an okay flick. Still a good film to try once, so I recommend it.

7/10

The movie with no big stars, no car chasing, no item dance, no promotions but having a great story with an extraordinary screen play. Apart from the movie M.S.Bhaskar just nailed his character. A must watch movie.

A slow paced edgy social thriller that engrosses the viewed till the end. The structure and narrative of the film is unlike anything we had seen before in Tamil cinema. The film start off with a bleak episode in which a young man is framed for murder

He grows up to be a police officer but soon gets himself into another big trouble when he loses his revolver.His superiors, co are corrupt and care for nothing more than their own advancement. The fact that he is close to a journalist who is at odds with his boss forms more schisms that he could do without. And now, his job (and his peace of mind) is at stake with the loss of his gun. Could he retrieve it in time before blood is spilled and save his job? This forms the reminder of edge of the seat thriller.

In comes a elderly man character with issues, who is retired cop himself and the rest of the film changes track to a story that shows the plight of our elderly in contemporary society . Do we take out elderly for granted? What about the backstories of the people in our society like cops and criminals, which sounds all too familiar to that of the characters in the film? These anticipations will keep your mind occupied as the film rolls along.

First of all kudos to MBbhaskaran who had done an excellent job, probably the finest in his career. We have only seen him in comedy roles and this film has catapulted him into a level that is totally unexpected with his portrayal as the elderly man with issues. The lead hero , a newcomer could have pulled off his role in a more emotional way than one sided timid cop who gets bullied by others.

But most of the film revolves around the performance of M Bhaskaran This is a The film threads the thin line between art-house and commercial cinema in with a certain degree of rawness in the story, acting performances and writing filled with genuine amounts of emotion and filled with realism that is as close to reality but yet pulling the fantasy elements together.

The movie was good. The movie was interesting and thrilling. M.S.Bhaskar acted very well in the movie. Some scenes in the movie was boring. BGM is good in the movie.