Clever and entertaining enough to recommend even to members of the 1%

an ambitious but ultimately ineffective debut endeavor.

I didn’t really have many expectations going into the movie (good or bad), but I actually really enjoyed it. I really liked the characters and the banter between them.

The movie really just wants to entertain people.

In the league of Devar Magan, Paruthiveeran yet another movie that portrays the life of people as it is in the reality. Aadukalam is a movie based on the life of rooster-fighters, their passion, love, emotions and everything.After success of Polladhavan, Dhanush and Vetrimaaran have tagged again for this classical venture and have succeeded too, making it both commercial and critically acclaimed movie.Plot: Pettaikaran and Rathnasamy are the rivals in the rooster fight. Karuppu, the jockey of Pettaikaran team, goes to win the best rooster award and a ransom price money in a tournament despite Pettaikaran denial to compete with his rooster. Rest of the movie depicts how situations go bad as people change after Karuppu gaining popularity.Yet another brilliant acting from the lead, Dhanush and excellent acting from the support casts Jayabalan, Kishore, and Narien. Tapsee who does the love interest of Dhanush, has done a recent job as well.Music is done by G.V Prakash Kumar has delivered exactly what it is supposed to.Full credits to Vetrimaaran for this excellent direction and superlative screenplay.No wonder that this movie has bagged six National awards including best actor, best director and best screenplay.For those who are looking for an honest and a quality movie, I would highly recommend this.

alright, the reason that compelled me to review Adukalam(2010) is the fact that it won 6 national awards this season. Whilst the movie speaks for itself in the departments of entertainment and dialog, one glance at the list of previous winners is sufficient to put a frown on your face.Vetrimaran, the director and Dhanush, the actor are good at what they do but DO NOT deserve nationwide recognition, oh, and definitely not for this movie. But i guess, there is another way to look at this result - Indian movies in the year 2010 (specifically) were only as good as Aadukalam or lesser...?? Is that the answer ? Hmmm, by all means possible...but not very likely.Anyway, I am, in a sense happy that a Tamil actor, director and film have been recognized as being competitive, but on the other hand, i feel sad that the appreciation has gone overboard. Now, about the movie - it deals with the novel subject of rooster fights and related issues in Madurai. Once again Tamil's madness for Madurai is out in the open - what with typical accents, suggestive language, behavior, etc etc. Phew ! Enough of the temple town and its people ! But what catches the viewer is the interesting human sub-plot that is well woven into the rooster battle. It flows with ease and poise, surprising us and delighting us at the same time. Dhanush's expressions are honest and true which in turn makes Tapsee's seem all the more fake. Nice ensemble of capable actors. GV Prakash's music may not be too bad but seems a tad inspired (uh..the real word should be copied) from Raaja and Rahman, the latter being his uncle.Personally, i thought Leader (2010) should have won for original screenplay, but nonetheless Aadukalam's screenplay deserves mention. We have seen many unbearable "Entertainers" and "Adhiradi Movies", we have cried in agony and bankruptcy afterward. We have seen movies that insult our intelligence and twist the laws of human existence, we have seen some of the most irritating actors and actresses to have ever come on film, and we have survived. Aadukalam causes no such trouble, survival at the end of the film is guaranteed, if not natural. But the National Awards Panel needs to get its act together.

Well, this movie is very new to the audience. I would say that technically the movie was great except for the editing and bgm during the rooster fight sequence. Dhanush's acting was marvelous. Casting was apt. The movie was nice up till the interval other than the scene in which Dhanush cuts his hand to prove his love, and the song followed by that! I think that wasn't much realistic. Second half is actually the beginning where Director Vetrimaran got mixed up with the steadiness of characterization and logic which is proved when both Karuppu and Durai doesn't listen Pettaikaran during the rooster fight but in the second half they(karuppu & Durai)simply follow whatever Pettaikaran tells. And nowadays Tamil heroines are always in love with a person who doesn't have a job, who has no idea about his future or even don't think about it. It's now has become a cliché. Come on directors, girls aren't like that,they're wise too. This movie is not even close to this team's previous work polladhavan. Anyway since this movie is first of it's kind for the Tamil audience and for Dhanush's acting,it's worth a watch!!!

I am stun after watching the movie. The first half of the movie is a very well made entertainer set on a different backdrop (rooster fights). The second half of the movie is totally new for Tamil cinema industry. It deals with the dark side of a man who once used to be good and a governess. Humiliated by his wrong decisions and greediness, how a good man turns self centered and egotistic is what Aadukalam deals with.Dhanush as an actor is at his best after Pudupettai. He has done a lot of hard work for this movie. Topsee the female lead has shown good performance for a new comer. Vetrimaran, this man is really clever and he knows how to make a splendid entertainer which will be considered a good movie even after many years. The characterization of the movie is so fine, that they stay in our hearts for a longtime. Some very important events that happen in the movie are not filmed as part of the movie, but the way they are been conveyed it to the audience, it is wonderful, for example the Pettaikaran getting beaten by the policemen and when Karupus's (Dhanush) mother dies.With regards to the graphics used in the movie, it is very well made and has come out natural that does not make you feel that its graphics but there is a notice in the upfront very beginning of the movie, that the rooster fights shown in this movie are graphics. The interval sequence, WOW it is an edge of the seat thriller. I nearly wondered what could be there in a movie after such a wonderful interval sequence. But there is really something thoughtful even after the interval. Finally the climax of the movie, which made me think for at least two weeks, whether I have seen a similar climax in any other movies so far. My answer was NO, I haven't come across this kind of climax. But to make clear the climax is not so huge or entertaining it is very soft, subtle and accepted, which makes the film more appealing.There is everything in the movie rage, egocentric, humor, love, warmth, and passion. This is definitely a must watch!!!