Meagamann

An intense thriller that sheds light on the deadly cold war between powerful drug cartels and the police. We have seen such gangster vs cop thrillers in Tamil cinema before but this movie takes the genre a few notches up though the movie execution is quite similar to the 2003 "Khakka Khakka" acted by Surya. This plays more like a Hollywood cold war spy thriller in Tamil

Meaghamann takes a while to pick up, with the director taking his time to introduce the dozen or more major characters. But once we get the background info on the various gangs, cops and the moles on either side, we are drawn into the plot, which is intricately woven and manages to keep us on the edge of our seats. The pre-interval portions, especially, are quite tense and intense Firstly this movie does not have much songs and any intro songs, hard hitting music to introduce ajith, vijay or any popular heroes to establish the characters, it just goes right into them without wasting time on unnecessary distractive introductions or comedy scenes . The director Maghil Thirumeni have previously directed the ultra dark crime noir movie "Thadayara Thakka" but in this movie has avoided direct gruesome or violence scenes but concentrated more on thrilling the audiences with mindbending wits and shrewdness. The killing of a police officer after being discovered is mentally gruesome scene which lets u imagine the aftermath rather than show it all .We can see the director;s touch for such scenes from Thadayara Thakka A few loopholes in the movie which are barely noticeable But, Maghilzh Thirumeni has a flair for staging tense sequences as proved in his previous film, Thadayara Thaaka, this too, has some solid nail-biting moments) and that helps us look over the flaws. An definite upcoming director soon the join the ranks of Gautham menon

Do not go in expecting chartbuster songs as the songs are pretty non existent in this movie

THe art direction and camera-work is top notch and apt for the film. the only lacking aspect is the background score which seems to be minimal.But overall adds on the tense mood throughout the film. overall the director carries the crime noir from his previous movie into this one albeit slightly differently . Highly recommended .

Saw the same scorpion sign on the bags like kaithi and Vikram. Added it to my watchlist just for the genre.

The good : No messing around approach by the director thus bringing in relevance to the plot in the first scene itself. Some brave camera angles and brilliant use of low light. Arya stays loyal to his role and definitely does justice to a well written character. Brilliant supporting cast all through. Tight and engaging storyline till the end that runs away from the cliche twists and turns in a plot. The chess reference at the end was top notch The bad : Hansika's screentime was absolutely not required and could have been used for an extended climax. Screenplay could have been much better where the rest of the characters also occupying some screentime. Chop and chop style edited fights are a bit of a let down. Some choreographed longer shot fights would have packed a punch and would have elevated the story.

Long diversion from the actual plot to hansika's overacting was the key letdown.

Overall a tight movie with some brilliant execution from every department.

Story and screenplay are gripping. Hero's role was modeled beautifully as an intelligent guy capable to handle any kind of situation.scenes with heroine might be considered calming down scenes in a intense movie, but they are OK. More of a thriller rather than family, commercial flick. It may not go well with Indian audience.Hats off to director in writing a good script and directing. Editing is below par, should have been better. background score is just OK for a thriller. A little bit fun element would have made it better. A must watch for all Tamil audience. better than most of the recent action movies. The scene before the interval and after the interval were awesome

First of all, a big thanks to the director for taking forward a subject in a slightly different perspective. Meagamann deals with drugs, police, undercover agent, faith, lose - all these has already been done and dusted in cinema. But this is actually a very good scripted movie which uses all these elements to its advantage. It is, though, let down a bit by its execution.

Pros: Arya is very much suitable for this role. He did justice to the role.

Screenplay is another plus as it grips the audience by throwing in something to hang on.

Dialogues - unlike traditional commercial movies, no unwanted lengthy dialogs are placed. Appreciable one.

Movie length is a big plus as it makes it more crispy.

Can be made better:

Hansika's role is almost unwanted and she is wasted in the movie.

Unwanted scenes that are targeted to bring out laugh in us but eventually fails in second half.

Editing is very good in certain parts but it lets down in certain key places.

Character importance is not given and their background is not explained well enough for the role to sink in.

Overall - a gripping enough action entertainer that will have a surprise ending! Worth for the money. Better than many commercial masala movies.

Worthy Watch movie, Nice acting and nice screen play, The movie starts with nice screen play were Arya is an under spread cop IPS officer who jointly work with rowdies for many years and look for correct time to catch all the rowdies and head, while he hunt down the source inside his group to discover numerous secrets.

Movie begins right from the first scene and goes in an unfaltering pace till the end. no much comedies and no much punch dialogs.

Heroine has no role in this movie.

Over ALL Good........

Rajiv