Pokkiri Mannan

9/13/2015

The success of Prabhu Deva and Raghava Lawrence seems to have been the only reason why this film has been made. We have another choreographer, Sridhar, turning hero. The dance master was conspicuous in some songs, but he neither has the charisma nor the screen presence of his predecessors to make us root for him as a leading man. He plays Marudhu, a wastrel whose only job is to con Kaali (an unfunny Singampuli), an unwitting NRI, who dreams of becoming a councilor in his village. And as Tamil cinema cliches go, this good-for-nothing man is romanced by a good-looking girl (Spoorthi) and becomes a conscientious person when tragedy strikes in his family and goes after the villains responsible for it. Tragically for Sridhar, the film is as infuriating as nails on a chalkboard. The plot kick