Actor Vishnu who's one of the decent performers of the current young batch of Tamizh cinema made a good debut in Vennila Kabadi Kuzhu and also showed he's quite good adapting to comedy in Bale Pandiya. In Kullanari Koottam, he has joined hands with a débutante Sri Balaji who happens to be an assistant of Suseendran in Vennila Kabadi Kuzhu. Almost all of the cast who made an appearance in Vennila Kabadi Kuzhu has a role to play in this movie as well. It had a decent trailer and promises to be a typical Tamizh cinema rom-com based in a Madurai milieu devoid of all the sickles and gang war elements.
Coming to the performance of the artistes involved in the film, the male lead Vishnu has dished out a decent performance but still he has a lot to improve in facial expressions and timing of his dialogues. He has the capacity to turn out into a decent actor. Meanwhile the female lead Ramya Nambeesan was the surprise packet as she took the best role of the film of a middle class orthodox girl. She has essayed her role finely. Besides this the variety of other characters including the hero's family, friends and the heroine's friend did a decent job. Suri and Appukutty as well as the heroine's roommate delivered the laughs with good one liners and comedy timing.
On the technical front, this movie has nothing much to boast about. Music by Selvaganesh of has the Vennila Kabadi Kuzhu hangover. Songs are hummable like the Vizhigalile and Aadugira Maattai tracks. Song picturization of the former was also neatly presented. Other than that no other department really stands out. Coming to the captain of the ship which is Sri Balaji in this case, has divided the film into 2 halves. First half belongs to Vishnu and Ramya throughout with all the sweet and lovely moments between lovers, typical of any rom-com. The second half takes a more serious tone, with majority of the scenes taking place in the police selection interview process. Although most of the characters are depicted as down to earth type, in the latter half they turn out to become the cunning foxes and hence the title. The problem is the script which wanders aimlessly in the second half after a pretty good first half. Kullanari Kootam had the potential to be an entertainer but the ends abruptly in a whimper. Sri Balaji should have made corrections in the second half to keep it more engrossing and entertaining.
Overall, this movie was a decent film with no item numbers, hardcore villains, loud and jarring music or double entendre dialogues. If only the director had polished the script, it would have been a real winner.
Rating: 2.5/5 STARS
BY:TAMIL
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