Kanimozhi - Review (Sify)
Kanimozhi has tremendous title value, especially in the current political scenario. The film is basically a love story with an overdose of emotions, and yes, the characters have handled the scenes quite skillfully.
Rajesh (Jai) is an average middle class guy, his mothers pet, darling of his friends and added to that he takes everything in life in a positive manner. He has a fetish for writing diary and most of time; he takes a different route by scribing things that go wrong in his day-to-day life by giving it a happy ending.
He is smitten by a beautiful girl (Shazahn) (whose name he doesn’t know till the end) and starts believing that she likes him the same manner in which he does. After a series of incidents and scenes stitched together, he decides to express his love to her but what happens? This is the twist and what happens to our hero and how takes this forms the story.
Debutant Sripathy Rangasamy directs this wafer-thin-story with an easy hand, allowing the actors enough room to interpret their characters, but it's the writing here that's mundane. Most scenes lack the energy that was required to elevate this film into a different level, that it was intended to be. What you get is a promising but sadly tiresome film that feels too long even though it's less than two hours (115 minutes) in running time.
On the downside, the other-wise interesting premise is presented in an amateurish manner with hardly any cinematic touches. There are more problems in the film's second half but the climax makes up for it as the hero’s positive attitude in life comes across in a cute manner and you leave the theatre with a smile on your face.
Of the cast, Jai who is there is every frame of the film is endearingly likable and has come out with a natural performance, while the same cannot be said about Shazahn. She looks pretty and has been photographed well but could have invested more energy and emotion to her character as she has the same expression throughout.
Swathi of Subramaniapuram fame who comes in just one scene in the climax scores. The supporting cast mostly newcomers has all done their best. Music by Sathish Chakravarthy are just about ok but come as speed breakers.
Few filmmakers stick their necks out to tell difficult and different stories in these days of Made in Madurai films and mindless mass entertainers. For their intentions alone, the makers of Kanimozhi deserve a thumbs-up.
Kanimozhi - Review (OneIndia)
Considering that it was named Kanimozhi, many were under the impression that the film would have some relation to today’s political condition in Tamil Nadu. Fortunately or unfortunately, it does not. On the contrary, it is an age old love story with an overdose of philosophical twists. Both the screenplay and the story of the Tamil flick has failed to impress. But we must say that Sripathy Rangasamy had done a good job considering that this is his debut venture. At least, he has handled the lead characters well giving them individual spaces, albeit very few, to showcase their acting skills, but the actors refuse to make use of it to deliver a very lacklustring performance.
The story centers on a middle class boy Rajesh (played by Jai), who falls in love with a girl (played by Shazahn Padamsee). The strange thing is he never makes an attempt to know the name of his love interest till the end of the film! However, this boy believes that everything in life delivers positive results and hence the girl loves him too. It is when he decides to express his love that everything in his life changes. Will it change for good or for bad is something that you will have to visit theaters to know!
Even in this extremely poor storyline, Jai puts up an average performance as Rajesh. But lead actress Shahzahn Padamsee is an utter disappointment. She manages to look good but puts on only a single expression throughout the movie. The only good part of Kanimozhi is its running time. With less than two hours of screen time, it means less torture for viewers of the Tamil flick.
The story centers on a middle class boy Rajesh (played by Jai), who falls in love with a girl (played by Shazahn Padamsee). The strange thing is he never makes an attempt to know the name of his love interest till the end of the film! However, this boy believes that everything in life delivers positive results and hence the girl loves him too. It is when he decides to express his love that everything in his life changes. Will it change for good or for bad is something that you will have to visit theaters to know!
Even in this extremely poor storyline, Jai puts up an average performance as Rajesh. But lead actress Shahzahn Padamsee is an utter disappointment. She manages to look good but puts on only a single expression throughout the movie. The only good part of Kanimozhi is its running time. With less than two hours of screen time, it means less torture for viewers of the Tamil flick.
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