Por

Yuvaraj (played by Kalidas Jayaram) is a huge dumb jerk, begging to get knocked out by Prabhu (played by Arjun Das), a relatively mature drug addict (who is also a student) seeking redemption. In their rivalry, Gayathri (played by T. J. Bhanu) gets caught, who is a righteous young woman actively defeating nepotism in student politics.

Even Jimshi Khalid's aesthetic cinematography, Sanjith Hegde's soothing background music, and Bejoy Nambiar's excellent direction couldn't save the latter's awful screenplay, which is written for a web series rather than a theatrical film, by which I mean, it is a chore to sit through this never-ending childish war between Yuvaraj and Prabhu, who are constantly distracted by 'other' characters whose names are not even worth remembering.

Bejoy Nambiar, in his attempt to take a stance against ragging, and casteism ends up in turn glorifying them, with unnecessary hype, cool slow-mo shots, and dialogues that only a casteist could write. To conclude, 'Por' was a big NO for me in terms of story, but I did admire the crew's work. Also, Indian Express has given the film a one-out-of-five rating, which I don't disagree with.

Vetrrich Chelvan, NETFLIX130424.

The number of editing gimmicks in the film is inversely proportional to the amount of effort taken in writing its script. Jeez, can someone write Bejoy Nambiar a good script? The man half-arses his way through such shoddy writing with shots straight out of a music video, and for what it's worth, the music itself is pretty damn good. None of the characters (including the leads) register, none of the conflicts register. There are too many subplots, and too many attempts at messaging.

For 2h 30m, you're subjected to a bunch of random scenes stitched together without any connective tissue. Nambiar goes for a chapter-wise approach though there's nothing that segregates any of them. You have good-looking leads, you have great music, and you have vibrant visuals, but they don't count when the screenplay doesn't try building to anything substantial. I don't even want to comment on the climactic segment - it's just a bloated mess.

P. S. Bah Gawd.. is Sanchana Natarajan such a hottie!🔥