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| Pattalam
- Movie Review |
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| Review
by : Behindwoods review board |
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Starring:
Nadiya,
Arun, Kiruba, Sathya, Balaji,
Vikas, Suresh, Hari, Vignesh,
Guru, Irfan
Direction:
Rohan Krishna
Music:
Jassie Gift
Production:
Tirupathi Brothers |
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Debutant
director Rohan Krishna forays
into silver screen after his
successful stint in television
as a director in teleserial
Kana Kaanum Kaalangal which
was a big hit with school going
kids. Unfortunately his magic
does not seem to work in Pattalam,
produced and distributed by
Lingusamy for Tirupathi Brothers.
The film is about two groups
of four adolescents in a school,
their characteristic and typical
clashes, attractions |
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and vibrant bonhomie. Nadiya is their Correspondent
cum Psychologist who disciplines them in
her own way amidst much flak. There is no
story as such and it is evident that Rohan
Krishna has relied on Nadiya a lot.
Although the central knot of lending a long
rope to youngsters for grooming them in
the right direction is something zeitgeistical,
the treatment sags and is short of verve.
Characterization of Nadiya lacks strength
in certain places when she is blind to the
youngster’s follies and lets them
go scot-free. Her explanation on this seems
to be the normality of their misdemeanors
as adolescents. OK. But does she take any
remedial measures to correct them? No, poor
children find their own way to mend themselves.
In an interschool competition, Nadiya’s
school loses pathetically and the principal
of another school attributes the failure
to Nadiya’s lenience. Nadiya’s
outburst on hearing this works wonders with
the youngsters who bring home the coveted
success. Some of her arguments in favor
of adolescents are sensible. Rohan also
tries to pep Pattalam with few love angles
interspersed.
Performance wise, Nadiya has done her part
well. Among the eight students, Irfan, Hari
and Balaji are from Kana Kaanum Kaalangal
team.
As regards technicians, they appear to have
had an easy ride not taking the film too
seriously at all. Music by Jassie Gift of
‘Four the people’ fame does
not help the film. In the climax, the song
that Irfan sings brings in a little excitement.
Verdict:
Exam written unprepared!
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