Prakash raj has the passion for movies.....good movies . He always comes out with a soft gentle movie which has story and a strong message which has some box office hits &duds too. Radha Mohan has comes out of his family cliche story too a hijack thriller in Payanam which found the place in the heart of common man and critics.
Starring: Nagarjuna, Prakash Raj, Poonam Kaur, Sana Khan
Direction: Radha Mohan
Music: Praveen Mani
Production: Prakash Raj, Dil Raju
Story
It is simple and straight . A passenger flight which takes of from chennai to Delhi is hijacked by terrorist but due to mechanical failure the plane is landed in Tirupathi. Terrorist demand Rs 100crore money and release of the master mind terrorist head. They give a dead line of 2 days.There are some 100 to 150 passengers which includes a Priest(M.S Bhaskar) , action hero(Prithivi), his ardinent fan(sams),Doctor(Rishi),Sandhy IT girl(sana),Astrologist(mano bala),Kumaravel, Hostess(poonam kaur), Ex service man(Thalai vasal Vijay) and many others.
In between scene, they allow people to have food and relax in flight but warns them to be dead if any heroisim done. Viswanath(Prakash raj) and his team of home secretary members employed to speak with militants . Mr Raveendran(Nagarjuna) National security officer and his team is also deployed to support the situation. Raveendran plans for a surprise attack as he argues that if we release the militant head it will be stupid as he may kill many more people. Withour hearing them, govt. accepts the demand of militant to release the Terrorist..
Similarly,Raveendran too prepares on the other side with his team.But unfortunately, due to a tv journalist spy work in the Airport plans are spoiled. What has happened is when they shift the terroist from the kashmir jail, the vehicle met up with accident and the militant head dies . It is not know to the hijackers....but confusion starts around.. what happens? Did they get in to commando operation or???? ....reveals a edge seat thriller..
Strengths
It is Radha Mohan all the way for pinning up a screenplay for the idle plane. His creative thoughts and clever characterisation makes the movie a hollywood kinda genre. Be it Priest ---emotion, Prithivi--humour,sana -sentiment, vijay- intelligence we couldn't have feel the boredom in any situation. It is all how the passengers mind and their situation in the hijacked plane has been never told by any indian directors with much ease.
Nagarjuna after a decade in tamil is superb in the role of commando. His tonned body, style, his intelligence and acting..is far better from the masala pot boilers.He proves he can perform in any role..excels too. Prakash raj is treat to watch has underplayed the role . poonam kaur ,Bhaskar,sana, rishi, Kumaravel, prithiv and sams( highlights!!!!!!!!!!) vedi siripu!!! gurantee are some outstanding cast in the passengers. Bramanadam and his team evokes laughter at the last. Picture-Perfect casting
Photography is at the best where Praveen mani scores better music(though he doesn't have chance to show it in songs). Editing is super-fast. Radha Mohan Dialogues deserves special mention as he penned it with humor and also realistic. some clever scenes involved by Nagarjuna team to rescue the passengers are Ade de....kalakaal ...No songs,even fights....unnecessary gun shots or bomb blast...
Weakness
The audience can't feel the tension has the hijackers are very much relaxed and believes blindly the secretary talks. Passengers even too relaxed playing mimc'shows, fun with militant gun....very less drawbacks...
Daring attempt from Radha mohan ,prakash raj team.Expecting similar kinda-movies in future from the team.....
Verdict: 6.5/10( 2.5 for screenplay& direction, 1 for Nagarjuna, 1 for cast performance, 1 for Photography,1 for dialogues)
Movie canvas Punch: Payanam..Don't miss the journey....
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