Sathuranga Vettai (2014) :
Brief Review -
"Learn from the poor, earn from the rich." I'd be poor then. Too much con can be so much fun. Sathuranga Vettai is not your regular con drama because the protagonist goes through several transitions in the film. In his childhood, he is robbed, humiliated, and left with no mercy. Therefore, he decides to become rich. "If you live rightly, you'll get heaven after death. But being bad, you get heaven before death." Quote this line as motivation for the money hungry people who believe that money is the ultimate truth in this world. The film raises a big question: Is money really everything? The protagonist gets the answer in the second last frame, coming from the top view, showing the master class of a cinematographer and director. The same happens in the last frame after he shows his clean hands to his wife, and the camera again takes it from the top. The film is about a man who can con anyone at any time and has hundreds of ideas to fool people. Of course, he was entitled to get caught by the police and also get involved with bad people. As he taught everyone about being the master for others, his proteges betrayed him as a result of following his own teachings. Now, he must team up with baddies to earn money, but will he get to live? He gets another chance in life, but then the past comes back to haunt him and spoil his new life. SV's screenplay is the winner here. It keeps you hooked for two and a half hours. It's an interesting script, for sure, even though it had that defaming humanity value calling you in again and again. At the end, humanity wins and money loses. It had to happen; otherwise, the film would have been meaningless. Vinoth's smartness as a director is indeed commendable because he believed in an unapologetic theme and still brought apologetic elements in the end. The performances are good, but I'd give more credit to those crisp dialogues. Overall, a fantastic con drama. Watch it.
RATING - 7/10*
By - #samthebestest.
