Kaathuvaakula Rendu Kadhal Tamil Movie Review
Cast-;
Vijay Sethupathi , Nayanthara ,Samantha Ruth Prabhu ,Prabhu ,Kala Master ,Seema ,Redin Kingsley , S. Sreesanth , Lollu Sabha Maaran , Ravi Raghavendra , Master Bhargav Sundar , Sun TV Rathna etc.
Crew-;
Movie – Kaathuvaakula Rendu Kadhal ,Producer -7 Screen Studio , In Association with Rowdy Pictures , Produ cer – Lalit Kumar , Written and Directer – Vignesh Shivan ,Music – Anirudh Ravichander ,Cinematography – SR Kathir ISC & Vijay Karthik Kannan , Editor – Sreekar Prasad ,Lyrics – Vignesh Shivan ,Art Direction – Shwetha Sebastian ,Costu me Design – Anu Vardhan, Dinesh Manoharan, Preetham Jukalker , Action Director – Dhilip Subbarayan , Co Direc tor – Senthil Kumar Kesavan , Sound Design – Suren G & S Azhagiya Koothan , Makeup – Ranganathan Raju , Costu mes – Ravichandran , Production Manager – Manikandan , Executive Producer –
Mayilvaganan KS , Line Producer – Gubendiran VK , DI Colorist – Balaji Gopal (GB Colors) , Stills – Akash Balaji , Publicity Designer – Gopi Prasanna, Ka bilan , Promotional Editor : Praveen Antony , Assistant Editors – Venkat, Ganesh, Bala , Title Design – Venky ,Subti tles – Monolith , PRO – Yuvraaj , VFX – Phantom FX, Accel Media , Ass ociate Editor – Kumaresh ,Associate Cameram an , SR Santhosh Kumar , Raja C Sekar , Assistant Cameraman – V Karthik Saran, K Thillai , Associate Directors – Ga utam Gangadharan , Parvathi Sridharan , Anusha Asokan , Rakesh Prabhakaran , Assistant Directors ,Rhea Najam , Balasubramani Marimuthu , Mariya Antony , Aravind Asaithambi ,Music Label – Sony Music Entertainment India Pvt. Ltd. Released – Red Giant Movies and others .
Story-;
The film starts with a young boy, Ranjankudi Anbarasan Murugesan Boopathy Oohondhiran alias Rambo, leaving his sick mother believing that he has a jinx over his life and his very presence itself might cause her harm. After years, we are shown a grown Rambo who lives a double life, as a cab driver in the morning and bouncer at night. In his two lives, he falls for Khatija and Kanmani, two women with contrasting personalities. After the two wo men end up proposing to him, Rambo feels the jinx in his life is broken and he gets all that he wanted in life in double portions. Trouble begins when reality hits and he is forced to make a choice between his two lovers.
Movie Review-;
On paper, the union of Nayanthara, Samantha and Vijay Sethupathi, for the first time, sounds like masala heaven. But, in reality, it is a colossal mess. The writing is shockingly scattershot, right from the scene Vignesh Shivnes ta blishes the character of Vijay Sethupathi, Rambo. But, the good thing is that the filmmaker is in no hurry to stage it. Vignesh Shivan’s Kaathuvaakula Rendu Kaadhal, starring Vijay Sethupathi, Nayanthara, and Samantha, thi nk s it is making a strong case for polyamory.We like day and night. We like biryani and curd rice. We like Ajith and Vijay. As humans, we enjoy and thrive in plurality. When that is the case, why is polyamoury taboo, and why is monogamy the rule?How best do I describe Kaathuvaakula Rendu Kaadhal? There’s a shot in which Rambo mix es the two beverages (tea and coffee), and drinks it.
How it would have tasted, you may ask? Weird, right? That’s how I felt watching the film. However, the case the film actually makes is for patriarchy and sexism. Sure, one can have multiple partners if everyone involved know s about it, and agrees to be part of it. But in our society, and by extension Kaathuvaakula Rendu Kaadhal, this is just reserved for the man. It’s not that the film does not realise this. It tries to make feeble arguments to make it politically correct. But you know where its heart lies, an d what it is trying to normalise. The film tries so hard, so hard, to make us empathise with Rambo (Vijay Sethu pa thi) — to gaslight us into thinking he is a ‘good’ guy, that it is okay for him to love and be with both Kanmani (Nay anthara) and Khatija (Samantha).
Kaathuvaakula Rendu Kaadhal attempts to explore the concept of poly amory (having multiple love relationsh ips). The film, which opens with a reality show, takes us to a flashback story of Rambo that is so uninventive that we get annoyed. A bunch of family members remain single because of a curse. Rambo belongs to the same family. He considers himself “unlucky” because he’s made to feel so, by others. Rambo’s father collapsed on the day he wa s born. His mother’s body becomes paralysed.But I have a question: Why is this ‘offer’ never made to the wo men? Would Rambo have been so ‘okay’ if Khatija had said that she wants to be with both Rambo and her other toxic boyfriend Mobi? Would we have accepted that film as a ‘fun, family entertainer’ as well?
Kaathukavaakula Rendu Kaadhal was promoted as an ‘experimental’ film. After watching, I am wondering if the experiment was to make us go back to the ’80s. Kollywood has a long history with polygamy; it is not as new as Shivan would want us to believe. Rettai Vaal Kuruvi, Veera, Sathileelav athi, Athisaya Piravi — the list is quite lo ng. Kaathuvaakula Rendu Kaadhal wants us to believe it is progressive with just a small change in the climax. Su re, and February has 30 days. Cut to what Rambo does for a living. In the mornings, he’s a cab driver. At night, he works as a bouncer in a local bar. Rambo does two jobs, romances two people, likes (both) idli and dosa, loves (bo th) Kamal Haasan and Rajinikanth.
(By now, you may hum two-two-two song already!) In short, Rambo is indecisive, and can’t make up his mind ab out his choices. It is not only Rambo, who’s that way, but also Vignesh Shivn; his style of making, the writing, ch aracters, and the execution.Everything about Kaathuvaakula Rendu Kaadhal is inconclusive and bizarre. Rambo has no charm or appeal. We wonder how two gorgeous ladies fall for him. He deceives Kanmani and Khatija at the same time. To him, they aren’t different people, but one. Sounds, confusing, right? As Kanmani rightly points out in a crucial scene, referring to Vijay Sethupathi’s character, “Yedhayo solli kadaisila confuse pannidraan”— that’s what I thought about Vignesh Shivn, too.
He neither had a solid story nor a screenplay but wanted to make an entertaining film. There’s no rhythm to the proceedings, no continuity. It is hard to classify this underwhelming film because Vignesh himself isn’t sure what he’s making. What we get is an absurd and aimless rom-com that ends up caricaturing the concept of the genre in the bargain.It shows how society pit women against women to ensure the man continues to benefit from the pa triarchal privilege. It keeps telling that the man can do nothing wrong. If it happens, it is probably the other wom an’s fault — that he got fooled. Even if the women do get together, and figure out the man’s scheming, manipulat ive ways, they should and will cling on to him. They will be given umpteen number of reasons to do so — pure lo ve, family, even some extraordinary ones like curses, bad luck etc.
They can and never should put their own wishes on the top, because what good woman does that? That can only happen when the woman has solved all of the hero’s problems. Most importantly, at no point should they think that they deserve better. As a society, we have conditioned women successfully to believe they should take the absolute minimum without grievances. A film that begins with no story naturally ends with no story. Vignesh Sh ivn puts in extra effort to hint at Vijay Sethupathi’s next film, alongside Katrina Kaif, during the climax. It reads random; I know. Likewise, the film, in itself, is proportionately random. For someone (Vignesh Shivn) who has this level of “story connect”, his (own) backstory (film) is weakly sketched.
The use of “Dissociative identity disorder” in the film calls for a separate discussion.The film works in parts wh en Rambo and Kanmani are hanging out together. Kaathuvaakula Rendu Kaadhal is a pretentious romcom. And, it is impossible to figure out why they are into each other or whether they are into each other at all. The misplac ed priorities in the screenplay are entirely to blame. In several instances, various characters wonder aloud what they seem to be echoing the audience’s thoughts, though not really in the same tone. (“Counter paithyam”, “emo tional manipulation”, “edhayo onnu pannittu, edhayo onnu pesittu irukka!”) The number three is often used in Kaathuvaakula Rendu Kaadhal. It is a triangular love story. There is a lot of talk about a three word phrase: I love you. But I wish I could tell Khatija and Kanmani a different three-word phrases — you deserve better.
This IS MY Personal Review So Please Go And Watch The Movie In Theaters Only
Written By- T.H.PRASAD -B4U-Ratting-2 /5
