Sundattam movie review

Cast : Irfan , Arunthathi , Madhu

Direction : Bramha G

Producer : Annadurai R

Music : Britto

Sundattam – What does it mean? It means Carrom Board Game. Is it Remake of Telugu Movie “Striker” – No. It is a fresh script from Vijay Tv’s most successful teleserial “Kana Kaanum Kalangal” Team. KKK may be the only serial which most of the Youngsters must have watched during their school / college days This mega-serial crossed almost 500 episodes and even after 6 years, people will remember the character names of the actors as it is the only serial which most of the Youngsters must have watched during their school / college days. Irfan (Vineeth), Madhu (Pachai) & Stalin (Rishi) have done the lead roles in the movie which is directed by KKK Director “Brahma G Dev”. Let us see whether the most successful Teleserial team makes a Strong Debut in Tamil Cinema in this review.

Story: Carrom Board game plays the pivotal role in this movie. Madhu (Pachai) who is drug and Carrom board addict thinks himself as a King of the Game. But, Irfan who plays Carrom board for fun and to earn money beats him in the Club and Madhu’s Area. Madhu decides to take Revenge against him. Story may look pretty simple, but execution in the first half was too good.

Irfan plays the lead role in the movie. He had got huge number of female followers when he acted in KKK Serial. This role fits him perfectly and he has done a good job in all departments (Acting, Fighting & Dancing). Madhu had played the Villain role and he is the real USP for this movie. He had acted brilliantly in his debut movie and definitely will be getting more offers in Tamil Cinema. Stalin (Rishi) role doesn’t have much opportunity to perform and had acted well. It is really difficult to identify Madhu & Stalin as they look completely different in this movie. Arundhati makes a comeback with this movie as Heroine. She looks very homely and beautiful. She had tried her level best to act in a role which is monotonous.

Cinematography by Balagurunadhan really captures the mood of the movie and it was good.

Music by debutant Britto was too good. Background Music is very important for thriller and he had done a wonderful job. “Narumugayae” is one of the good melody songs in recent times. Song was used for Promotion before the release and it is already a Hit. Narumugayae version in the movie is different from the promotional song which we have seen. “Crazy Penne” Song in the movie NKPK was good, but they didn’t use it in the movie. But, Director had taken a wise decision of including this song which created little expectation for the movie. But, at the same time, in the second half, there are almost 4 songs which really slow down the pace of the movie and test the patience of the audience.

Editor Elley Dasan had to be appreciated and at the same time criticized for his editing in the movie. Scenes in the movie are scattered to make it interesting for the audience and it had really worked out mostly. But, few scenes in the movie are edited and it is not connected properly.

Overall, Second half of the first half of the movie had a very interesting screenplay and was quite racy till the interval block. But, second half fails completely to maintain the interest which first half had created and ends with a Cinematic Climax which was quite bad. You may feel like 2 different directors have directed the first half and second half while watching the movie. First half was too good and second half was little below average. You can feel that scenes in the movie are quite inspired from various movies. Story travels in the year 1990’s while the costumes were like 2000’s.

Director “Brahma G Dev” had given us a movie which is completely different from his serial “KKK” with the same team. No one say that this movie is completely done by First Timers as the movie was technically good. Screenplay in the first half and dialogues were good in the movie. But, since most of the story is revealed in the first half itself, second half doesn’t have many scenes to engage the audience.