Thadam

Genre: Suspense crime thriller

No spoiler alerts Premise: In a murder case, police arrests civil engineer Ezhil (Arun Vijay) based on a photograph evidence. Twist comes when his look alike Kavin (again Arun Vijay), a petty but intelligent criminal, is also arrested. This makes the case stand still as there's no strong evidence against them and they don't have strong alibis. Who's the real culprit? Why do they look alike and why was the murder committed forms the plot What worked well? 1. Tight, screenplay and sharp editing: Screenplay has no loopholes- No unwanted songs, no lengthy romance sequence, no heroism, no unnecessary comedy (barring first few mins), no guns or gadgets. The director has stuck to basic discipline i.e. screenplay and story. Simply brilliant!!! 2. Twists and turns in the movie creates an interest and you will be glued to screen. None of them are unrealistic or predictable!!! 3. Performances: It made me wonder this is an usual run of the mill story when twins looked exactly the same but you will realize it's the actual strength in the movie and much warranted. Arun Vijay is the soul of the movie and he has fully used the opportunity and is at his best!!!! 4. Director: His earlier venture with Arun Vijay was a good one and his last venture was in the lines of Departed. Both didn't get it's due recognition. It's the best among his works!!!! (Trivia: Director gave voice for Anurag Kashyap in Imaikka Nodigal) 5. It's based on real events and they quote real life judgements at the end of the movie

What didn't work well? 1. BGM was good in parts but still could have been better. 2. There are some loophole and clues behind the suspense - trust me audiences won't even be able to think till the end of the movie

I hope audience appreciate this movie given Arun Vijay is popular now. Every chance of being remade in other language if it gets due recognition

Overall, a highly entertaining classic, taut , mindblowing and outstanding suspense thriller. Must watch and Not to be missed!!!!

I never seen like thos murder mystery movie in tamil cinema. A movie story is a identical twins arrested as suspects for murder.but police got a challenge who is the one culprit but police face many struggles to prove one of them... Director made awesome movie with arun vijay...i like to watch same type of movies from him..

The narration and the thought process of the director is so unique and intriguing. The movie keeps up on the edge even though we are able to guess certain elements in the screenplay. The songs were surprisingly quite fresh and added another dimension of emotion to the plot. On the whole Magizh Thirumeni never disappoints.

Complete credit goes to the director and Arun viajy.

I pray that Arun Vijay should choose stories like this in future since he is still struggling to get a good hold in tamil cinema.

his acting in this movie shows how talented he is, People never miss this movie thats all i can say :) enjoy

A well-written & well-executed crime thriller. After a long time, witnessed one of the most unexpected suspense breaking climax. Although there were few flaws in the movie and the songs & music didn't play much, it still kept me engaged throughout the movie. Nicely performed by almost everybody. In a movie like this, it would've been better if there no songs and music was only played as BGM, which might've made the movie more crispier.