Cast: Kalaiarasan, Karunakaran, Venkat Prabhu, Abhirami Iyer, Chinni Jayanth, Vatsan Chakravarthy, Gautham Harikrishnan, Gee Vee, Sarath Senthil, IB Karthikeyan, Chetan, Pandian
Direction: Murali Karthick
Production: Tribal Horse Entertainment, Big Print Pictures, Spicy Cool Impressions
Streaming Partner: 'Zee 5'
Music: KS Sundaramurthy
Genre: Action, Crime Thriller
Language: Tamil
Runtime: 1 hr 53 mins
Audience Category: All
Plot - Shruthi (Abhirami Iyer) gets severely injured by three chain snatchers on a night time. Sujith (Kalaiarasan) and his two friends are on their way to home, after watching a movie in 'Arunmathi' theatre. The situation makes them to get framed as those chain snatchers. Shruthi's accident makes her husband Gautham (Karunakaran) to know about her illegal affair. What happens next forms the crux of the story.
'Kalavu' is a crime thriller drama, directed by Murali Karthick. This film enters into the digital platform directly, without theatrical release. It has been exclusively bagged by 'Zee 5', for 'Zee 5 Originals'. From 9th February, this film has been streaming on 'Zee 5'. This is the second Tamil film to be premiered digitally in 'Zee 5'.
Positives
Kalaiarasan's performance is as usual very convincing. Next to him, Karunakaran gets the major importance. His emotions works well in most of the portions. The other supporting actors such as Chinni Jayanth, Vatsan Chakravarthy, Gautham Harikrishnan and Gee Vee have given their complete justification for the characters they played. Abhirami Iyer's role sets the conflict properly, which helps to proceed the suspense factor in a right way. Kripakaran's editing and KS Sundaramurthy's background score helps to elevate the suspense elements in major portions. Director Murali Karthick has taken a simple plot. But, the screenplay pattern has been followed in a little bit different way. This helps the screenplay to be engaging, in most of the portions. The treatment of hero's attempt to proof his innocence, doesn't look usual. As Kalaiarasan's character doesn't have a pair, the film doesn't get a chance to place unnecessary songs in between. The last 15 mins has few twists and turns, which looks convincing.
Negatives
I expected Venkat Prabhu's character to have a major play in the film. But, his appearance is just like an extended cameo only. Still, he plays his part well. Apart from Kalaiarasan and Karunakaran, the writing of other characters could have been little bit better. Vignesh Rajagopalan's cinematography looks good only, still his night visuals has few dull moments. Till the mid portion, the screenplay looks very interesting. Later, the screenplay slows down our interest at a stage. It takes much time to create a curiosity. If the director concentrated on those, the film would have been much convincing.
Verdict
'Kalavu' is a good action thriller from the director Murali Karthick. The performance of the star cast looks good. The director tries to show this simple and usual plot, through a different pattern of screenplay. It works well in most of the portions. But, it also backfires in few parts. Still, the film doesn't make us bored with the treatment. This film deserves 'worth watchable once' category. Do watch it legally on 'Zee 5' .
Cut Short Rating - 7.6/10
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