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By BHAMA DEVI RAVI: What a treasure director Suseenthiran is turning out to be, and what a pleasure to see Karthi deliver his best performance to date, in a film that keeps you entertained almost till the end?

After ending his debut film, the rural-centric ‘Vennila Kabbadi Kuzhu’ in a blaze of glory, Suseenthiran begins with a bang here, and it is a neat city mosaic that you get. Not bad considering that Chennai’s middle and lower middle class have been portrayed in only a hundred films. After introducing you to six football playing boys who get high on ganja and gang rape a woman, Suseenthiran makes Karthi burst on the scene. Not with the jaded hero-introduction song, but as a fun-loving guy you would love to know.

Jeeva (Karthi) is jobless, hangs around with a couple of friends and has a solid family with father Jayaprakash being a call taxi driver. A lovable scamp who cajoles his friend to give him booze money on her wedding day. He falls impulsively in love with Priya (Kajal Aggarwal), and the way the love progresses is refreshingly treated. Their first cell phone calls punctuated by ‘And then..’, their outing at the mall, the ‘Iragai pola’ song where the entire wooing unfolds, the scene on the beach where the police come to chase away lovers, and the simplicity with which he confesses his love for Priya to her father, are scenes so well crafted and held by excellent dialogues that when the interval arrives you really get irritated.

As a parallel story, the six ganja boys also murder a couple, and when their body parts are discovered in a garbage heap, the plot meshes with Jeeva’s family. His father Jayaprakash had ferried the murdered girl, and from then on they are on a mission to kill their father. The scene where he is murdered is brilliantly conceived-- good work by cinematographer Madhi. Once Jeeva stumbles on their identity, the chase and the climax are like a ride on a roller-coaster.

It is Karthi’s best work as yet, and he has travelled far in just four films. His chemistry with Kajal is just right, only she is sadly missing in the latter half. Rajeevan’s art work is bang on. There is no happy ‘family’ photo at the end, where everyone is smiling. After spreading a feast for you, the director has scrounged on the dessert. But the burp factor is there alright.

Courtesy: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/