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Review - Sattham Podathey
Kollywoodtoday [ September 17, 2007 ]
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Review - Sattham Podathey

Cast : Nithin Sathya, Prithviraj, Padma Priya, Raghav, Premji and others and others
Production: Kaivallaya Entertainment
Director : SM Vasanth
Music : Yuvan Shankar Raja

First thought that comes to our mind after watching this film is that is it Director Vasanth who made great films like Keladi Kanmani, Aasai, Rhythm who has made this one? In spite of taking a long interval and then making his comeback he should have come up with a story in good form.

The film’s script is good and best, but that’s not the same with screenplay filled with illogical stuffs which were not expected to have been presented by Vasanth. Two things are usually common in all of the Vasanth’s films, one is importance given to the female characterization and another one is excellent songs. But in Sattham Podathey you find importance given only to female characterization played by Padma Priya and not to music.

Nithin Sathya has tried to do something different and his performance is good but not excellent. He has improved a lot in his acting skills and he adds one more feather to the film’s cap. Prithviraj has nothing more to do with this film. He appears with the characterization of white collar professional and director has failed to focus more on his part. His body language remembers his previous movie Mozhi.

The film is about Baanu (Padma Priya) who enters into nuptials with Rathnavelu who is a railway employee and later a sports coach. Things go on well between these married couples until one day when Baanu finds out that her husband is an impotent when examined by a doctor (Suhasini). But she tries to console herself and adjusts living to the situations. Later she is pushed into furthermore shock when it revealed that Rathinavelu more prior to the marriage had known that he is an impotent and didn’t inform her. He begins to torture her and with the help of family members, both get divorced.

Now it’s the entry of Ravichandran (Prithviraj), friend and colleague of Banu’s brother (Raaghav). Deeply felt by her dark past, he tends to develop an affair that turns into love. Both of them get well with each other and finally get married and move to Cochin as Ravichandiran has got a small time project over there in that place.

As Ravichandran gets down from the train to get breakfast for himself and his wife, the train starts departing away from the station. He runs with more pace and is an inch distance from getting hold of door handle. It is where a hand pulls him in and its none other than Rathinavelu? This scene forms the first half and second half would take you for a thrill ride with unexpected twists and turns filled with ingredients of illogicalities.

Nithin Sathya has performed a commendable job and it would have better if he had concentrated more on his acting. Prithviraj appears on the screen as a jovial person and performs the same kind of comedy that he had done in Mozhi. Well Padma Priya is the centralized character in the film and had done her level best.

I don’t really get to know what happened to Yuvan Shankar Raja? He is completely tuning in melodies that are not commendable. Only one song in the film ‘Pesugiraen’ by VIVA has been done well but appears in bits and pieces.

Camera works are excellent and tone of colour in the film is really a treat to the eyes but editing spoils the beauty captured by the cameraman. Enormous usage of unwanted cuts and plug ins create an annoyance among the viewers towards the film.

As a whole, Sattham Podathey despites having a good story line would have been made more perfectly with proper screenplay and characterization.

A worst Piece From the Best Director.

Plus:

1. Nithin Sathya

2. Padma Priya.

3. Cinematography

4. First Half.

Minus:

1. Characterizations.

2. Illogicalities.

3. Editing (- - -) A great minus point.

Verdict: Not an appreciable work. Can watch it once.

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