R ARIVANANTHAM
Tamil kings, businessmen and lovers are pioneers in using homing pigeons as post men to send and receive messages right from the Sangam Age. They have the unique features to use the sun, magnetic field and odours to identify their routes and comeback safely to the place of origin from far off places. They have the strength to fly past over 60 km speed at thousands of feet above the ground and cover thousands of miles at a stretch. This special qualities have forced the people in some regions to breed, raise, and train pigeons to use them for adventure sports like races.
Trailer:
Debutant writer-director John Glady deserves a pat for taking off with flying colours in weaving a story of love, revenge and pigeon and delivering an engrossing thriller.
Directed by John Glady, the film was produced by V Durai Raj.
- The director has tested the patience of fans in the first half. However, in the second half and the climax he has done commendable job
- Like the bull-taming or jallikkattu, the adventure game of Tamils, this movie exposing the politics and the economy around the pigeon race will get good response from youngsters around rural areas
To take part in the pigeon race and winning in it is the dream of Rajalingam (Syed Majeed), a college dropout and son of a widow. He is also immensely sad about his father’s demise and has started to involve in race pigeons. He aims to join the pigeon club run by Ramesh Pannayar (Vinu Lawrence), a big shot in the locality and also another pigeon racer with a good record. Ramesh Pannayar indulges in corrupt practices to maintain his numero uno position in the pigeon race which irks Rajalingam. Being honest Rajalingam spills the beans of Ramesh Pannayar’s wrongdoings and also earned the wrath of gangster Suyambu.
The story is based around Nagercoil, the bedrock of pigeon race.
Director John Glady is adept in handling of the storyline, weaving together suspense and drama seamlessly.
John Glady has impressively portrayed the politics behind pigeon racing and how it affects the people psychologically.
Syed Majeed shines in his role, delivering a compelling performance that captivates the audience.
The way in which he expresses anger and at the same time is lovable towards his friends is impressive.
The ensemble cast, including Meghana Ellen, Viji Sekar, and John Glady, also impresses with their portrayal of diverse characters.
Like the bull-taming or jallikkattu, the adventure game of Tamils, this movie exposing the politics and the economy around the pigeon race will get good response from youngsters around rural areas.
The director has tested the patience of fans in the first half. However, in the second half and the climax he has done a commendable job.
AV Vasantha Kumar’s camerawork is one of the biggest strengths of the movie. Music by Arun Raj is impressive.
CAST:
Syed Majeed – rajalingam
Meghana Ellen – sharon
Viji Sekar – saraswathi (Amma)
John Glady – Amal
Saranya Ravichandran – Chithra
Ramesh Arumugam – ramesh pannaiyar
Vinu Lawrence – suyambu
Anand Kumar – Thirumal (rajalingam Appa)
Karthick Prasanna – villiyam
Francis Kiruba – ravichandran (Chithra Appa)
Rajan – Amal Appa
CREW:
Producer – V.Durai Raj
Writer and Directer – John Glady
DOP – A.V. Vasantha Kumar
Music director – Arun Raj
Editor – R.S.Sathish Kumar
Fight master – Vicky
Art directer – Anish
Choreography – Srikrish
SFX – Sathish
Sound design – Raja Nallaiah
Costume design – Dinesh ft
Makeup – Kumaresan
VFX – Sekar Murugan
Lyrics – Karthik Netha, Mohan Rajan, Pon manoban
DI – Get in dream studios
Co Director – Ganga Ram,
Associate Director – S. Panneer Selvam,
First Assistants – Mahesh Casber, Jaiso’n.
Executive producer – Pon Manoban, Dinesh Kumar
Stills – A.J.J jovieh
Designs – Design point
Lyric video – Fix it in post Promotion
Production Manager – S.Mariyappan
PRO – Nikil Murukan
Score: 3.5/5
