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| NAANAYAM
MOVIE REVIEW |
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| Review
by : Behindwoods review board |
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Starring:
: Sibiraj, Prasanna, SP Balasubramaniam,
Ramya Raj.
Direction:
Sakthi S Rajan
Music:
James Vasanthan
Production:
Capital Films |
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A
corrupt bank official sets a
trap to get even with his blackmailer
who in turn is so smart that
he saves sensitive documents
in the same bank the official
is employed in. Naanayam’s
premise provides enough scope
for an edge-of-the-seat experience.
The script employs countless
twists and turns, although only
a few of them really work –
before which the damage of ruining
it is already done.
On the other hand, stripped
bare of its regionalization,
Naanayam also feels like inspired
from a vaguely familiar Hollywood
movie although there’s
no evidence to call it a Dead
Ringer. We won’t be surprised
if it’s one. After all,
Hollywood is ridden with movies
on bank robbery – and
many of them clever and convincing.
SPB is the CEO of the Trust
Bank, who gets into a complicated
trouble and seeks Prasanna’s
help to get out of the situation
who in his mission to help SPB,
gets embroiled in a deeper quagmire.
How the duo gets out of the
mess forms the rest of Naanayam.
SPB’s role is the central
plot character of the movie
and Prasanna’s role in
the latter half contributes
to the missing ‘Naanayam’
part of it. Prasanna’s
role, as the virtuous |
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young man, is hardly new turf for him and
the fact that he’s convincing isn’t
at all surprising. Alternatively, Sibiraj’s
role offers him very little; only that it’s
different from his usual routine of lead
roles.
Some of the movie’s escape tricks
are very lame – for instance Ramya
does a mix of pole-dance-cum-disco to evade
the laser beams that protect the bank’s
lockers. You simply wonder: whoever came
up with that idea!!!
James Vasanthan’s songs are just about
so-so and have no say in the movie’s
progress. Thaman’s background score,
however, peps up the scenes and provides
it the required perkiness. Editing effects
baffle the viewer in the name of novelty
and appear more of an obstacle than helping
with the movie’s flow.
In retrospect, despite all the odds, there’s
one thing strikingly honest about the movie:
its title. It doesn’t seem to be born
out of the urge to appease the taxmen with
Tamil titles, but serves as an ironic reminder
of what is not present in the movie.
Verdict:
Morally bankrupt!
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