Starring: Sameera Reddy,Veera Bahu,Samantha
Director: Gautham Vasudev Menon
Producer: Jayaraman
Banner: Photon Kathaas,R. S. Infotainments
Nadunisi Naaygal is a Tamil thriller Movie releasing today. Nadunisi Naaygal is not a horror film but an unraveling of the story of a person and characters involved.Gautham Vasudev Menon has tried a different genre with Nadunisi Naaygal. It is a psycho thriller that takes place one night in the life of a psychopath with multiple personalities.
It is bizarre and deals with the quirky side of human behaviour. The film moves at a rapid pace with running time of under two hours.
Andrei Chikatilo of Ukraine was a serial killer who killed 53 women and children from 1978 to 1990. When prosecutors and psychologists delved into his background, they learned that young Chikatilo had witnessed the brutal killing and cannibalising of his elder brother by a group of starving villagers. Chikatilo was sentenced to death for his crimes. Ted Bunty of America confessed that he had murdered over 30 women after his arrest. Ted Bunty was born of an incestuous relationship of his mother and her father. He was executed for his crimes in 1989. Childhood greatly influences a person's development into adulthood. Psycho, Hannibal and The Silence of the Lambs were some movies that brought serial killing on screen in Hollywood. Nadunisi Naaygal is our very own movie which handles that horrible and unthinkable side of humans.
Motherless young Samar (Veera) is brought up by his father. Samar's father organises orgies at his residence in the night, but when young Samar accidentally witnesses them, he is forced by his father to particpate. His father sexually grooms him to be part of his lecherous activities. When Meenakshi (Swapna), a neighbour, suspects that something fishy might be happening at Samar's house, she sneaks in to find out the truth. Disgusted with witnessing a child being forced to indulge in sex, she calls the police, who raid Samar's residence, which ends up with Samar's father killing himself to escape the shame.
Orphaned by his father's death, Samar is adopted by Meenakshi, who brings him up like a son. Struggling with the effects of a traumatic childhood, Samar's world develops around Meenakshi. Now in his teens, he idolises Meenakshi, with whom he starts imagining a special relationship. When Meenakshi marries her friend, the beast inside Samar starts taking shape. He doesn't stop with slaughtering Meenakshi and her family, but goes on a killing spree while he reaches a stage of psychosis.
Can a thriller be made without background music and abrupt sounds? Yes it can and with success; that's what Nadunisi Naaygal proves. Goodbye songs, dances, overused themes, needless characters and Indian movie cliches. Newcomer Veera, as a person with split personality disorder, shines in enacting a suave man and doubling up as a savage serial killer. Dialogues are measured and help in reflecting the brutality of a serial killer. Samar's dialogues accentuate his complete detachment from reality and social life. When the police inspector kills the dog Samar sets on him, Samar questions him "Are you so inhumane as to kill a dog?"
With no help from adrenalin pumping audio, Manoj Paramahamsa's camera and Anthony's editing are the sole elements apart from the storyline to raise the viewer's anxiety. All these elements make the viewer's hearts race continuously for 90 minutes. Director Gautham Menon has also thrown light on two unexplored themes in Indian cinema: child sexual abuse and the life of the criminally insane. Nadunisi Naaygal is not for the faint hearted, but for people who want to witness Gautham Menon burning a new path in Indian Cinema.
Nadunisi Naaygal Movie Rating :2.5/5 It is bizarre and deals with the quirky side of human behaviour. The film moves at a rapid pace with running time of under two hours.
Andrei Chikatilo of Ukraine was a serial killer who killed 53 women and children from 1978 to 1990. When prosecutors and psychologists delved into his background, they learned that young Chikatilo had witnessed the brutal killing and cannibalising of his elder brother by a group of starving villagers. Chikatilo was sentenced to death for his crimes. Ted Bunty of America confessed that he had murdered over 30 women after his arrest. Ted Bunty was born of an incestuous relationship of his mother and her father. He was executed for his crimes in 1989. Childhood greatly influences a person's development into adulthood. Psycho, Hannibal and The Silence of the Lambs were some movies that brought serial killing on screen in Hollywood. Nadunisi Naaygal is our very own movie which handles that horrible and unthinkable side of humans.
Motherless young Samar (Veera) is brought up by his father. Samar's father organises orgies at his residence in the night, but when young Samar accidentally witnesses them, he is forced by his father to particpate. His father sexually grooms him to be part of his lecherous activities. When Meenakshi (Swapna), a neighbour, suspects that something fishy might be happening at Samar's house, she sneaks in to find out the truth. Disgusted with witnessing a child being forced to indulge in sex, she calls the police, who raid Samar's residence, which ends up with Samar's father killing himself to escape the shame.
Orphaned by his father's death, Samar is adopted by Meenakshi, who brings him up like a son. Struggling with the effects of a traumatic childhood, Samar's world develops around Meenakshi. Now in his teens, he idolises Meenakshi, with whom he starts imagining a special relationship. When Meenakshi marries her friend, the beast inside Samar starts taking shape. He doesn't stop with slaughtering Meenakshi and her family, but goes on a killing spree while he reaches a stage of psychosis.
Can a thriller be made without background music and abrupt sounds? Yes it can and with success; that's what Nadunisi Naaygal proves. Goodbye songs, dances, overused themes, needless characters and Indian movie cliches. Newcomer Veera, as a person with split personality disorder, shines in enacting a suave man and doubling up as a savage serial killer. Dialogues are measured and help in reflecting the brutality of a serial killer. Samar's dialogues accentuate his complete detachment from reality and social life. When the police inspector kills the dog Samar sets on him, Samar questions him "Are you so inhumane as to kill a dog?"
With no help from adrenalin pumping audio, Manoj Paramahamsa's camera and Anthony's editing are the sole elements apart from the storyline to raise the viewer's anxiety. All these elements make the viewer's hearts race continuously for 90 minutes. Director Gautham Menon has also thrown light on two unexplored themes in Indian cinema: child sexual abuse and the life of the criminally insane. Nadunisi Naaygal is not for the faint hearted, but for people who want to witness Gautham Menon burning a new path in Indian Cinema.
gonna see d movie 2morrow!
ReplyDeletei like all gautham's movies,i hope tis also gud
ReplyDeleteit was inspired by psycho
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