Produced by – Vels Film International
Written and Directed by – Pa. Vijay
Cast – Jiiva, Arjun, Raashi Khanna, Edward Sonnenblick, Matylda, Yogi Babu, Radha Ravi Sha Rs etc
Censor Rating -U/A
Running Time – 136 Minutes
Rating – ***1/2
Action King Arjun and Jiiva walk away with the acting honors (in the same order!) in this fantasy flick set against a period backdrop while starting off from the contemporary period.Pa. Vijay, the lyricist turned actor turned writer /filmmaker has set his focus on the significance of Siddha Medicine and its applications effects on human beings.
There is a terrific dialogue which goes like this – Unlike Allopathic Medicines, Siddha herbal medicines from Nature, there is no expiry date!Jiiva is a filmmaker whose dream project gets shattered owing to issues.The set and the associated pops are converted into a Scary House and Yogi Babu (as himself!) opens it.All is well till the exploration of a huge piano which leads them all to the pre-independence era where the audience are introduced to a tyrannical Britisher who derives pleasure in tortuting the natives.The arrival of a Siddha doctor (Arjun) changes the flavor of the place but again he is shot dead by the Britisher!
Cut to the present, Jiiva takes over and does the needful.Yuvan Shankar Raja has brought back memories of his dad’s tunes.An interesting fantasy film.