Atharvaa Murali took almost a year to make his comeback and his previous outing ‘Chandi Veeran’ wasn’t a hit actually. This time, he returns back with Bala as producer for this flick, directed by Sargunam. The film stars Anandhi of Kayal fame in female lead and director-actor Lal has performed an important character. Sabesh Murali have composed music for this film and here goes the review.
The film has a simple plot of Atharvaa returning back from Singapore to his native village. He has his close friend in the neighbouring village as well. He falls in love with a beautiful girl (Anandhi) who happens to be the daughter of a rich rice mill owner (Lal). Eventually this leads to a confrontation between them. Moreover, the water reservoir leased for seven years by Lal is used for various commercial purposes, which ruins the lives of the neighbouring village that is using this as their only source. This leads to the severe conflicts and how it ends in an amicable manner forms the crux of story.
Firstly, Sargunam has taken up a serious issue of water crisis. Although, we have seen Vijay’s Kaththi having the same issue, this one is completely native as it goes focussed towards the egoistic clashes. But it takes more time for the film to settle down and there could have been a better screenplay. The first half is wasted for humour and when we feel that second half is going to be more gripping, it leads somewhere with unwanted songs and sequences.
Atharvaa Murali is still webbed into the fever of ‘Paradesi’ and we can clearly sense this. Moreover, with the film turning to be of native background, it adds more intensity to this feeling. Anandhi had done a remarkable job in ‘Kayal’ and here she doesn’t have much to perform. It looks like has characterisation is completely laced with the similar traits of Oviya in Sargunam’s first outing ‘Kalavani’. Lal gives his best blending serious characterisation with an unexpected humorous shade in the last moments.
Musical score by Sabesh Murali is just okay. The songs could have been better and the background score is hyper here. Cinematography across some exotic native locales are worthy of appreciations.
On the whole, Chandi Veeran might cater to the tastes of rural audiences, but with a sluggish screenplay and vague treatment, this might not be the best from Sargunam who had offered some good movies in the past.
Verdict: Not an absolute entertainer