| Promising start precede big blunders. The first half an hour of Chitirram Pesuthadi builds up your hope of seeing a good gangster movie but it all comes crashing down as the film drags on at snail pace and finally ends with a whimper.
Director Mysskin wanted to depict a love story between a hard-hearted henchman of a gangster and how his heart gradually softens for a young, educated, attractive and above all aggressive girl who also develops a liking for him. All the vital elements of a good love story are unfortunately missing a few sleight of hand script shortcuts give the movie an amateurish feel.
Still there is something in the treatment to keep you absorbed though it is a bit too long at 2 hours and 25 minutes! Thiru (Narian) is an unemployed youth who is drafted by the gangster of the area Annachi (Kathal Dandapani) as his chief henchman seeing his courage and dare-devil fighting capabilities!
Soon Thiru meets Charu (Bhavana) a local NGO who fights injustice. They start on a wrong footing but the hate soon develops into love and they plan to get married. Charu transform Thiru from an emotionless henchman to a loving guy who along with some of his gang members gives up their gangster life to lead a peaceful existence as roadside salesmen.
But one day Charu sees Thiru bundled into a police van from a brothel. She has a change of mind and her father commits suicide. Charu blames Thiru and they drift apart and he goes back to Annachi. But later Charu realizes the real truth and Thiru had done the supreme sacrifice to save her honour. She realizes her mistakes but is it too late?
The screenplay writer and director Mysskin inundate the script with action, songs, an item song, comedy and sentiments but fails to accelerate the sluggish pace of narration. Narain screeches most of the time and has limited expressions which leaves you cold. Bhavana makes an impressive debut in Tamil with a good performance.
On the positive side Mahesh Muthusamy’s camera is eye catching and the music by Sundar. C.Babu is good especially the gana number Vazha Meenu… sung by Ghana Ulaganathan and picturised on him and Malavika. There is too much melodrama and mush towards the end. It looks like Mysskin was weighed down by the needs to pander to the box-office.
Verdict: Average
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