8 Thottakkal

I rated it 9 for various reason. The most important reason will be MS baskar acting. Really inspired. He plays through out the film, whatever it may be revenge or sentiment or emotional, he nailed it. I can watch it again just for him. Other than that the story flow through out the movie was awesome. No lag in-between. Less love scenes. Perfectly balanced. Music was thr big backbone of the movie. Overall a perfect crime thriller movie.

When someone ask is there is any flawless films you know ?? i would say no because it impossible every movie will have an flaws.. but sometime very rarely you could see a movie witness a art a pure art which is close to that impossible ...yep recently i experienced it ..IT is 8 Thottakal ..

A boy at his very small age may be at 8 goes prison for a murder which he has not done and he becomes a police officer...But he dose not want to be a police men in his life..This is how the movie starts and move very patiently..

From the very few minutes of the movie you will be alarmed in your mind that you are gonna see some different and honest attempt because of those raw cuts,and the very lively camera work makes the movie so realistic..

This movie so much character driven ,the screenplay is structured in a way that in every scene an character will given an lead to the next scene which is a brilliant thought by the director..

And one more important thing is this is the only movie which has an opening and a well neat ending for each and every character who comes in the movie again an kudos to the writer..

Many feel that second half is a bit slow ,but an story like this definitely need those kind of slow and steady movement of camera ,flawless cutting and even the dialogues were delivered very slowly to transform the tension to the audience all were done very deliberately ...I think that should not be considered a minus of the film..

Finally about the performances ..wow wow wow....M.S.Bhasker u are an alien man stands top..especially in the hotel scenes and Nasser as usual done a very realistic acting ...others were done a decent job ..

On the whole very very important movie to be watched again and again for those detailing...and for us like an general audience it is engaging and really entertaining a lot ...

I would also like to thank the director for mentioning his inspiration in the end credits like (Stary dogs and other )

Thank you

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.

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.

8 Thottakal (8 bullets) - One among the many reasons for admiring this accidently stumbled upon flick would be the integrity of director Sri Ganesh in including a whole list of "filmography" titles in the end credits as his inspirations in making the movie - Akira Kurasova's Stray Dog(1949), Breaking Bad series, Badlapur, Wild Tales, Couple of Mysskin movies etc. . As an average viewer who would be so engrossed in this well-paced thriller, you wouldn't be thinking this as a plagiarized piece, but would surely connect the dots once you see this revelation at the end and subsequently the premises of movie inspired from the same.

Sathya, a honest but timid cop with a dark past accidentally loses his service pistol which was loaded with eight bullets. Before he could retrieve the pistol, it makes its way into the black market and gets sold off to a man named Moorthy, who uses it for a bank robbery. While Sathya desperately searches for his pistol, a series of murders start to happen by the same pistol. Rest of the movie is all about the twists, turns and narrations which culminates into a bloody emotional climax, largely unconventional for the supposedly thriller mould of this movie.

The movie would be remembered for M.S.Bhaskar, essentially reminisced for his on and off comedy roles , who gives an enactment of his lifetime as the antagonist/protagonist , the biggest beauty of the film which doesn't try to fit the characters into preconceived shells of virtue or vice. A good Tamil movie to watch after Dhruvangal 16, 8 Tottakal deserves serious appreciation for combining thriller and emotional elements most convincingly, the only bleak points being the under emoting lead actor Vetri and a couple of love songs squeezed in between at the most bizarre junctures.