R ARIVANANTHAM
Katchikaran a small budget film portrays the hard-skinned politicians and their betrayal of honest and innocent party workers at grass-root level.
Director P Ayyappan has tried to change the perceptions of the people on present-day politicians. There are punch dialogues which speak about current political scenario.
- The film is the story of the loyal cadre of a political party and the the hard-skinned politicians
- A party cadre is very loyal to his leader and works very hard for the success of the party.
The film is the story of the loyal cadre of a political party. A party cadre is very loyal to his leader and works very hard for the success of the party.
He does not care about anything else, including his personal life.
However, when the same cadre is affected by the actions of the same leader he rises against him and questions him. What happens next is the rest of the story.
A strong screenplay would have made the movie all the more interesting.
Innocent Saravanan plays the role of the party cadre who loses everything because of his loyalty to the party. Sarvanan fits the role well and delivers a natural performance. The innocence in his face makes the character all the more believable. Dorothy as his wife has done her part well and has expressed the difficulties that the wife of a common party cadre.
Siva Senapathy as the political leader has delivered what was expected from him.
Madhan Kumar’s camerawork is impressive. C M Mahendran’s music adds strength to the movie with moderate screen play.