Kuttram 23

From the title card the director get into the story very intensively. The title card gave an insight to the audience what is movie about. From the screenplay part director had done justice by bringing the same enthusiasm and thriller we get while reading that novel.

The drawback of the movie is the love portions of the movie which comes in first half ...and some of the comedy dialogues pulls back the audience thrilling moment.

Arun vi-jay has given his 100 percent effort to the movie which reflects in every scene from his physic and body language...but the only thing is he should have gone with a neat clear cut police hair cut. to sum up all...really a worth a watch movie...Director balanced the entertainment and the awareness he gave from the movie.

Kuttram 23 (2017):

Kollywood movies had brought some interesting investigative thrillers in recent times like Dhuruvangal Pathinaaru,Thani Oruvan etc.Kuttram 23 is such an interesting crime thriller starring Arun Vijay in lead role.So how is it?

Plot:

Vetrimaaran IPS (Arun Vijay) is a young and dedicated cop posted as the Assistant Commissioner of Police in Chennai, where he lives with his parents and his brother. A seemingly innocuous case of a missing woman he is assigned to, evolves to become a double murder case. Though the investigation leads him to meet his soulmate, the case gets murkier by the day. The situation get out of hand when his own family gets embroiled in the mix and he is pushed against time to decode the mystery.

Plus Points:

1)Story,Screenplay and Direction: Even though the plot resembles Tamil-Telugu bilingual thriller Courier Boy Kalyan which also involves mystery surrounding pregnancy,this movie is more interesting and more stylish.It is both intelligent and exciting, skillfully directed by Arivazhagan.Climax twist is brilliant and totally unexpected.Slick screenplay helped the movie in maintaining a consistent pace.

2)Performances: Kuttram 23 is an ensemble cast of enthusiastic actors who deliver sparkling performances. Arun Vijay plays Vetrimaaran with a mixture of eagerness and trepidation and he is in top form. His shredded physique, sharp look, and classy mannerisms perfectly suits the stylish upright cop. Not just good looks, the way the actor emotes and perform combat action sequences with great élan is sure to take him to the next level.Mahima looks cute and brings believability to her character.Abhinaya gave a stellar performance too.

3)BGM: Vishal Chandrasekar too deserves a praise for his pulsating background score and special mention to the Thodu Vaanam track, which establishes a strong emotional connect.

So,Kuttram 23 is an interesting investigative thriller with brilliant plot,racy screenplay and flawless performances.

My rating 7.25/10

Female murders, wonders of medical science, and a police officer combines to form this very likeable movie.

It has a great premise with good direction, though the climax was rather average. There is plenty of suspense in the first half, but in the second half, it gets predictable. The only disappointing part is that the movie tries to force-feed its core message instead of being subtle.

The biggest asset of Kuttram 23 is Arun Vijay,who stole the show with his career best performance that's sure to concrete his position as a bankable lead hero in Kollywood.The way he underplayed the role of a cop invested on him with his stylish looks and realistic dialogue delivery made the small flaws in the narrative immaterial as far as a satisfactory movie experience is concerned.

The storyline based upon a crime novel by Rajesh Kumar was handled well by director Arivazhagan who succeeded in creating a convincing cinematic version of the investigative thriller based upon few medical crimes,a topic that hasn't been discussed much in Kollywood.Bhaskaran's frames deserve a special mention for giving a slick look to the movie.

The action sequences were choreographed very well particularly the fight towards the climax of the movie.Vishal Chandrasekher's musical score was adequate.On the negative side the,climax of the movie felt rushed and the way the mystery was unfolded wasn't impactful as one would expect it to be.The message that the movie tried to convey was half-baked.

Overall,Kuttram 23 is a satisfactory medical thriller that has enough substance to qualify for a watch from the silverscreens !

Kuttram 23, a different script than a usual story being handled by the director, and good casting done by arun vijay,mahima nambiar, movie starts with a good thrill right from the beginning of movie , the instant flash back scenes during the first half was a good move by director, good suspense till the intermission, later on the some scenes were predicable in the second half , Rerecording is good , with some OK songs,the focal length of camera could at mid level than at close up views at fight scenes, the final dialogue about orphans was really good at the end of movie, worth watching to now the meaning of 23 in its movies name.