Siren movie review: Jayam Ravi-Keerthy Suresh crime thriller is underwhelming
When a film is touted as against the law thriller, there are clearly excessive expectations from the viewers. Folks anticipate homicide, thriller, suspense, crimson herrings, and so forth. Siren starring Jayam Ravi, Keerthy Suresh, Yogi Babu and Anupama Parameswaran is against the law thriller: so did this Antony Bhagyaraj-directed movie fulfill all these guarantees? Additionally learn | Lal Salaam film assessment: Aishwarya Rajinikanth again with a bang
The premise
Because the film begins out, we meet a 14-year-old younger lady, who reveals that her father is behind bars and he or she doesn’t have a relationship with him. And who’s her father? Meet Thilagan (Jayam Ravi), who hasn’t interacted together with his little one for 14 years and is serving a sentence for reportedly murdering somebody. Regardless of the presents from the parole board to go go to his little one and household, Thilagan refuses to step out of jail for 14 years. All of the sudden he’s determined to see his daughter and kind a relationship along with her so he goes on a two-week parole to his dwelling.
Reduce to a parallel monitor, the place we see police inspector Nandini (Keerthy Suresh) suspended for allegedly killing somebody. She denies having killed anybody and fortunately, the autopsy helps her model. Nandini is reinstated within the police pressure and heads the station, the place Thilagan has to report day-after-day whereas on parole.
In the meantime, police constable Velankanni (Yogi Babu) is assigned to watch Thilagan 24 by 7 whereas he’s on parole. All of the sudden, a spate of murders happen in that city and Nandini suspects Thilagan. Are each Thilagan and Nandini actually freed from committing any crimes? What occurred to Thilagan’s spouse (Anupama Parameswaran)? What’s the fact behind these murders?
What works (a bit) and what doesn’t
Director Antony Bhagyaraj, who has written this movie, and has tried to offer us a thriller that has two different themes – the father-daughter sentiment and the revenge drama. And the director intentionally appears to have divided the movie delineating these two halves. The primary half of the movie closely focuses on the previous making an attempt to determine how a lot Thilagan loves his little one and is determined for her love. The second half shifts in direction of the revenge drama facet.
Does it work? The primary half is de facto gradual and regardless of the try and create viewers empathy and an emotional reference to the father-daughter sob story, it doesn’t actually work. Nandini’s story additionally appears a bit far-fetched and unrealistic whereas the villains are nothing to jot down dwelling about. The second half fares barely higher however on the entire this story is outdated wine in an outdated bottle with no novelty issue. There are lots of scenes which were included simply to take the story ahead and a few appear too contrived. The writing – not simply of the story however even the characters – may have been higher to make it extra participating.
As for the performances, Jayam Ravi performs a youthful Thilagan and an older Thilagan sporting a grey beard and hair, and he has underplayed his character. His measured efficiency as convict and father Thilagan is a change from his latest movies. Keerthy Suresh’s character is extra severe and it’s one-dimensional – she repeatedly denies having killed anybody and has the identical expression all through many of the movie. Yogi Babu is there for the comedian issue and he delivers what’s required. GV Prakash Kumar has scored the music and songs and it’s par for the course.
On the entire, Siren is just too melodramatic as against the law thriller and is an underwhelming timepass.
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