Pongadi Neengalum Unga Kaadhalum

7/7/2014

You wouldn't expect a movie with an in-your-face title like Pongadi Neengalum Unga Kaadhalum to have sensitivity but shouldn't it at least be sensible? What we get is a crass fest that revels in MCP-isms and also has the gall to try and wash away all of that with a preachifying scene that is a half-baked take-off from the superbly written scene in Pasanga. While the latter drove home the message that a little praise can go a long way in keeping everyone happy, this film tells us that it is in the nature of women to expect praise and failure to do so by the men is what leads them to go astray. The first half has very little in terms of plot development. All we get are two strands of plot. A young woman is date raped and captured on camera by her boyfriends, and so, she commits suicide. H