Writer

Writer (2021) : Brief Review -

Visaranai, Nayattu, Naandhi and now Writer. The way South Industries have exposed the Police Department fearlessly is simply remarkable! There are hundreds of masala films made on police officers where you see the officer being honest, an icon and an inspirational figure to someone, followed by unimaginable action where he would beat a bunch of goons within 2-3 minutes. Well, I just want to ask, have you even witnessed such a fight in real life? How many iconic cops have you met in real life? There are hundreds of films that glorify cops, but there are only a few that expose the bad ones. I don't mean that all cops are the same, like good, but we all know that not all are the same as good either. There are many films that tell you why one should join the police force, but does any film tell you why you shouldn't join the police force? Visarnai (Tamil, 2015), Nayattu (Malayalam, 2021), Naandhi (Telugu, 2021) and now Writer (Tamil, 2021) are those films. These films dare to expose corrupt police officers and our Law & Justice system (mostly Naandhi does the latter). A writer at a police station gets trapped in an illegal custody case involving an innocent PHD student. With his guilt and regret looming large, can he save the young man? Writer starts on a slow note but picks up later, mostly after the interval. Then, in the last 30 minutes, it blows you away and literally delivers a stunning experience. In the lead, Samuthirakani gives a powerful performance. Dileepan, Ineya, and Kumaresan are equally good in the supporting roles. The screenplay drags in the first half, but there are no mistakes afterwards. Technically, Writer has one ending, but logically you get to see two endings-a negative one followed by a positive start. That's something. Franklin Jacob's storytelling is superb. His fearless and uncompromised vision makes this one a Must-Watch!

RATING - 7.5/10*

Another interesting movie about police brutality in India, not as hard to watch as Visaranai or Jai Bhim, though. There's a little bit of typical drama that you'll have to play along with but the ending was atypical and makes up for it. You might predict the what, but the how, not so much.

This is my take on the "Writer" movie by Franklin Jacob. Usually, the possibility of watching back-to-back good movies is close to 0. But the past 5 films I had watched in theaters were either good, average, or best and it's good my money hasn't been wasted. Now coming to this movie, it's a neatly made one. Some scenes were hard-hitting and too emotional for me to handle. The story reveals itself in a slow manner in the second half of the movie. It's a movie about a "police writer" who was nearing his retirement where a particular duty made a turn of events around him. Loved every character in the movie, especially I loved the Xavier character what an act he showed on the screen is needed to be appreciated. Samuthirakani has avoided his usual messiah-type character and shows the grief and guilt when and wherever it's needed. Madras Johny was ok. Ineya's role was like a little bit of cameo but a well-written character. The film is filled with a lot of powerful dialogs (Unga aalungala ambailaya ye kuthirai la era vida maten pottachi ni thimiru eduthu eruviya ) and a Father's dialog "You are the first person to get an education from the low community, I can't say this will get into the higher community but you will definitely be in higher position" translating doesn't give the feel it had in Tamil ( Keela theru la irunthu muthal ala padika poirka da mela theruku vanthrviya nu enaku theriyathu da ana kandipa mela vanthrve). Govind Vasantha's music gives the proper feel throughout the movie.

Excellent movie! I liked it.

How bad a police could be? Life gets spoiled!

Don't watch this based on caste because it was just a small part of the film watch it how a bad cop tried to do to coverup all his bad deeds and ended up spoiling the lives of many.

RATED 8/10 Language: Tamil Media Partner: Aha RECOMMENDED

It has perfect start and forced ending...The movie was raw in most of the places and looks so artificial in some cases... Too much of flashback explanations spoiled the story flow. Lot of characters and lot of deviations. The climax looked like forced one to make this movie as more darker one.

Lot of things made in more detail and explained very well. It should be really appreciable for the core theme and the execution.