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Sutta Kadhai Review
- 10/30/2013 1:13:49 PM
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Cast: Balaji, Venkatesh, Lakshmi Priyaa, Nasser, MS Bhaskar, Jayaprakash, Lakshmy RamakrishnanDirection: SubuGenre: ComedyDuration: 1 hour 45 minutes
When Ottagam, a tribal chieftain is shot, Ramky (Balaji) and Sangli (Venkatesh), two bumbling constables, try to solve the murder. But things soon turn chaotic when Ramky accidentally shoots a man.
Review: There are quite a few things that immediately get you interested in the beginning of Sutta Kadhai. The film opens with a card that states that everything in the film - from Koramalai, the sleepy hill station where it is set in to the characters, the police force, the tribals, and even the animals and the liquor are fictitious. The animated title credits sequence that follows too raises your expectations (one of the composers is cheekily labeled 'Isai Muyal'!). The initial set-up is also quirky, and we are introduced the film's major characters, each of whom has an eccentricity that begins with their name (Sangili, Ottagam, Silanthi, Olive Twist), and promises more wacky moments. And, it also daringly gives us hilarious fictional episodes (featuring Killer Kabali from Sambasivam Crime Comics) inside this fictional world!
Sadly, despite all these promising elements, the film never takes off, chiefly because director Subu sacrifices the narrative in going for the quirks. The plot kicks in with a tribal chieftain being shot. The local cops and the chieftain's daughter are looking for the murderer. Meanwhile,
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