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Sundaattam Review
- 3/8/2013 8:47:43 AM
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Cast: Irfan, Arundhati, Adukalam Naren, Madhu, Senrayen, StalinDirection: Brahma G DevGenre: ActionDuration: 2 hours 16 minutes
Synopsis: Circumstances force Prabhakaran (Irfan), a brilliant carom player, to take on Kasi ( Madhu), the star player at an illegal carom club owned by Bhagya Annachi (Naren), a local dada. He defeats Kasi in style and becomes closer to Bhagya. Things are looking up for Prabha as he also wins the love of Kalai ( Arundhati), his sister's friend, but Kasi, who is smarting from defeat, is determined to wreck his life...
Movie Review: Sundaattam is set in the year 1990, when fan clubs of actors were a sanctuary for the jobless and the unambitious, and safe havens for gambling. Prabha belongs to one such club (Payum Puli Rasigar Mandram), and is content whiling away his time playing carom with his friends. Even as his father makes some progress in sending him to Dubai, he gets embroiled with a local gang, thanks to his loudmouth of a friend.
Brahma Dev manages to set up these initial portions convincingly, even if there is a whiff of Hari's Tamizh and Vetri Maaran's Polladhavan in the plot while the harsh visual tone owes a bit to Selvaraghavan's Pudhupettai. The action then shifts to the titular sundaattam (carom) and here again the director shows competence in introducing the antagonist and the conflict. It is quite easy to understand why Kasi will be disturbed by a loss.
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