Tamil fans have come of age and no one can take them granted. While they welcome out-of-the-box thinking and screenplays with good ideas, one can’t forget the fact that they are the best critics too as they have been exposed to best international films of all genre.
- No one can become acclaimed director K Balachander or Iyakkunar Imayam Bharathiraja or his disciple K Bhagyaraj in first attempt
- Deubtant director Selvin Raj Xavier lets down the fans despite the high expectations created by the trailer
First impression is the best impression for any debutant director. No one can become acclaimed director K Balachander or Iyakkunar Imayam Bharathiraja or his disciple K Bhagyaraj in first attempt.
Deubtant director Selvin Raj Xavier has let down the fans despite the high expectations created by the trailer of Actor Sathish-starrer horror comedy ‘Conjuring Kannappan’.
The film revolves around a ghost in a haunted palace, but in a dream. The concept and the laughs worked in the trailer. Whether ‘Conjuring Kannappan’ lived up to expectations of the Tamil audience will be a big question mark.
Trailer:
KP (Sathish) is a computer gamer was searching for a job. When he was preparing for his interview, trouble strikes when the house runs out of water. He decides to open a well that hasn’t been used in years and discovers a haunted dream-catcher. When he returned home after a while, the dream-catcher was hanged on the wall inside his room, from which he plucks a feather. This act lands him in trouble as he begins experiencing haunting dreams, encountering ghosts in a haunted palace.
Though he seeks the help of an exorcist and a psychiatrist, he still experiences the same dream every time he sleeps. Exorcist Ezhumalai (Nasser) explains that whoever plucks the feather will enter the same dream. KP made his family members, including a boxer-cum-comedy-villain, Devil Armstrong (Anandraj), and psychiatrist Dr. Johnny (Redin Kingsley) to pluck the wings and brought them into the haunted palace through dreams.
‘Conjuring Kannappan’ is a horror comedy written and directed by Selvin Raj Xavier. The concept of having a haunted dream-catcher is interesting.
‘Conjuring Kannappan’, entertaining the audience, some of the comedy scenes featuring the ensemble cast. The scenes where KP and his team struggle to avoid sleep are funny.
Like other horror comedy movies in Kollywood industry, ‘Conjuring Kannappan’ deals with a revenge story in the flashback. The flashback portions work to an extent and it was backed by decent performances as well. Sathish and exorcist Regina Cassandra deliver a decent performance. Nasser did justice to the role given to him. As usual Saranya Ponvannan, Anandraj, VTV Ganesh and Redin Kingsley helped the main cast with their performances.
‘Conjuring Kannappan’ deserves to be seen only once.
CAST:
KANNAPPAN (KP) – SATHISH
DARK DAVES – REGINA CASSANDRA
LAKSHMI – SARANYA PONVANNAN
ANJA NENJAN – VTV GANESH
EXORCIST EZHUMALAI – NASSAR
DEVIL ARMSTRONG – ANANDRAJ
Dr. JOHNNY – REDIN KINGSLEY
SODA SEKAR – NAMO NARAYANA
KADAPAARAI – ADITHYA KADHIR
MAGDALENE – ELLI AVRRAM
WILLIAM – JASON SHAH
ROBERT – BENEDICT GARRETT
CREW:
DIRECTOR: SELVIN RAJ XAVIER
CINEMATOGRAPHER: S. YUVA
MUSIC DIRECTOR : YUVAN SHANKAR RAJA
ART DIRECTOR : MOHANA MAHENDRAN
EDITOR PRADEEP: E . RAGHAV
STUNT MASTER: MIRACLE MICHAEL
SPECIAL MAKEUP ARTIST: PATTANAM RASHEED
MAKEUP ARTIST: KUPPUSAMY
COSTUME DESIGNER: MEENAKSHI N
COSTUMER : V PRASAD
Banner: AGS Entertainment
Produced by Kalpathi S Aghoram, Kalpathi S Ganesh, Kalpathi S Suresh
Creative Producer: Archana Kalpathi
Associate Creative Producer: Aishwarya Kalpathi
Executive Producer: S.M.Venkat Manickam
PRO: Nikil Murukan
Score: 3/5
