Payanam

To every citizen in this state cinema is not just motion picture, we take movies seriously. It is not just a pass time. I do not say this because of the inextricable link between state politics and tamil cinema, it is more because of the unending list of people who still queue up outside studios in kodambakkam, seeking Vadapalani Murugan's help for reaching stardom! Well, criticism plays a vital role in taking our movies to the next level. Reviewers have always played an important role in deciding a movie's fate in the silver screen. Be it Vikatan or Hindu the first thing that we do after coffee on friday morning is read the week's movie reviews! Here is a sincere attempt to review new movies and bring back to life the old ones!!

The first review in Cinemapatti! Here it goes!

We wanted to start off this blog with a good movie. I was just thinking about some of the good movies that we saw in recent times and there I zeroed in on PAYANAM.

A Silent movies production, Prakash Raj - Nagarjuna starrer, directed by Radha Mohan- This is the resume of the movie. Enough brand names in it. Well, the plot is simple and straight. A flight carrying ordinary passengers enters into an extraordinary situation - HIJACK. It is always interesting to see how ordinary men would react to such extraordinary circumstance. The govt of India as usual sends in a committee of IAS officers and a NSG commando. What continues is the clash between the bureaucracy's 'keep talking' strategy and the commando's 'operation' strategy. Due to unexpected turn of events the latter wins and no prizes for guessing who emerges the winner.

The plot sounds very simple. Execution is definitely immaculate. The director has clearly chalked out the characters of the ordinary people in the flight. Be it the 'dhanda sooru' subash - Dr Narayana Sastry duo, or the Shining star and his fan duo, or the Father, Doctor-Colnel-Sandhya, every track has been clearly etched out for the audience to actually connect with them. The successful connect is the reason behind the success of the movie. The positives of the movie include- the detailed character sketch of every passenger. Lack of songs definitely helped making the movie gripping. Dialogues- Man! that was so well written. Perfect editing and cinematography, clear delivery of the message. What more do you expect out of 2 and half hours! Coming to the negatives, I would prefer calling it the not-so-positive side, there are a few. The hijack did seem pretty crude. If Nagarjuna the NSG commando was not the hero, I do not think NSG commandos will be allowed to scream at IAS officers like he does in the movie. The bomb diffusion scene in the end is quite unrealistic, rather cinematic. I mention this because rest to the movie sticks to the basics laws of reality. Some parts do go overboard. I would rate it at 3.5 on a scale of 5. Payanam- journey of change and with a change. A movie you can watch and enjoy with your family without any apprehension.

Do watch it in theatres! Its a movie that gives out message and entertainment!

Cheers!

The cinemapatti kuzhu will be back with another movie!

Trailer link:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTVGwqYMwMs