![]() ![]() ![]() The two different personalities come together to catch a serial killer who targets women. On the very first day, he is made to work with a reclusive but efficient SP Loganathan (Sarathkumar), who prefers working alone. Prakash (Ashok Selvan) is a newly-appointed DSP, who suffers from anxiety issues. With brilliant casting choices and focused story-telling, debutant director Vignesh Raja has delivered an engaging film that doesn’t disappoint from start to finish. The film is extremely disturbing because it doesn’t look away from the truth.Įasily the most entertaining film of the lot, Por Thozhil, another low-budget film on the list, follows all the tropes of a buddy cop film. Even without his knowledge, he becomes an enabler of such violence. It follows a new naive police constable posted in a remote village, who witnesses the atrocities committed by the men in power in the name of preventing acts of terror. Based on Jeyamohan’s short story Thunaivan, the gut-wrenching film is about a tribal village that suffers due to police brutality. ![]() Good Night will definitely go down as one of the most charming films of the year.Though not the best work of director Vetrimaaran, Viduthalai Part 1 is easily one of the best Tamil films to come out this year so far. He’s brilliant all the way and is ably supported by Ramesh Thilak, Meetha and Balaji Sakthivel in key roles. It is Manikandan, who’s so far sidelined to play character roles, that gets a major breakthrough with Good Night. The film gets the casting on point and every character shines with neat performances. But won’t express it fearing it is a sign of weakness. Good Night is an exception and every time Mohan sheds a tear or two, there are quite a few of us who would connect with him on an emotional level. Most of the time, it's portrayed as a weakness. Mainstream cinema rarely has vulnerable men who can cry their heart out. Post marriage, the way Mohan and Anu struggle to deal with their core problems is exactly how most youngsters deal with their issues in modern relationships. Unlike the first half which is highly entertaining, the film gets adequately emotional in the second half. This is also a film about insecurities in modern-day relationships and the lack of communication. This is what makes the conflict in Good Night highly relatable. We all have a family member or a relative who’s a loud snorer. Snoring is more or less an issue in every household. Vinayak Chandrasekaran succeeds in this because he doesn’t try too hard, and that’s what makes everything about this story highly compelling and at the same time quite accurate. Good Night does that so convincingly and one of the main reasons for it is the writing. It isn’t easy to make a film about ordinary people and their problems and yet keep audiences invested. The humour flows seamlessly and some of the scenes, which are written so well, are genuinely funny. Good Night is one of those rare Tamil films where you find yourself laughing uncontrollably for most part. In no time, Mohan and Anu get married and little do we know that the snoring issue can wreak havoc in their lives. When Mohan meets Anu (Meetha Raghunath) by accident, love blossoms between them in the most unusual way and it also marks the beginning of a major turnaround in his life. Mohan lives with his mother and two sisters – with the elder one married and her husband also stays with them. Thanks to his snoring, he earns the moniker ‘motor’ Mohan in his office and he always gets picked on by his colleagues. It’s his snoring that has been the biggest problem in his life. He has the most mundane life, but that’s never been much of an issue for him. He belongs to a lower-middle class family and works in an IT company. Also read: Pathu Thala, Simbu's predictable but engaging gangster film works only because of him Good Night review: The Tamil film features Manikandan Kabali, Ramesh Thilak, and Meetha Raghunath among others.Įven before the film starts (as the titles appear on screen), we are introduced to our protagonist Mohan, who has been struggling with his snoring issues. In Tamil cinema, films like Thiruchitrambalam, DaDa and now Good Night are the perfect examples of stories that touch upon common, everyday problems and present them in the most lighthearted way. Malayalam cinema has championed the art of making films about common people and their problems. At a time when filmmakers are so obsessed with making pan-India films with stars, Good Night comes as a whiff of fresh air. If feel-good cinema is a genre, then debutant Vinayak Chandrasekaran’s Good Night, a moving film about a young guy’s snoring problems, deserves a place right at the top. ![]()
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