Vignesh Vijaykumar’s quirky comedy is a fun watch despite its minor glitches
Story: AK, an out-of-work actor, begins Mad Firm, a start-up that gives emotional companies to its purchasers by means of a set of actors employed for a selected character and interval. Within the meantime, his arch nemesis Amaran is all out to tarnish the picture of the corporate, by means of his TV channel.
Overview: AK (Prasanna) is a passionate actor, who was as soon as using on a excessive within the movie trade, however is now out of labor after being issued a purple card. However to not depart his ardour behind, the gifted however smug AK decides to begin an organization that gives actors for hire to play sure characters in a single’s actual life. The purchasers can select actors of a selected age, gender and different standards to fill within the sneakers of an individual they’re both lacking from their life or somebody who they aspire to have of their lives.
The eight-episode collection, spanning a mean runtime of half-hour per episode, begins with a press convention the place Podhum Ponnu (Kaniha), a pal of AK, introduces Mad Firm. However there’s a catch! The founder himself is lacking. And as anticipated, Prasanna offers a heroic entry and manages to persuade the press about his quirky thought.
As soon as the corporate’s enterprise kicks off, we’re launched to the myriad situations the place the actors go to their consumer’s homes and fill within the sneakers of sure folks. Be it an ex-police officer hoping to reunite along with his eloped daughter, a grieving sister attempting to return to phrases together with her brother’s dying, a younger girl hoping to rekindle her romance together with her ex-boyfriend, or perhaps a teenager inserting a request for an encounter with a ghost, the episodes are a heady mixture of emotional cocktails. Lots of the situations come throughout as a tad predictable, however nonetheless are a enjoyable experience.
However it’s not all mattress of roses for Mad Firm. Amaran (SP Charan), an arch nemesis of AK, would go any size to shatter his and his firm’s repute by means of his TV channel. The workers of Mad Firm tread a tremendous line as they struggle their finest to foil the plan and on the identical time, persuade folks that Mad Firm shouldn’t be doing something unethical by way of their companies.
It is a refreshing change to see Prasanna and Kaniha, whom we final noticed onscreen 20 years in the past, come collectively and recreate the magic. Prasanna is convincing as an unpredictable and stony-hearted AK, who transitions from one emotion to a different with ease. The face-offs between Charan and Prasanna are goofy, however Charan may have completed with extra display screen time. Dhanya Balakrishna’s character may have been etched slightly higher apart from being portrayed solely as a lovelorn girl. The complete supporting forged, too, have performed their roles in a convincing method.
The most effective half in regards to the collection is that it is a present that one can sit and watch along with the whole household on a weekend. Although Mad Firm can’t be known as amusing riot as a result of many instances, the strains fall flat, however on the identical time, the comedy is clear and does not get boring. What did not actually come collectively within the collection is the half about AK’s romantic previous. Not solely did it really feel just like the couple actually did not make a lot of an effort to make their relationship work, it appears a tad tough to imagine that Prasanna had no inkling about the truth that a youngster with whom he interacted frequently was certainly his son. And that his pal Podhum Ponnu, who was elevating his son as her personal, did not make an effort to reveal her confidante in regards to the essential a part of his life.
This aside, the technical facets within the collection work for the tone and temper of the present. Aside from the minor glitches, Vignesh Vijayakumar’s Mad Firm is a tremendous binge watch over the weekend.
Verdict: A weekend binge watch with household
