ORU NAAL IRAVIL MOVIE REVIEW
Release Date : Nov 20,2015
Review by : Behindwoods Review Board
CAST AND CREW
Production: Paulsons Media Pvt Ltd, Think Big Studios
Cast: Sathyaraj, Yugi Sethu
Direction: Antony
Screenplay: Antony
Story: Antony
Music: Navin
Background score: Navin
Many things can represent one’s life. Oru Naal Iravil (ONI) reiterates
this statement by letting the film open with an animation of a rat trap.
The entire story or rather in case of ONI, the complete incident that
the narrator wants to narrate is easily represented by a rat trap.
Ace editor Anthony debuts with ONI as the director and has to be
appreciated for the smart move of choosing to remake a Malayalam film
like Shutter because such are the values, elements and nuances loaded in
this tale penned by Joy Mathew.
Clean and natural
performances by almost all the artists featured in the cast list augment
our overall experience as a viewer. Further on, reviews may add a
default sentence stating that “No comments on the range of performance
has been added” whenever Sathyaraj is sporting a role. Such has become
his mastery over performing or rather behaving the character to be
precise.
Warm welcome to Anu Mol as she scores well
through the narrative with her natural look, body language, dialogue
delivery and what not. She is a new addition to the list of wholesome
artists of our Tamil industry. Varun also extends a decent job as the
assistant of Sathyaraj.
Oru Naal Iravil holds a custom
made role for a person like Yugi Sethu. If you haven’t watched the
Malayalam version then one cannot think of an alternative name to play
that character. He has created his own set of parameters to play this
role and showcases extreme consistency, making the audience accept the
limitations of that character. Dixitha Kothari as Sathyaraj’s daughter
demands a special mention.
ONI might not be that film
that captivates your attention from the first frame but it slowly grows
on you and makes you want to know the climax. After watching the climax,
one feels more than satisfied for having given 2 hours of his/her time
for this film.
ONI is designed in a way that your
attention does not get directed towards any technicalities involved in
filmmaking, but that itself is a big plus for an attempt to narrate an
incident that takes place in a person’s life in a span of 2 days. If you
put on your evaluator glasses then MS Prabhu’s cinematography and
Editor Anthony’s cuts have very subtly raised the film’s output.
In a sentence, Oru Naal Iravil is a worthy watch for what it does to
you in the last 15 minutes. The climax is the highlight of this tale
presented by AL Vijay
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