Polladhavan - Review

Polladhavan’s story line is no different from the movies like Dhil, Krieedom, Malaikottai and so on. Its about a guy who lands up in a freaky encounter with the villain and how he ends up running around and towards the ends run behind the villain group – and kills them violently.
And yes, our hero will also have a love interest – so that the viewers can see some catchy duets.

So is Polladhavan yet another run of the mill movie? I wouldn’t say so – the reason being the way in which the movie is taken with some truly great shots. The screenplay is fantastic and director vetrimaran seems to have taken enough precaution about how Dhanush should be shown. Had he not taken this caution, Polladhavan could have well become a disaster like Sullan.

It’s good to see Dhanush pick up movies that will work for him. One only wishes that he had taken this maturity 2-3 years back – in which case we would have all seen him doing movies like Kaadhal. And looks like he had taken serious note about the comments passed on his body type – he seems to have put on some weight and by the looks of it he will get into a six-pack shape by his next movie. As usual his acting in Polladhavan is mind-blowing and has proven again that if given a good script, he can shoulder a full movie with ease.

Divya (erstwhile Kuthu Ramya) doesn’t have anything major to do – but looks stunning in the song sequence (especially Nenjodu song).

Murali has Dhanush father is A class. Karunas and Santham do the usual job of hero’s friends.
One wishes that the director could have avoided the stereo-type north madras based villains. It looks too repetitive.

Though the songs are catchy – it certainly acts as an obstacle – for the otherwise racy movie.
Though Polladhavan does have it share of clichés (like North Madras Villains, usual love interest and songs), watch it for Dhanush and the novel script written by debutant director Vettrimaran!