 At a time when the directors and choreographers are foraying to acting, popular stunt master Kannal Kannan has tried his luck playing the lead role in 'Satrumun Kidaitha Thagaval'. It is a murder mystery which begins with promises only to end on predictable lines.
Seemingly inspired by some recent happenings, debutant director Bhuvanai Kannan has dished out a screenplay which unfortunately provokes a 'deja vu' feel. An amateur sequence of events which lacks cohesion mars the flow.
Kanal Kannan is not new to acting as he had played cameo in several films before. He sticks to his strength (doing acrobatic stunts). He jumps and leaps on screen.
'Ammuvagiya Naan’ Bharathi plays a pivotal role in the script. Khushboo as doctor is adequate for the role. She manages to leave her screen presence coming out with subtle emotions.
However, the real scene stealer in the show in K S Ravikumar, The acclaimed director plays a tough cop on investigation trail. He handles his role with elegance. He spits venom with his looks and handles the role with grit. The rest of the cast is however not familiar.
A sequence of murder takes place in the city and a cop (K S Ravikumar) steps in to investigate them. Meanwhile, Shiva (Kanal Kannan) comes out of a mental asylum. It is concluded that a lunatic is behind all these murders. Shiva manages to enter the house of a film director (Livingston). His wife (Bharathi) is all alone. She suspects him to be the mentally-challenged man on murder trail. Meanwhile, the police zeroes in on a psychiatrist doctor (Kushboo) to be responsible for the murder. In the court, she spills the beans that a young girl who had a disturbed childhood was indeed responsible for the deaths. Shiva eventually comes to know that it was none other than the film director's wife. What the noble-hearted Shiva does to bring her back to normal life forms the rest.
The movie had everything to become an engrossing tale. However, lack of an apt screenplay and events unfolding at a rapid pace stems the progress.
Produced by Airmedia network, the movie lacks clarity and ends up as a normal, routine and clichéd affair.
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