TVSK, directed by Sundar C and produced under his own (Khushboo’s) banner, has an inspired title from the political thriller ‘Pudhupettai’, where the lead (Dhanush) gets conned by a wicked politician (Azhagam Perumal) who says these lines in order to cool things off! After watching the movie, I realized that not only the title but also the storyline has been heavily inspired, thanks to the trendsetting blockbuster of the past decade, ‘Minsara Kanavu’. But Sundar C made sure that the laughter mantra was not compromised at any point and things rolled on smoothly.
Kumar (Siddharth) who pushes his luck really hard to find a girlfriend, resorts to a ‘love guru’, Mokia (Santhaanam) to woo his love interest Sanjana (Hansika). Kumar tastes success after overcoming the funny twists that come along his way and that which get dissolved by themselves only to have a cliched and happy ending.
The laughter mantra was bang on and the director had got his vision rooted for the target segment, the family audiences. However the selling point of the movie was once again Santhaanam and a neat presentation which had an appeal for the family audiences.
Siddharth was yet again cast in a boy-next-door character that demanded him to heavily underplay his role, especially once when Santhaanam pitches in, he was almost sidelined and Santhaanam took the center stage.
Hansika looked better with a trimmed figure which was sort of a makeover, but her acting was a mere rehash of all the emotions that she displayed from her previous movies. Calling herself as a ‘mini-khushboo’ cannot make her any better as Khushboo was a decent actor in her prime days as well.
Santhaanam can be declared as the captain of the ship and he smoothly sailed the ship across rough tides with poise.
Ganesh Venkatram in a supporting role walked tall. He had no qualms in giving a cue that he would be sidelined along the way for the hero to win the heroine’s heart.
‘Big FM’ Balaji in a quirky role was sort of a revelation and delivered the goods in his own style even though he had little canvas to unleash what he had.
The supporting cast can be compared to the menu of a traditional South Indian marriage where there were actors who can bring out emotions at varying levels.
Screenplay and dialogues by Nalan Kumarasamy, who directed the recent runaway hit ‘Soodhu Kavvum’ was refreshing and rehashed at the same time. The songs were however a dampener and brought in boredom.
Editing by Praveen and Srikanth was above average, but could have been crisper in the latter half.
Music by Sathya did not help the movie much.
Cinematography by Gopi Amarnath was somewhat eye catchy, especially the songs in the foreign locales.
The movie can be watched once for its feel good factor and comic presentation. On the whole, director Sundar did what he is good at - impress the family audiences and made them smile all the way!!
Verdict: One Time Watch!
Rating: 2.5/5
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