Ponmagal Vandhal

Comes across clearly as a tip of the hat to raising awareness to the rape, sex trafficking and child molestation epidemic in the world and India. But does not quite make it as great cinema that one would pay for to go to the theatre more like a TV serial docudrama that is over dramatized. Compare with Kamal's awesome Papanasam and you will feel the difference between good cinema and a good TV docudrama

But .... worth a look and gets the job done, though it lacks the chokehold of a gripping genre thriller

This is one of the usual movies with not much surprises or twist in the story. There should be a fierce debate in courtroom scenes which was totally missing in this movie. Lots of loopholes. Good time pass to watch from home if you have a lot of patience and keep your expectations very low. Jyotika is trying to replicate Nayantara's success streak who had some good movies like Imaikka Nodigal, Aram etc but she chose good subjects (those which i mentioned) but we see a lot of movies from Jyotika that are not up to the par/expectations of the viewers. She needs to improve on her story selection or whomever is advising her to take these kinds of movies

Go for it, this types of movies needed for the viewers!

Very average story for a thriller or a drama. Casting was like a list of invitees for a wedding. Trying to follow the formula of Manithan, the courthouse scenes were atrocious! Very artificial and seeing Jyothika and Parthiepan conversing in the courthouse - honest feeling was tamil tv serials felt better sometimes. Only positive is the message about kid safety awareness.

Movie turned down to be a good one with superb first half and decent second half the treatment to the screenplay could have been better the court room drama could have been better because the main pulse is missing