Kaaval review
Kaaval is an upcoming Indian Tamil action film based on a true story written and directed by Nagendran R. It stars Vimal, Samuthirakani and Gheetha
It is amazing how some films evoke the wrath of some group or the other, while some others pass by without offending anyone. Here in R Nagendran's Tamil work, Kaaval, Chennai's police force -- at least a part of it -- is presented as utterly corrupt and incompetent. One is not debating the veracity of this image, but just that Kaaval (which incidentally means police) has not got the city's cops fuming.
Nagendran's feature has really nothing new to offer. We have seen innumerable movies about paid killers and their unholy camaraderie with the guardians of law and the representatives of the people. A voiceover tells us at the start of the film that murder has become a profession in Tamil Nadu. A murderer has no motive other than money, and kills because he is paid a handsome amount to spill blood.
However, Kaaval meanders beyond this tale of crime: we have Anbu falling in love with an event manager, Amrutha (Geetha) -- and the romance provides enough scope for songs and dances that dilute the very essence of a plot like Kaaval's, trivialising it core content.
In the end, the work turns out to be yet another addition to the list of very average movies. Some performances -- like those of Karuna (who gets right into the character of a lowly but brutal criminal) and Samuthirakani -- do stop Kaaval from sinking to the very bottom of the Bay of Bengal -- the ocean that Karuna, in a dash of novelty, takes refuge in every time the land gets too hot. And he does this in style: he ceremonially removes all the jewellery he wears before getting on to a boat that is to be his home for the next several days. Yes, but where is the Coastguard?
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