Kazhugu(2012) movie review

Krishna brother of Stylish director Vishnuvardhan still looks for a place in the Tamil industry has tried out couple of offbeat movies which had smile on critics but duds at box office.This time, he strikes back hardly with a unconventional theme and backdrop movie Kazhugu is good at the end

Starring: Krishna, Bindu Madhavi, Karunas, Thambi Ramaiah
Direction: Sathyasiva
Music: Yuvan Shankar Raja
Production: K.K. Sekhar, K.S. Madhubala

Story

Sera(Krishna), Nandu(karunas), Shanmugam(Thambi Ramaiah) and dumb person earn their livelihood by getting the dead bodies of the suicide lovers or persons in the kodaikanal death valley..they work hard ..even takes three days to find the dead bodies ..and hand over to their family/police..spent on drinks and cigarettes./beedies...Krishna is a man lives without family and ambition..Soon..Krishna comes over Kavitha(Bindhu Madhavi)..a worker in the tea estate who falls for him.She was attracted by him because of his honesty..attitude... good heart....and more importantly he finds the body of her sister in the valley who suicides of love failure..

Initially, Sera..doesn't look her but slowly falls for her ..and wants to live a happy life in future..with the support of his friends he marries her,convince her parents ..starts a new life..there enters Iyya( Jaya Prakash)..who is a local thug involves in smuggling of other factory tea powders and sells it on his brand...At a incident his fellows kill the police..Iyya gets the help of Shanmugam...and threatens them to hide the truth at the time of dead body collection..but Sera and others doesn't understand the thug seriousness..they produce this info to police and literally ..they get in Iyya problems..what happens is said in the blood/gore fight of last 20min with a tragic finish....

Strengths

Sure.. the debutante director Satya shiva needs a pat for handling a unconventional story of suicide body collectors and their life in the society with soft romance laced with humor...Its risky task to spun a screenplay with this unique story that too..without the boredom deserves a special mention....good screenplay...has some gripping moments.. fantastic support of Yuvan shankar Raja and the cameraman .. the casting.. picture perfect takes the movie to a good one...love scenes between lead pair is shot aesthetically by the director.

Photography has given a exotic view of kodaikanal, has some never seen shot in previous movies...location are misty...Yuvan is the big draw ..he is the big name associated with this small movie..he mesmerizes you with his background score and songs.."Aathadi" and "Kadhal" songs ....This both persons have taken the movie to a level..On the casting part...Krishna is tremendous to watch..risked himself,emoted better ..improving his body language than his previous outing..Bindhu Madhavi is beautiful..her meaty role has provided to showcase her acting too...eyes speak volumes in hospital scenes..Thambi Ramaiah, Karunas..actor had better footage where the first half belongs to the ace comedians...Jaya praksah is neat in cameo

Weakness

The different story and the concept falls feet after 30 min where the movie gets into the love/revenge genre...It could have dealt more about the body collectors and the suicide lovers...Few scenes runs at a guessable lane..travels to commercial path...too much of Taasmac,drinks and smoke..could have been avoided...Second half is little slow and predictable

Kazhugu...is watchable for its fresh concept..the story....performances ..music

Verdict: 5.5/10( 1 for lead pair, 1 for casting, 1 for screenplay & story, 1 for photography..locations and 1.5 for little maestro Yuvan)

Movie Canvas Punch: Kazhugu..flies high