Gautham Vasudev Menon’s ‘Vendhu Thanindhathu Kaadu’, with a terrific Silambarasan, is a fine addition to Tamil films about gangsters
- Trinity Auditorium
- Sep 15, 2022
- 1 min read
Spoilers ahead…
When I reviewed Gautham Vasudev Menon’s last feature film, the imperfect but also very underrated , I called it a fine romance that slides into a generic action-thriller. It’s the reverse in . Despite a nice bit about consent, the romance track is among Gautham’s weakest, mainly because Siddhi Idnani, who plays Paavai, is little more than a pretty face. Not a single line reading or facial expression is convincing, and you need conviction when you are making a decision about a man who’s about to tell you whether or not he has killed people. You need conviction to play a girl who’s literally on the ledge, thanks to a dysfunctional family. None of that inner pain comes through. Thankfully, she’s the only inauthentic aspect in a gangster drama that feels authentic to the core.
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