However, the film is almost 160 minutes, and Vinoth's idea of infusing this essentially cop-chase-baddies story with a romance ( with Rakul Preet Singh's Priya) jars. For one, he has stopped rolling his eyes! There is something very genuine about him in Vinoth's work, and Karthi's subtle and somewhat softer persona get all the prominence they deserve.
The movie picks up additional stars, because Karthi has finally come clean of some of his boringly irritating manners. There is never a dull moment here, and the plot progresses with admirable finesse, taking us to several places in Haryana, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and the sands of Rajasthan, where the final battle is fought between Theeran and the murderous gang.
Wonderfully researched with the help of the very man, the then Inspector-General of Police, S R Jangid – who led the assault on the Baawariya criminals – Vinoth presents a neat film, high on craft and narrated with gripping precision. Unlettered and unsophisticated in this game, these men (who have been compared to the thugs who operated in 19th century Bengal and other neighbouring areas until Lord William Bentinck finished them off after they had operated for 600 years with fearless impunity) left behind their fingerprints – which eventually help Karthi's Theeran to eradicate their menace. These masked men were brutal to the last word they did not just rob, but also murdered men, women and children in cold blood. He had played policeman in an earlier work, and there have been so many cop pictures in Tamil that, frankly, I could not think of anything different that Vinoth could possibly offer.īut, surprise of surprises, the young Vinoth (who did earlier give us a reasonably clean work called Sathuranga Vettai) came out with something which was dramatic without being too exaggerated.īased on a true crime story that rocked Tamil Nadu and other southern states in the 1990s and early 2000, Theeran Adhigaram Ondru is all about Rajasthan's notorious Baawariya tribe plundering and killing on some of the lonely highways.
Vinoth's latest cop story, Theeran Adhigaram Ondru, on Friday (November 17) that had Karthi in khaki. So, I had no great expectation when I walked into the auditorium screening H.
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