Review: Biriyani

Movie- Biriyani

Language- Tamil

Genre- Thriller/comedy

Director- Venkat Prabhu

Cast- Karthi, Hansika, Premji and others…

You all know that I had stopped reviewing after watching Alex Pandian. And now it has taken another Karthi movie to break my procrastination, well it can be attributed to this Venkat Prabhu's diet.

If you are not a great fan of Venkat Prabhu genre of movies this could not be the movie for you. And this at last redeems Karthi and takes him into the league of successful heroes.

The movie is usual with no use-heroine, comedies, item number, extra large fights, and coming of police in the climax, and of course with a positive ending.

There is something with Venkat Prabhu and his brand of movie making. There is his usual coterie of gang from Chennai 28, including new addition SAM ANDERSON (wow!), and there is the usual saree clad hottie dancing (And it’s getting better with every movie of his!), Yuvan’s songs, Thala reference, “Enna Kodumai Sir” dialogue appeared once (Thankfully!) and they have made fun of themselves. 

The movie is not bad, and it’s not the run of the mill formula movie. Karthi plays the playboy with ease and looks stylish, also that new contact lens works for him, Premji is real funny, and Hansika does not have much scope. The highlight is Nasser. He’s just awesome, his versatility comes out in the scene imitating Premji, hats off sir. And loved Uma Riaz’s role, good to see women doing stunts and hurting the hero and his ego. The movie does not drag and ends quickly with a good twist. Why do the villains have to explain everything to the hero in the climax, are the characters so dumb or may be directors find it obligatory to explain it to the audience (I could remember “If you want to shoot, shoot, don’t talk” dialogue from ‘The good, the bad and the ugly’). The chase scenes were ok, and music of Yuvan (100^th) is not worth mentioning, none of the songs could be remembered. But movie and songs are stylishly shot, but sadly there are no foreign exotic locales in the offing,and also Venkat does not tire us with romantic duets (Thank god! only one was there!).

Overall: Good movie, definitely watchable. Do catch the return of the Karthi, hopefully good sense prevails to this actor. Watch it in theaters near you.

P.S:  And Venkat sir has proved once again. His movie is fun and exciting both for us and the people who work in it, since the enjoyment of the cast and crew can be seen translated onscreen. Keep up the good work Mr.Venkat sir.