Perusu

Perusu absolutely delivers as a funeral comedy, with every cast member trying their best to make us laugh. It has some middling stretches too, but as a film, it succeeded in cracking the rather difficult genre of crude humour. Writer-director Ilango Ramanathan deserves a lot of credit for pulling this off, primarily since most of the hilarity revolves around a single aspect. Beyond the initially funny reactions, it could've easily turned into a dull drama but the screenplay keeps churning out situational humour in spades, with all characters carrying both a quirky and an emotional side. The emotional angle doesn't necessarily land the intended way, yet it isn't something I was overly bothered by, given how the plot and the performances succeeded in their one big task.

"Perusu" kicks off with a delightful burst of humor, delivering laugh-out-loud moments throughout its first half. The film sets a strong comedic tone early on, making for an engaging watch. Had the second half maintained the same momentum, it could have easily ranked among the year's top entertainers. Dark comedy is a challenging genre to execute, but this film navigates it with commendable finesse, ensuring the humor remains sharp yet thoughtful.

Adding to its strength, every actor embodies their character with maximum precision, bringing depth and authenticity to each role. The characters are well-defined, making their performances even more compelling and memorable.

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Halasyam is an popular elderly man in the village and when he dies of natural causes, his elderly son finds him with a hard on problem. Along with his younger brother, he tries to covering this issue which is standing tall. However, they find it difficult to hide it from a nosy neighbor as well as an auto rickshaw driver. How does the whole family tries their best to cover up the embarrassing situation until the funeral, forms rest of the story.

The simple plot could have been a short film at best is dragged into feature length film and it gets evident in the initial 15mins itself as the jokes started getting repetitive and stretched. The performances especially by Sunil Reddy as the elderly son, tried to carry the jokes but the writing allows him only such much to work with. It's an unique concept and the attempt is to create genuine laughs but stretching this into a 2hr film is where the writers falter despite it being a remake. This is mainly due to the supporting characters being reduced to caricatures and they remain as predictable as they could get. Even the one liners fall flat and the half hearted attempt at l comedy with post-martem being responded to as post master-ah, doesn't help much to the proceedings.

I agree it does seem a little stretched out but the comedy got me and the story is nothing like we have seen in Tamil cinema before. Of course maybe some scenes are a bit meh. But when the story suddenly shifts for lightheartedness to seriousness and sorrow and back in some parts it hits hard and illango has done it right. Definitely should give it a watch even though it may not be your type of film. It's a unique story and the acting was perfect for this kind of film. As someone who enjoys comedy and this lighthearted character and scenarios this was quite good and with anyone who enjoys comedy I would definitely recommend.

The movie is simply the best and couldn't stop laughing. The portrayals of the characters, depiction of change in the emotions, desperation and realism are at the best in this movie.

You cannot predict what will be the next action each character takes. And the aftermaths of these actions are just hilarious and makes you think what will you do if you were in their place.

I don't know whether this movie is inspired from other life's story or not. If it was, I would like to interview them and ask their version of story. Because, the story of the movie is out of box and I am sure the writers and the production team might have their own equal share of laughter too while making this movie.