Sindhubaadh

So the sense of humor here is pretty good. "Sindubaadh" because it's a "doing a sin to be this baadh." But you still gotta watch it, because how else would you know that?

When this dawned on me, I laughed. Out loud. A lot. I emailed my brother to tell him, because we always get a kick out of cleverness. He asked, "So I see it or not?" I said, "You have to see it so you can find out for yourself." So he said, yeah and I said yeah. . .

A couple days later, which is today, he got hold of me to say, "Bro, you nailed it with your breakdown of the name. Couldn't be bothered to finish it, even. This movie would be good if they paid us to watch it, which is not as bad as that sounds because there are lots of movies that they couldn't pay me to watch."

Mostly Vijay Sethupathi and his real son shown throughout the movie, the movie tries to keep us engaged but fails to do so. The characterization and the artists' performances were nice and the way women trafficking was showcased was also good enough but it failed to keep us engaged throughout. Thirumalai Murugan kovil near Thenkasi/Courtallam was shown nicely in the aerial view.

First half dragged on for quite a bit,and would have been better without songs. Romance between Vijay Sethupathi and Anjali was passable but the chemistry between them wasn't that great. Surya Sethupathi put in a good performance as Vijay Sethupathi's sidekick. He didn't seem awkward or lost in any of the scenes and deserves praise,as this is his first movie as an actor. The story picks up pace only in the second half. We are taken on an adventure to Thailand and Cambodia where a sinister syndicate operates a human trafficking ring. It is indeed shocking that cosmetic surgery involving skin grafting has a sinister side to it. All in all, the movie is watchable especially the second half. There are some stunt acts that are hair raising.

Storyline of the movie was good, but screenplay could have been little bit better, some of the twists and turns in the movie were unpredictable, which was the big plus for the movie. There were lots of violence and romance scenes in the movie, which if they had curtailed, could have been watchable with family. Acting of Vijay Sethupathi's son was really good, considering the fact that he had no prior experience!

One would presume this is a Vijaysethupathi movie so it will be good. Sorry wrong that's not the case here. Nothing new, movie drags on, screenplay and editing is very poor. Because the story does not have any substance or density. The one takeaway message is don't be fooled by getting foreign overseas jobs, more on blue collar, labour oriented jobs and end up in a new country, and becoming a slave. Become a human trafficking victim. Especially the women folks. If you have nothing to do, watch it.