Mathagam Series Review – Well Enacted Drama that refuses to flex its muscles

Posted on August 19, 2023

BOTTOM LINE: Effectively Enacted Drama that Refuses to flex its muscular tissues

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Cuss Phrases, Violence

What Is the Story About?

Mathagam follows a honest and trustworthy police officer who takes it upon himself to cost upon a infamous prison, additionally somebody who runs an enormous crime syndicate utilizing his connections with top-ranked officers in Police pressure and Politics. The catch right here is that the crime gang boss is believed to have died years in the past. A cat – mouse recreation that doesn’t defy or break pre-existing templates, however focusses on the police-criminal-politics nexus and who wins & how, if in any respect?

Performances?

Atharvaa appears to be like enough because the trustworthy cop Ashwath. Fairly predictable character arc of a cop who’s essentially the most trustworthy of all and is torn between responsibility and household.

Manikandan tries to raise the function of crime syndicate boss Padalam Shekar, comes off distinctive at most locations however doesn’t at fairly a number of locations too. For a narrative line closely inclined in direction of the face-off of the cop & prison, each Atharvaa and Manikandan deserved extra materials to fairly tailored into. Could also be as a result of we’ve seen higher variations of such face-offs since years.

Evaluation

Written and Directed by Prasath Murugesan, Mathagam is a police procedural, a thriller, a criminal offense drama, and lots of issues within the combine without delay. Primarily a cat and mouse recreation with a commendable world-building effort, the collection does face some large hiccups, but in addition some glories.

Mathagam sticks to the cat-mouse template and depends on the face-off between the trustworthy Cop DCP Ashwath and a gangster, Lord of a prison syndicate – Padalam Sekhar. Nonetheless, the method includes so many character, quirky at that coming in and going. Some, very very important and a few, may very well be very important in a possible second season.

The Police Officer in query struggles to maintain a steadiness between his private {and professional} life. A spouse, who’s coping with PPD, and a haunting prison who he ought to get his arms on. The Legal Lord – Padalam Sekhar has an enormous set of unlikely tiny gangsters with quirky names and quirkier modus operandis. How Ashwath reaches to Sekhar, following the look-book of a legacy cop, types the crux of the movie.

Coming to what works, the present is a welcome change within the police-gangster-politician nexus matrix exhibits in how sensible its execution is. The supporting forged comprising of Gautham Vasudev Menon, Dilnaz Irani, Nikhila Vimal and Ilavarasu are actually good, even when the primary two leads falter attributable to writing deficiencies.

Coming to what doesn’t work, the storyline of Mathagam deserved a shorter run-time and a extra participating screenplay. The finale, though tries to be, doesn’t actually come throughout rewarding. And essentially the most eventful happenings of the present takes place solely within the finale episode. Additionally, there isn’t a lot motion set-pieces both (neither sensible, nor cinematic).

Briefly, Mathagam is watchable. Its simply that Mathagam doesn’t actually flex its muscular tissues. Neither does it let its lead actors flex their muscular tissues absolutely. Most likely, the second season of the present might do much more writing sensible and arc sensible (for the leads), which we hope solutions lots of our quips.

Different Artists?

Mathagam has supporting forged. Nikhila Vimal performs Ashwath’s spouse. She doesn’t get a lot scope to carry out, however nevertheless makes her presence felt in no matter little she will get particularly as a lady going by way of PPD. Gautham Vasudev Menon and Ilavarasu are significantly so good, and Dilnaz Iraani is such a star. She instructions each scene she is in, effortlessly.

Music and Different Departments?

Mathagam does have its moments technically. Edwin Sakay’s cinematography deserves all of the flowers. It does usher in the suitable mix of cinematic thrill and realism even when the writing appears to me clueless about participating the viewers. Regardless of little of it, Dhilip Subbarayan’s set-pieces in ultimate episode is neat. Want the present had extra of it.