ONAAYUM AATTUKUTTIYUM MOVIE REVIEW

After the infamous failure of 'Mugamoodi', Mysskin has resorted himself to another thriller, a comfort zone of his. With the backing of his personal favorite 'Isaignani' Ilaiyaraaja, Mysskin's latest thriller takes place in a single dead-night of Chennai. He himself has donned the all important role and the other significant character is portrayed by Sri of 'Vazhakku En 18/9' fame. Will his newly launched, Lone Wolf Production's maiden film, reap the success and put Mysskin back in the spotlight ?
 
Mysskin perfectly delivered what was necessary for the character of a hit-man  Unsurprisingly, as the creator of the character, he will be the best to understand and catch the nuances and intense emotions of the character. Mysskin cleverly uses his strengths as an actor and delivered the goods. The graveyard scene is definitely the most-talked about scene of his. Sri, delivers a compelling and truthful performance. Ably guided by Mysskin, the young lad has taken this opportunity for good and showed his capability as an maturing performer. Very impressive development from his 'Vazhakku En 18/9' days ! The whole film primarily rests on these two characters, as dictated by the title. The rest of the cast, such as Adithya Menon, Bharat, writer Shaji, Ravi Venkatraman, Shaokat, Mona, Chaitanya, Angel Glady, Neelima, Ram, Sriram, Gajaraj, Ragulan and etc were very adequate. Shaji, especially was impressive among the lot.

Jaishankar and Shankar's costume designing was very apt for the characters and also added the extra detailing for the grim and dark look of the film. Sathish Kumar's production design sufficed the needs of the script. The props were very intricately presented and nothing looked overdone. A very complementary work for the script. Gopinath's editing suited Mysskin's style of story presentation and the pacing. But the second half could be trimmer, as the pace drops and lagging effect, starts to kick-in. Tapas Nayak's sound designing plays an important role as well, especially for such thrillers. He perfectly balances the silence and minute sound detailing needed for the respective sequences, in the film. 'Billa' Jagan's action choreography suited Mysskin's personality and also of the character's. Cinematographer 'Junior' Renga, does a brilliant job with his lens. His framing sense and the dead-night shots of eerily silent places, perfectly projected the mood of the script. The wide-angles and long-shots are all typical hallmarks of Mysskin's films and Renga, has perfectly understood Mysskin's wants and needs. The real hero of the film is definitely, 'Isaignani' Ilaiyaraaja for he is the one who brings out the soul of the film, with his background score. With no songs featured in the film, Raja sir's brilliance in background score, is definitely in full force and galore ! The legendary music composer, understood perfectly where to maintain silence and where to fill up the spaces with his majestic music, and when ever the music starts playing, it heightens the mood of the sequences, very aptly. Hail, the Maestro !

'Onaayum Aattukuttiyum's strength lies in the suspense built and sustained by Mysskin till the climax of the screenplay. The director has his grip over the audience with his arresting presentation and plays his cards, well. He keeps all the suspense elements close and slowly unravels it one by one, and till then its just a puzzling, guessing game for the viewers. The twists and turns are shown very subtly and does not disturb the eerie feel of the screenplay nor jolt the viewers, out of shock. Scenes are very intelligently constructed and executed, with Renga shooting them, in a striking manner. The no-nonsense approach needs to be appreciated since Mysskin has not made any sort of compromises to suit the commercial tastes of the 'masala'-loving fans. The characterizations of most artistes, has the stamp of Mysskin all over, and for those who are uninitiated, please do watch Mysskin's previous  , to further understand what it means by 'Mysskin characters'. Humor is present here and there and its very mildly infused into the plot. To put it bluntly, this film is definitely the best from Mysskin's stable, thus far.
 
'Onaayum Attukuttiyum' - A fantastic comeback from Mysskin ! Dark, brooding and above all, satisfying !

 
Ratings: 3.5/5 STARS
 
BY:TAMIL