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| MATHIYA
CHENNAI MOVIE REVIEW |
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| Review
by : Behindwoods review board |
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Starring:
Jaivanth, Prakash Raj, Sangeetha,
Ramya, Mahadevan, Sanmugarajan,
Chalie, Ravi, Sindhu
Direction:
Vivekanand, Veerasingam
Music:
Ilayaraja
Production:
Raaptor Media Films |
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The
name Mathiya Chennai might evoke
a sense of revulsion but the
movie is not about repulsive
gangsters or gang wars. It’s
a rather plain story of love
and loss that treads the same
old path of love, vengeance,
guilt and other dramatic emotions.
Except for a few known faces
including a cameo by Prakash
Raj, the movie largely has debutants
in the lead with Jayvanth playing
the lead. The story is big enough
to be scribbled in a post-it
note. The protagonist earns
the ire of a gangster after
crossing roads with him but
merits the love of his daughter.
He goes on to make a movie with
the help of his daughter but
when it was ready for release,
the enraged father pulls out
all the stops to prevent it
from screening.
But in the process, he ends
up with blood in his hand. Repenting
for his act and seeking peace,
he goes back to the slum and
starts serving the poor who
he earlier treated like slaves.
Dramatic indeed.
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The movie heaves its way through the total
duration with no specific drive in the plot.
The screenplay is ridden with loopholes
and the strictly so-so performances do nothing
to improve the proceedings. Kanja Karuppu’s
comedy induces yawn than laughter.
Your surprise of spotting Ilayaraja’s
name in the opening credits remains just
that, a surprise. Neither the songs nor
the background score has any Ilayaraja stamp
on it, surprisingly. And if that’s
not enough, there’s another surprise
in the name of Karthik Raja, he’s
the cinematographer of the movie.
In a nutshell, the sorry state of Mathiya
Chennai’s screenplay and poor writing
is to be blamed for the output.
Verdict:
Run-on-the-mill fare!
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