Soorarai Pottru – Movie review

Based on the auto biography of Capt. Gopinath ‘Simply fly’ , Soorarai Pottru is a dramatised version of the same by Sudha kongara . Nedumaaran Rajangam ( Surya) a son of Tamil teacher in village of Solavandhann , who aspires to get air connectivity to the remotest of the village in an affordable way. Maara undergoes quiet a roller coaster ride in this ordeal as he gets ruffed up by huge airline bosses who wants air travel only for the privileged and not for the common people. He goes into huge debts making enemies along the way . How Maara fights all the way and reaches his goal is the rest of the story.

It’s Surya and Sudha all the way in the movie, when the story mellows down its Surya who brings it up by his performance and Sudha’s script keeps it together all the way. On the cast its Surya who shoulders it towards the end, other than him Uravashi and newcomer Aparna give a balanced performance in the movie. The weaklings are the so called villain Paresh Rawal’s role is weak for his character and doesn’t bring the best in him. The story though based on the specific details doesn’t engage us all the way , reduction of duration might help in the flow. I give the film 6/10

 

Irudhi Suttru – Movie review

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Prabhu (Madhavan) is a foul mouthed, arrogant but one of best boxing coach in India. His attitude transfers him from the national academy of Hisar to Chennai with a false sexual harassment charges. He starts training women boxers in Chennai but doesn’t see any grit from any of them. One day he sees Madhi (Rithika) a wisher women who has the talent and the spirt which could be make her the best boxer. But Madhi doesn’t take boxing seriously, and Prabhu has to bribe her to come for training. How Prabhu makes Madhi a star and what problems they face makes the rest of the story.

A boxing or even a sports story in Tamil film very rare, and many films deviate from the main theme and end bad. But Sudha and team have made the film short and perfect; the film never deviates from the main theme, though predictable and overdone in few places it just moves in a steady pace. Madhavan is just perfect for the role and Rithika is just dominates the whole film. special mention for nassar for his role as asst coach. Songs and music are done well and support the film. Cinematography by Siva makes every scene pleasurable. Satish Soorya’s editing makes the film crisp and fast and never allows the audience to lay back. Irudhi Suttru may not be a great film but there is something deep which touches everyone’s heart. I give it 5/10