A scene from ‘Mazhai Pidikkatha Manithan’ | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement
Director Vijay Milton is back after six years and the first few minutes of this film, starring Vijay Antony, Mazhai Pidickatha Manithangave the impression that this is a worthy comeback for both Vijay. The film starts with a pleasant surprise that this is the sequel of Vijay Antony Salim (2014), which itself was a sequel to his 2012 film NaanQuick-paced cuts swiftly connect the dots and bring a sense of familiarity to the protagonist Mazhai Pidickatha Manithan right from the start; but little did we know that they would also turn out to be the most interesting part of the movie.
Karthik (Vijay Antony), who stole Salim’s identity Naan and became a doctor SalimKarthik, a secret agency turned agent, has lost his friends and his girlfriend in an ambush on a rainy day. Now, as a man who has lost everything in the rain, and beset by survivor’s guilt, Karthik attempts to start afresh. With the help of his chief (Sarathkumar), he reaches the Andaman coast and finds refuge in an eatery run by a mother-son duo. But what our hero doesn’t know is that despite reaching land, he is still in trouble when he meets a local loan shark, Daali (Dhananjay).
A man tied to the past wants to make a fresh start away from the horrors of his past but is pulled back into it again, this is a character that is not new to Indian cinema at all. The idea of ​​a double life is something that was also tried by Vijay Antony himself pichaikaran,which proved to be one of his biggest hits. Whether it is the major changes in the protagonist’s life – which come as he gets used to a new place, new people and new responsibilities – or the collective transformation where he discovers who he really is and what he is capable of, Mazhai Pidickatha Manithan Defectors everywhere pichaikaran Victorious.
Mazhai Pidikkatha Manithan (Tamil)
Director: Vijay Milton
Mould: Vijay Antony, R Sarathkumar, Sathyaraj, Megha Akash, Dhananjay, Prithvi Ambar
Runtime: 133 minutes
Plot: A man with a bloody past tries to start afresh with a new identity, but trouble comes knocking on his door once again
Mazhai Pidickatha Manithan It seems to be a mix of many action movies that have such heroes. The basic idea seems cut from the same cloth Equalizer The films feature an old-fashioned killer seeking revenge for his puppies, which will remind you of a particular film series starring Keanu Reeves. Motivations are appropriate when they are used as crutches to support an interesting story, not when they are turned into stretchers to advance a dull plot.
A scene from ‘Mazhai Pidikkatha Manithan’ | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement
Apart from the predictable story, it is the poorly written characters and scenes that let this film down. We have the damsel in distress in the form of Sowmya (Megha Akash); a talkative Burma (Prithvi Ambar), who is beaten up so often that we feel that the way she was treated was completely justified; her mother (Saranya Ponvannan), who utters the most unrelatable dialogues in an attempt to sound serious; and of course, the ever-dangerous villain (Dhananjay), whose idea of ​​terror is to serve poison-flavoured coffee. Trusted seniors like Sarathkumar and Saranya and a cameo by Sathyaraj also fail to save the film from the shallow waters of mediocre writing.
Sometimes the possibilities you see only make you sadder. In one scene, Dali’s ego is bruised after an encounter with a suspicious cop (Murali Sharma), but that subplot goes nowhere. The love triangle between the three main characters doesn’t feel organic. A little more information about the agency headed by the Captain (Sathyaraj) would have made the backstory more valuable; instead, the film settles on dressing him in expensive clothes, putting him in an ornate underground hideout and making him say something along the lines of the actor’s iconic quotes. ‘Thagudu, Thagudu’ Lines.
The title of the film tells you about the poetic feel the makers are trying to bring, and placing a character who hates rain on an island surrounded by water is quite dramatic, but Mazhai Pidickatha Manithan fails to take advantage of these tropes. What we are left with is a painfully formulaic plot with unlikable characters and unpredictable events that will surely spoil your entertainment.
Mazhai Pidikkatha Manithan is currently running in theatres
