It has been a while since Tamil cinema came up with a nice offering of horror flick, which has your heart racing and blood pressure soaring at just the right moment, before scaling down, like a well orchestrated symphony. But it has been worth the wait for movie buffs, with this pre-summer special of horror, centred around a television set.
The film (Yavarum Nalam) takes off from an ordinary, everyday event—the afternoon serial hour, which is the holy of holies in many homes today. And plays havoc with the happy urbanite joint family. Director Vikram Kumar makes a neat beginning showcasing Manohar (Madhavan), his wife Priya (Neetu Chandra), mother (Saranya), brother and his wife, and Mano’s younger sister happily moving into a swank, 13th floor apartment that the brothers jointly invest in. And offers tiny morsels of mystery, like the lift which refuses to budge for Manohar, the mysterious neighbor, the supra-powerful power outages, the first drop of blood shed in the pooja room, even as he shows the family happy doing the 100 ordinary things.
As the 13th hour (1 pm) serial airs in Mano’s house, avidly watched by the family, Mano alone begins to realize that the story is an eerie parallel of his own family’s. When events in his family turn gory, it is a race against time for Manohar to unravel a gory past, save his own family, and secure their future .
Madhavan carries the film on his shoulders neatly with a neat performance, and Saranya delivers, as always, with her natural style. Neetu Chandra fits the role snugly. P C Sreeram’s natural lighting is a major plus, especially in portraying the 1970s, and the grainy tone that he alone can bring to cinema is another plus. Of course, there are a few iffy points. Like the TV showing the climax while there is a power cut. And did our Chennai police (law and order) wear those red and blue topis even in the 1970s? That apart, dialogues are a major plus (Neelu Ayappan). It is a neat entertainer without amateurish spook props. This is one goose bumps date you would want to keep
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The film (Yavarum Nalam) takes off from an ordinary, everyday event—the afternoon serial hour, which is the holy of holies in many homes today. And plays havoc with the happy urbanite joint family. Director Vikram Kumar makes a neat beginning showcasing Manohar (Madhavan), his wife Priya (Neetu Chandra), mother (Saranya), brother and his wife, and Mano’s younger sister happily moving into a swank, 13th floor apartment that the brothers jointly invest in. And offers tiny morsels of mystery, like the lift which refuses to budge for Manohar, the mysterious neighbor, the supra-powerful power outages, the first drop of blood shed in the pooja room, even as he shows the family happy doing the 100 ordinary things.
As the 13th hour (1 pm) serial airs in Mano’s house, avidly watched by the family, Mano alone begins to realize that the story is an eerie parallel of his own family’s. When events in his family turn gory, it is a race against time for Manohar to unravel a gory past, save his own family, and secure their future .
Madhavan carries the film on his shoulders neatly with a neat performance, and Saranya delivers, as always, with her natural style. Neetu Chandra fits the role snugly. P C Sreeram’s natural lighting is a major plus, especially in portraying the 1970s, and the grainy tone that he alone can bring to cinema is another plus. Of course, there are a few iffy points. Like the TV showing the climax while there is a power cut. And did our Chennai police (law and order) wear those red and blue topis even in the 1970s? That apart, dialogues are a major plus (Neelu Ayappan). It is a neat entertainer without amateurish spook props. This is one goose bumps date you would want to keep
Article Source:http://payal.mywebdunia.com/2009/03/07/1236411947792.html
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