Kurangu Bommai

Fans of the recent blockbuster Maharaja, this one's from the same director (Hard to believe he's only two films old and has come up with screenplay masterclass in his very 2nd film, but Kurangu Bommai is where you see him trying out this approach in a thriller that's very underrated.

Crime thriller fans, this should totally be on your list. You'll feel that it's slightly dated, which it is, came out a while back but that's likely going to be because you've watched similar content since this one released. For a 2017 movie, this is definitely brilliant and you can see shades of Maharaja in here.

It all started when Sundaram(Bharathiraja),an old-aged loyal man of Ekambaram,a local Don carried something of value form Thanjavur to Chennai.'Kurangu Bommai' is a non-linear representation of all the incidents that happened before his travel to Chennai and after. Kathir(Vidharth),Sundaram's son who is a taxi driver got mixed up in events that follow unknowingly.He was joined by an ambitious local thief who was exploring easy ways to become rich.The movie then follows bloodshed and later became a revenge thriller.



Most of the people try to survive their life by toiling hard each day.While,there are some who awaits their one shot of their life.But Karma becomes a bitch a times and waits for them.'Kurangu Bommai' takes a turn at one point of time and towards the end it became a perfect revenge thriller.The legendary director Bharathiraja was a perfect for the role of Sundaram.,One would remember his sharp narrations during most of his movies.But here,he enacted Sundaram according to requirements of the role.One would feel sympathy on his character,especially when he narrated his story on how he joined Ekambaram.Vidarth is a specialist in these type of roles.Especially his role Kathir was quite similar to that of 'Kuttrame Dhandanai'.The movie was unpredictable at times and later with the non-linear narration,lots of mysterious flavors were added and when the dots were connected it took a fast paced turn to end as revenge thriller.

Finalizando:'Kurangu Bommai' is a flawlessly designed revenge thriller which will hook up the viewers to their seats for the thrilling experience!!

I expected this to be a typical gunda/smuggling movie but was grossly mistaken. An engaging thriller, with edge of the seat moments made an interesting watch.

I have always held a good opinion about Vidharth. Having watched Myna and Kutrame thandanai, I view him as an underrated actor with potential. In 'Kurangu Bommai' he fits into the character to a tee.

The movie boasts of excellent screenplay. I can feel the expertise of a short film director throughout, which allures the cinematic viewing pleasure. A well-made short film gets the message straight with crisp technical work, avoiding dragging the plot with unnecessary bgm and songs. It felt good to watch such an intellectual film after a long time.

A good lot of acting has been cast, with no underperformers. Each character has been given adequate weightage and screen time which is complimentary. Actor Elangovan of Abiyum Naanum fame has taken a new avatar, and has squeezed in all his acting skills. No character surpasses any other in terms of performance, even veteran yesteryear master director Bharathiraja has put up a humble show, which is appealing and touching. A big hats off to the team!

What a great movie . I wont say worth the money. Its worth the time. Hats Off!!!

Movies like these only make Tamil film industry alive. A low budget film without any pomp or extravaganza. But the performance by the all the actors in the movie is strong and realistic. Actually they lived as the characters, devoid of being cinematic. This movie starts like some other movies of the same genre like Moodar Koodam. Only few people can guess the real plot. The twist comes near the end of the movie and it's really shocking as well as disturbing. But this movie glaringly reflects the grim reality of people's extreme greediness which forces them to extreme, unimaginable situations. A real gem that would have buried unnoticed but for the positive reviews by fellow movie fans. Praises to those who had rated this movie positively.