Vivek, is at complete ease as the silly and amusing CBCID officer, but sadly his jokes are outdated and barely makes us to chuckle. The lead pair Dhruv and Madhalasa, were just caricatures and were used for the sake of having a hero and heroine. Gokul, was credited as having a "special role" but most of the times, he is not in the frame at all, since he is invisible ! There's a big bunch of comedy artistes such as Madan Bob, 'Cell' Murugan, Alwa Vasu, Chelladurai, Thiyagu and etc and were there just to make up the numbers and do not have any meaningful roles or characters of importance.
The technical works are of sub-standard. Sheela Armani's costumes were just below average, even for Madhalasa. Shankar's simple stunt work sufficed the need of the script. Vijay Anand's art work was passable. Sujith Mahadev's editing was just plain simple and C.H Rajkumar's cinematography was just ordinary. Shockingly, the VFX was badly handled and supervised, with remnants of the patchwork, being visible. Yet, there were three companies (Passion Studios, Criya Infotainment and Cerebrums), which worked behind the VFX portions ! The film had unnecessarily plenty of songs and all of them were below average ! G.D Prasad's title score, "Patheyaram Kodigal", was used during the opening credits and in between the chasing sequences. The rest of the songs were composed by K.S Manoj. "Padichi Padichi" is a typical college-opening number, which was shot in and around the college campus. "Bhoomika" is a pathos song, shot on the lead pair and was picturized in scenic locations such as hillside, sandy beaches and serene forests, with few montage portions, inserted. "Azhagaana Poi" is a duet, shot on the lead pair again, with hilly landscape, serving as the backdrop. "CBI Singam" is a item song shot on Vivek and Kanishka Suri who did a small role in the film. The song was shot within the perimeters of a bungalow house and Vivek just casually walks in and out of the frame. "Idhu Enna" is another duet, which had plenty of graphic usage and was primarily shot on Madhalasa, who looked pretty in her casual dress, with an apartment backdrop. "Kaigal Ondraaga" is used in the end credits. Prashant's background score was in tune with the script - silly and comedic.
V.Srinivas Sunder has written the story, screenplay, dialogues and directed the film, with having veteran Muktha V.Srinivasan as the co-writer. We are not sure of the actual intentions of the writers, but judging from the script and screenplay, we can presume that they were intending to deliver a comedy film. With no logic, common sense and any touch of seriousness, that is ! The writing cannot even qualify as half-baked and the script is littered with plenty of lame, stupid jokes. There's not even an iota of depthness, in terms of story-telling and we do wonder, if this film was actually intended for small kids. The proceedings depicted in the film, were absolutely absurd and is way too simple and uncomplicated !
'Patheyaram Kodi' - quintessential sub-standard, lame comedy movie of Tamizh cinema !
Ratings: 1/5 STARS
BY:TAMIL
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