Pallikoodam Movie Review Recently many movies have started coming which tries to bring a nostalgic feel to us. And when such a movie is directed by Thankar Bachan who introduced us to this genre with his Azhagi the expectations are soaring high. The movie is about a School which is facing problems with the owner of the land. And how they try to get help from the old students of the school. Thus starts this nostalgic emotional ride, Its about four classmates Vetrivel, Muthu, Kumaraswami and Kokila, who had studied at that school and how their life change. Vetrivel a son of a potter is the most intelligent of the lot and loves Kokila. Kokila is the daughter of a rich Jamindar who owns the school land. And there common friends are Muthu and Kumaraswami. Kumarawami is very bad at studies and tries to avoid going to schools but his father makes him to. A young and beautiful Doctor, Jhansi(Shreya) arrives at the village and becomes friend to the foursome. Jhansi slowly becomes the godfather figure to all the four. And when Muthu loses his father and becomes an orphan Jhansi takes him into his custody. Vetrivel and Kokila’s love is made public and the villager blame Jhansi and throws her out of the Village and Muthu accompanies her. What happened to Jhansi and Muthu? What happened to Kumaraswamy? Whether Vetrivel and Kokila come together? And will School escape the wrath of the land owner forms the rest of the story. The movie is based on a novel “Kalavadiya Pozhudhugal”. The novel is superbly translated into the big screen by Thankar Bhachan who is also taking care of the cinematography, Screenplay and Direction besides playing a character in the film. The cinematography side there is little to talk about but Thankar scores with his screenplay, direction and acting. For such a realistic movie there are many unrealistic scenes in-between like the starting scene where students sing the national anthem in the rain even though patriotically thought is very unrealistic and the duet between the young Vetrivel and young Kokila is a total let down. But the movie is successful in bringing out the nostalgic feeling. Some of the scenes like the meeting of Kumaraswamy who is a farmer now; meets Vetrivel who is the collector, is directed very well. The performance in the movie is of high order and all the actors compete with one another for the glory. Naren as Vetrivel, has done a wonderful job. Sneha as Kokila steals our heart with her simplicity, Thankar bachan as Kumaraswamy lives his part. Shreya Reddy as Jhansi, impresses everyone with her dignified acting. Seeman’s as Muthu, makes a confident debut. The actor who comes as the younger Kumaraswamy is a revelation with his superb comic timing and quick wit. The scene in which he drops his pen to see Shreya’s legs will surely bring the house down. But the heavy usage of artist who doesn’t even know the spelling of acting has affected the movies natural theme. Music of Baradwaj is soothing to the ears especially the “Meendum Pallikoodam pogalam” track, which lingers in one’s heart long after the audience come out of the theatre. Gana ulaganathan comes up with a remix of the old song “Nanamoo” which can get a hit status if marketed properly. Sathish does a good job as the Editor but the pace of eth movie drops in the second half, which if taken care of, would have made a big difference in the outcome of the movie. Overall the movie is well made and will be lapped up by Sub –urban people. the people who liked Azhagi will definitely like this effort from Thankar Bhachaan as well. And the heavy emotional aspect of the movie will go well with the female audience.
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