Suttu Pidikka Utharavu Movie Review
Production: Kalpataru Pictures Cast: Athulya Ravi, Mysskin, Suseenthiran, Vikranth Direction: Ram Prakash Rayappa Screenplay: Ram Prakash Rayappa Story: Ram Prakash Rayappa Music: Jakes Bejoy Background score: Jakes Bejoy Cinematography: Sujith Sarang
The opening scene of Suttu Pidikka Utharavu is as intriguing as its title – a few youngsters who are badly in need of money loot a private bank in Coimbatore with the help of weapons, leaving some of the innocent people there dead and injured. Though the desperate culprits manage to take money and almost escape from the place, cops swing into action, which deters their plan to some extent. The sudden act, under the guidance of Ibrahim (Mysskin), reveals that the team of lawbreakers is headed by Ashok (Vikranth).
After being chased by the cops, the heavily armed gang enters into a colony in the city, leaving the residents worried. We get to see gun shots, cops and criminals attacking each other and another gang of dreaded terrorists who are planning something big in the city. The action scenes and the police operation to nab the criminals are interestingly shot though the screenplay doesn’t engage the audience after a certain point. The different reactions of people from different walks of life in the backdrop and their fear have also been portrayed intriguingly in some scenes. But there are logical loopholes and forced light-hearted scenes which spoil the chance of making the film into a tightly woven thriller.
Special mention to stunt choreographer Dinesh Kasi, whose stunts are realistically choreographed. Jakes Bejoy’s background score is quite likable, and terrific at very few places, and the lack of songs help the film a lot. The editing and camera work is done well for the genre, as it keeps you engaged in spite of the majority of the movie happening at the same place. There is nothing surprising till the climax, which causes a lack of excitement between the 2 big highlights of the film, the intro chase scenes and the climax twist.
There is a huge twist in the climax that will really surprise and works well for the majority of the audiences, where the film tries to justify the loopholes in the first 2 hours. But the loopholes are too many in number that the film fails to fill all of them. The film would have been crispier and on target if the screenplay was tighter and more interesting.
