A horror/comedy genre!!!!. None of the movies had great run in the box office with this category..as far as we know..But Lawrence broke these myth with his new movie Kanchana promoted as Muni 2 is more horrifying, than his Muni with good dose of humor..
Starring: Raghava Lawrence, Sarath Kumar, Lakshmi Rai
Direction: Raghava Lawrence
Music: Thaman
Production: N Radha
Story
Ragava( Lawrence) is gutsy,courageous vagabond who plays cricket with this friends always lives with her widowed mother( Sarala) ,elder brother(sreeman)brother wife(Devadarshini) with two Childrens .He is all brave only at day time, but after six at night he is coward and has fear over ghost - evil spirits...takes his mom even for pee... he falls in love with Priya(laskhmi Rai) who is sister of Devadarshini. All goes well until one day..Ragava and his gang shift to new ground to play cricket. Some thing weird happens when he plants the stump.Fearing of the storm and lightning, they don't play cricket -carries the kit back to home where blood shed are there in his stumps.
Through the stumps, a evil ghost get into their house. Mother and daughter-in-law feels the weird things happening in the house. They get the help from saint and he reveals to conduct three mythological test to confirm whether ghost is there are not. In order to execute it ,,both plays drama, send the family member to distant place and conducts the test. After the test ,it is confirmed that there is ghost in the house. Two fraudlant saint come...do some poojas,,,says that all is under control..gets the money and run away..believing that..all the family members reunite. All of sudden a night ghost enters in to Ragava body..he started reacting differently from the day one ,.wears red saree, bangles,walks like a women, puts turmuric in his face and even threatens the family persons. Fearing that they get the help from Dharga...conducts special prayers in Ragavas house..
There opens the flashback of the evil that her name is Kanchana( Sarathkumar) ..amazing gesture!!!! a transgender who fights for their people would like to bring her daughter Priya a -transgender to become a doctor as it was her childhood wish..works hard, makes money. Due to brilliance of her transgender daughter school prinicpal arranges for scholar ship. so he invest that money in land to build a hospital for poor.A local politicians and gang kills Kanchana cunningly to acquire that land and they even dig holes in their land. It's seeking revenge ..but what happens in to be seen in theatre for riveting climax with a social message on it.....
Strengths
It is all the way to director Lawrence for breaking the stereotype kinda movie and pinned a complete entertainer with a good subtle social message and humor carefully woven in the screenplay...Not even a single second for boredom in the movie. More over the comedy in horror will spoil the plot..but here Lawrence has come out brilliantly balancing horror and comedy . It is both horrifying and hilarious too..Applause director .It is kovai sarala and Devadarshini who scores..and makes the first half of the mov(i)e..single handedly. Kovai Sarala handling of her slang, timing comedy and punches -antics will sure bring the house down with laughs--proves her meatle. Devadarshini is riveting..where is this hidden talent for long time?? great combo..
Sarathkumar as transgender is stupendous..it needs great guts to take this role who is always tagged as macho man /supreme hero title. He is all there though he has couple of scenes only makes a huge impact. Lawrence as actor excelled well and his expressions has lady is worthmentioning..leaves the impression in climax and few other scenes. Lakshmi Rai is just a pickle tastes okay. Sriman and rest of casting are superb. Music by Thaman is apt for horror genre but fails with songs though the opening and end songs garners attention. Dance choreography is engrossing and Lawrence proves it sincerely. Editing and photography at rapid pace even the graphics are good not b-grade stuff.
Weakness
Climax special effects could have been better((budget must be a constraint...)Predictable story makes the sense of dejavu.Songs fails to impress---sure a block for the pace..Little loopholes some time feels the movie is childish.
Come on..though there are some flaws..Lawrence makes Kanchana a complete entertainer with the right mix of comedy and horror where most of them fail..kudos for making this commendable flick
Verdict:5.5/10( 1 for Sarath, 1 for Devadarshini and Sarala, 1 for choreography, 1 for comedy, 1 for direction, .5 for cast performance)
Movie canvas Punch: Kanchana...frightful -gripping film...
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