Very well executed

Far from Perfect, Far from Terrible

Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.

One of those movie experiences that is so good it makes you realize you've been grading everything else on a curve.

The film was very good. Bobby Simha acted very well in the movie. Even other actors also acted very well in the movie. Songs and BGM were also good in the movie. But some scenes are so violent.

I went to the theatre without much anticipation in this movie even if the trailer looks good. From the first scene itself, I was rooted to this movie. I thought of it as an action movie. But the move cannot be termed in any one genre but it is tailor-made to classify it in all genre. It has romance, comedy, action, suspense and a great story to tell. The director Karthick subburaj stands out in every frame in the movie. There is no forced songs or comedy. Everything comes in flow in this movie. And Unexpected twists till the climax makes you glued till the end. Every actor is done their part well but bobby simha excels all the above. Fine performance by him. Every character has a purpose in the movie. Even the petty shop old man has a small but meaningful character in the movie. I wholeheartedly praise the director and I wish him to make many more great movies in his career.

Jigarthanda is the hottest Tamil movie of this season. This is my review of the film after watching it with my family. And when I say family it is rather a mix of almost all age groups – a toddler, a small kid, a teen, a twenty something, a thirty something (me) and an almost 60 year old. In all honesty, this blog post is more about the experience of watching this film with them and is rather heavily influenced by their own opinions as well.Plot: What happens when a young, aspiring director, who is desperate to get a strong first film, decides to push his luck trying to pursue a dangerous story? What will be the consequences for trying to infiltrate into the life of a real life gangster whose first line of thought is to kill anyone who crosses his path? Jigarthanda delves not just into this uncanny story line, but also manages to provide a rather unexpected twist in the end.Effects: The film is more about the plot and performances of characters. Even the action sequences seemed more about the characters asserting their screen presence. There were a few nice shots when a flashback sequence rolled on screen; you get to see the gangster at various stages of his life, with changing colors, dressing style, movie posters (of corresponding era), but with same attitude. I felt this particular scene was nicely done. Overall I did find the audio and visual effects to be quite good.Cast: Simhaa… This is the guy who leaves an inedible mark in your mind when you leave the theatre. But, this is to be expected, given the fact that this is a movie about a movie which is all about him and his character. He has definitely settled into his character. I felt Siddharth and Lakshmi Menon have given solid performances as well. Karunakaran comes with his simple sense of humor and nice timing that is fast becoming a trade mark for him. I felt the subordinates of Simhaa could have been more animated, but it becomes clear that they were really not supposed to be so, when a film trainer comes into the picture at a later point in the movie. Santhosh Narayanan's music becomes one with the movie.Direction: To state the obvious – Karthik Subbaraj has cooked two good scripts in his first two movies. Whether it is about getting his cast to act or make them appear like they are acting, he has achieved it with ease. He has definitely stamped his authority on the entire story. But there is a thing about the way he has expected his audience (of all ages) to get comfortable with his style of storytelling that is riddled with 'not so subtle' lewd scenes (I'll cover this later); I guess the story line demanded this and even this can be digested, but surely there could have been much lesser drinking or smoking sequences. At a point it felt like picking a cigarette was the only way a character could assert his command on the scene or boozing from the same bottle was the only way to show camaraderie.Read the rest of the review at http://blog.nrajesh.com/review-jigarthanda/

Many will miss this man when they start praising this movie. But I would like to start with him. Yes. Thank you Siddarth for accepting this script even after knowing the how much big the role of Villain is. I respect you.Many movies came in Tamil with a powerful villain. I would say our 'Assault Sethu' is the most powerful villain Tamil cinema ever saw. In the trailer itself they have clearly portrayed Villain as the most important character in the movie. I believe Simmah's portrayal in the trailer is the reason for pre-release expectation of this movie even though many of us were aware that this movie is Pizza director's next.Coming to the plot, young aspiring director Karthik played by Siddarth (might be named after Karthiksubburaja himself) insulted by one director-judge and defended by a producer-judge in the semifinals of short movie competition. At the end of this ego clash, director eliminated Siddarth but producer assured him to produce his film. This is the very first scene in the movie that led the story to kick start. This scene was so real as a reality show and it even showed what may happened behind the screen in reality shows.The producer wants Siddarth to direct a gangster movie with blood and gore. He even gave him the option (movie may be his own or a copy). He decided to write script based on a living gangster. After getting help from his journalist uncle and his police friend he got file of Madurai Don Assault Sethu . The very first buildup for villain begins here.Siddarth then reached Madurai and succeeded in convincing his friend to let him stay in his home by offering him the role of second hero in his upcoming movie. He starts to chase Simmah from now. He is trying hard to collect information about him that makes us to believe him as Pukka don even before he appears on the screen. Even the hero started seeing villain as a idol. He glorifies his achievements even though himself and his friend have the fear inside of getting caught.Villain assault Sethu grabs all our attention with his superb performance and Siddharth also got meaty role and more screen space.The flow of movie changes for every 10 or 20 mins keeping us hooked up with the movie. All the scenes looked so fresh and real. the romance between siddharth and Lakshmi menon was minimal and fragile. Anyhow it looked okay since siddharth's intention is to act like loving her to get information about Simmah. When the movie nears the end of first half we all would have got thrilled with such engaging scenes. These thrilling sequences reminded me that of Pizza. Interval block was perfect to stir our expectation.It is no more a gangster movie when the second half starts. Simmah gave permission to take movie about him and second half gets its pace with scenes by Vijay Sethupathi as rising Assault Sethu. Then in next course of movie Siddarth joins Simmah gang fulltime to observe and write the script lively. Siddarth does influence Simmah some times. It all makes us to laugh. Meanwhile Siddharth started ignoring Lakshmi as she is no more useful to him. In order to give heroine the role, Lakshmi Menon was used to change the movie's course a major one this time by polluting Simmah's mind making him desirous to become hero of his own movie that eventually will trouble Siddarth. She did this to take revenge on Siddharth as he cheated her.Initially Siddarth opposed this plan but later agreed make him as hero. Then the training sessions and shooting sequences moved with funny scenes that lags a little as weak portion in the movie. But not too boring.In the next course of this movie , The movie 'AA.Kumar' gets released. I would like to leave at least this last surprise to the readers of this review. This last portion of this movie brings back the last pace in the previous portion. Finally the movie ends with a silly twist which i don't consider as so.It is completely a new treatment of a gangster based story. But i expected that the movie would join the league of Pudhupettai and Aaranyakandam. But it doesn't since it a path breaking genre defining movie (don't ask me what genre it is). We can expect some movies in future to join the league of Jigarthanda.Positives:Simmah Screenplay (twists/changing courses) BGM by Santosh narayanan Story Characterization Portrayal of Cine industry Negatives:Romance Acting training and shooting portions Disappointment:Not a gangster movieSummary:It will be good movie for most It will be favourite movie of film buffs who loves cine industry Jigarthanda- When Kodambakkam meets Madurai