R ARIVANANTHAM
Kudimahaan, a full length comedy based on real-life is a wholesome entertainer for the audience. Debut Director Prakash, a runner up from the TV reality show ‘Naalaya Iyakkunar’ entertains the audience till the end.
Timely and apt comedy dialogues keeps the audience laugh.
Kudimahaan revolves around Mathi (Vijay Sivan) who works for a private firm that has been entrusted by banks with the task of replenishing the cash in their ATMs.
Mathi, a teetotaller having two kids; he’s a loyal husband to his wife Pavithra (Chandhini Tamilarasan) and a caring son to his alcoholic father Sundaram (Suresh Chakravarthy).
He was very careful in not to yield any bad habits and lived a contended life with his limited income earned from the private company.
Being a foodie, he can’t control himself from having junk food from roadside shops. Due to this he used to suffer from stomach pain.
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One fine day, Mathi went to an ATM to replenish cash with his colleagues. However, his head starts spinning and he feels intoxicated. He behaves like he is drunk and stashes bundles of Rs 500 in a box that is meant to be filled with Rs 100 notes.
After wrongly replenish cash in ATM cash box, he returns home only to get a call from his office late in the night saying a huge mob has gathered in front of the ATM where he went to refill the cash.
Those withdrawing money from the ATM were getting five times the sum they were looking to withdraw.
Also, while people were withdrawing thousands from the ATM, only hundreds were being debited from their bank accounts!
A stunned Mathi does not know what happened and what he should do next. He rushes to the ATM and locks it but not before a good eight-and-a-half lakh disappears.
The bank is furious with Mathi’s firm which, in turn, fires him. It is then that Mathi visits a doctor to get himself checked to know why he behaved in an intoxicated manner.
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The doctor examines him and discloses that he suffers from a rare syndrome called ABS. The doctor tells him that those with the syndrome are bound to have alcohol produced in their bodies every time they consume foods high in carbohydrates.
Mathi goes back to his firm and the bank with this explanation and pleads with them to give him back his job. They agree to take him back only if he pays the money the bank has lost.
Determined to get back the money from those who withdrew money from the ATM on the fateful day, Mathi sets out on a mission. What happens next is the rest of the story.
Vijay Sivan and Chandini, who play the lead roles, deliver justice to their charactors. Songs and BGM are awesome.
Cast and Crew:
Vijay Sivan, Chandhini Tamilarasan, Suresh Chakravarthy, Namo Narayanan, Sethu Raman, Kathiravan, and Honest Raj; Director: Prakash N; Producer: S Sivakumar; Music: Tanuj Menon.
Score: 3.5/5
