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Naduvula Konjam Pakkatha Kaanom
- 12/3/2012 9:28:54 AM
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Cast: Vijay Sethupathy, Gayathri, Bagavathi Perumal, Rajkumar, VigneswaranDirection: Balaji TharaneetharanGenre: ComedyDuration: 2 hours 45 minutes.
Synopsis: A slip-up on the cricket field results in short-term memory loss for Prem (Vijay Sethupathy), who is set to marry his lover Dhanalakshmi (Gayatri) in a couple of days. When a night in a hospital doesn't bring him to normalcy, Prem's three baffled friends — Bags (Bagavathi Perumal), Bajji (Rajkumar) and Saras (Vigneswaran) — decide to get him to tie the knot without the groom's and bride's families (including Dhanam herself) realizing his condition.
Review: The very first shot of NKPK, the camera panning from a 'Beware of Dogs' sign with a picture of a ferocious-looking dog to a meek-looking Pomeranian, is an indication of what Balaji Tharaneetharan has in store. The debutant director shows that you can make an entertaining three-hour film in Tamil without any additional frills like songs or fights using dollops of humour. Basing his film on a real-life incident (involving its cameraman Premkumar) that seems implausible even for a movie, Balaji scripts a film that is not just engaging but also endearing.
What is refreshing is that Balaji sets up the film in a simple and very relatable way. The manner in which the ultra competitive, middle-aged Bagavathi aka Bags taunts his own friends on the opposite team feels so real and brings to mind such characters we have come across in our own life.
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