Watched the movie at ‘World Cinemas’, Fairfield, near Sydney.
Not up to expectations, frankly speaking. It is a “who-dun-it” until halfway, then the murderers are found out, then it is the murderers chasing the hero and vice-versa, with a widower’s romance with a divorcee lady, thrown in. New York, Chennai and the NYPD are also there. Harris Jayaraj’s score is good, now after experimenting with songs which sound like ‘Suprabhatam” and “bhajanai”, music directors in Tamil are experimenting with newer stuff. One of the songs sound like a Tamil Christian devotional hymn.
Jyothika has done better than Kamal himself. Also not to mention PrakashRaj who excels in any role he takes. Kamal’s job comes a poor third when compared to Jyothika and PrakashRaj. Throat-slitting is shown with no censorship, making it unsuitable for children and the weak-hearted. Luckily the shots of bisected and half-buried bodies are smudged out. Some bits like the ‘Raghavan-instinct’ are unbelievable. Camera and screenplay are superb. Society has become so bad that doctors who were medalist in the medical university are becoming cold-blooded murderers. For the first time in Tamil films, the subject of homosexuality is touched a little.
Best humour: When Raghavan (Kamal), the DCP from Chennai and the NYPD detective find the apartment in New York where the murderers are staying, Kamal wants to break in, when nobody responds to their warnings. NYPD man says “Are you kidding? We don’t have a warrant to break-in”, to which Kamal answers “we do it always in India”.