"An angry young toughie taking on a bunch of hooligans all alone and craving to restore peace" is by no means a novel story line for Tamil cinema. Though hugely inspired from gangster flicks like 'Polladhavan', other than the violence, gore and action, there was some twists and turns along the way which made this flick a racy affair. Director Magizh Thirumeni, who made some low decibel noise with his rom-com 'Mundhinam Paarthaney' a couple of years back has made a decent comeback with 'Thadaiyara Thaakka', an action packed flick with Arun Vijay and Mamta Mohandas playing the lead.

Arun Vijay, a taxi operator, dreams of making it big in his business and is a favorite among his 'crude' gang of friends. His love interest is the chirpy Mamta Mohandas. They are about to get married and Arun Vijay is about to lead a picture-perfect life. At this juncture, due to circumstantial compulsions, he gets entangled in a don's murder and the don's brother swears to take revenge. The love birds are on the run for the rest of the movie. Actual killer of the don and our hero's retaliation with his 'one-man show' forms the rest of the story. The suspense element was well guarded throughout the narration and thus the consequent twist towards the climax etched out well.

Arun Vijay's role as the boy next door in the first half and as an action hero in the latter is a role that is something which has been rehashed over and again. He is certainly capable of handling more mature roles and has to start experimenting rather than getting stuck on the same league that offer nothing more than a minimum guarantee. Mamta Mohandas on the other hand was refreshing and the chemistry between the lead pair is worth a mention as it was well laced with the narration.

The dons were menacing and more than a number of scenes have been forcefully thrust to establish their credibility as the 'bad guys', though certain scenes have gone over-board and tested one's tolerance threshold.

Rakul Preet Singh debuts in a pivotal role and has an eye-candy appearance. The other supporting cast including the friends of Arun Vijay and also the parents of the lead pair have been carefully chosen to add to the freshness and the raw appeal of the movie.

What worked largely in favor of the movie was its racy nature, keeping it under 2 hours and 10 minutes, the editor duo of Praveen and Srikanth need a pat on their back.

A yet another let down from Thaman from the music department, as not even a single number soothed our eardrums, even though one of them manged to catch the eyes with some crafty cinematography by Sukumar.

The all-important role was of the stunt master 'Anal Arasu' who has been kept busy throughout, as there were way too many fights with sickle and knives and some of the action sequences were made to look believable and garnered applause as well.

On the downside, the movie had a lot of blood shed, violence and abuse against women, justifying the 'A' certificate that it carried from the censors.

The movie can be watched once for its racy appeal and twist, though it cannot be termed as a 'must watch'.

Verdict: Worth a watch, but not a must-watch!

Rating: 2.5/5