Panchatanthiram

(Telugu) Kamalhassan has sadly fallen into a groove. One hit followed by many dud. Thankfully, this is a hit. Kamal and four friends find themselves in non-stop crazy situations that will make viewers ROFL. To top it, these four friends speak different languages. have crazier families. A misunderstanding drives a wedge between Kamal and wife. This itself will have you laughing all the way. The four friends try helping out but get entangled in a murder.

The rest you have to see for yourself. Keep your eyes open (or don't) for a small but sexy role by Ramya Krishnan. The star of this movie is the unseen writer(s) and the story and dialogues.

Panchatanthiram (2002) : Brief Review -

A creative and concrete bridge between Classic Hollywood Comedy 'Arsenic And Old Lace' and Hilarious Tamill Comedy 'Charlie Chaplin' with Hysterical gags. I wanted to use different tagline in regular format and keep this spoilers stuff in the middle but then i thought how many people have actually seen those films. So, they won't find a link between those two films and cannot predict the story. Let me elaborate a little, first, Frank Capra's popular 'Arsenic And Old Lace' (1944). A hysterical comedy revolves around a dead body and the protagonist tries to hide it from every visitor of the house. Second is, 'Charlie Chaplin' (2002), a hysterical Tamil Comedy which has been remade in other industries. It tells a hilarious story of a husband's misunderstood affair with a call girl. KS Ravikumar's Panchatanthiram mixes these two storylines to offer a non-stop laugh riot. Kamal Haasan plays Ram, a Playboy yet a loyal husband who goes on tricking to hide a dead body first and then his non-existent affair from his possesive wife who have always found him guilty by mistake. It creates a mad chaos and similar cover-up but then brings more unexpected twists in the second half. While doing so, it does not forget to fulfill the basic demand which is, providing situational gags. Kamal Haasan is fantastic as Ram in every situation and it's full of variations despite having a single baring throughout. His English accent, misleading facts and that climax speech when he speaks in multiple languages everything is so freaking amazing. The cast is huge and everyone does provide little little from their sides to cook a sweet dish for family audience. Ravikumar's direction is absolutely flawless. You know, in this genre many director commit mistakes while gambling with the characters and creating confusion though unrealistic situations but Ravikumar had enough sense to realise that the confusion has to be interim otherwise it becomes a loop. So, overall, a Fancy Classic.

RATING - 8/10*

By - #samthebestest.

the movie is indeed funny and believable too. i would say very good performance from kamal hassan, jay ram (malayalee guy), ramesh aravind (kanada guy), seeman (telugu guy) , urvasi (malayallee guy's wife) and sim ran. the movie starts with flight high jack and how the captain (hero of this film) with heroine saves the flight. even the marriage scenes are pretty funny. where ram( kamal hassan) is caught kissing another girl( his previous girl friend). deva yani though a short role did well in the role of a girl who wants to commit suicide as she is heart wrecked. ram goes to a hotel to save her and in turn mistaken by his wife as he is her lover. Normally a serious scene but handled in a pretty funny way. later how his friends try to encourage him what are the consequences they face is the movie all about.

the movie is equally funny in tamil and telugu . very well translated.

This movie is my stress buster , credits goto legend dialogue writer crazy mohan,always crazy mohan and kamal combo is blockbuster.

There were many co-stars in the movie but kamal hassan just scored it was a complete comedy entertainer.