February 28, 2014.
Cast: Matthew Mcaunaghey, Jennifer Garner, Jared Leto.
Cast: Matthew Mcaunaghey, Jennifer Garner, Jared Leto.
Director: Jean Marc Vallee.
Friday 28 February 2014
THEGIDI ("DECENT")
February 28, 2014.
Cast: Ashok Selvan, Janani Iyer.
Cast: Ashok Selvan, Janani Iyer.
Director: P.Ramesh.
Looks like Ashok Selvan is
slowly becoming a safe bet for newbie filmmakers. Just a few months back he
came out with Villa which, though not very good, made profits and Thegidi is
more or less in the same lines.
Vettri a Criminology
graduate comes to Chennai after being selected as a detective in a private
Detective Firm. He happens to meet Madhu (Janani) while on an assignment and
develops a soft corner instantly. Later he is delighted when he is assigned to
track down Madhu’s details for a client and they fall in love just as expected.
Vettri’s life takes an unexpected turn when the persons he investigated start dying
one by one!
The first 15 to 20 minutes
of Thegidi is pretty amateurish direction wise and BGM wise; senseless pieces
of BGM appearing as if controlled by a robot with a timer having no relevance
whatsoever to the scenes playing out.
But once we are through with
that things start getting a tad interesting with a fresh screenplay having no
separate unnecessary comedy track and the likes of it which has to be
appreciated, barring the songs which are a bit too many in number.
Still the lack of
experience in direction really hits you on your face at regular intervals with
a lotta scenes feeling incomplete and abrupt where the flow gets cut. But there
are also a lotta scenes that are very well directed so it’s more like a fifty
fifty thing that you get on screen.
As a concept Thegidi is a
bit fresh and manages to hold your interest till the end of the first half. The
second half gets a bit too ordinary as it progresses and the film starts
getting predictable.
Overall Thegidi is a decent
thriller; and with a sequel to come let’s hope things get better next time
around.
I
am giving a 2.5 for Thegidi. You can watch it for timepass you won’t get bored.
Rating Scale (Out
of 5)
Less than 2
-
Unwatchable.
2 to 2.25
-
Below average.
2.5 to 2.75
-
Average.
3 to
3.25
-
Good.
3.5 to
3.75 -
Really Good.
4 to
4.25
-
Great.
4.5 and
above
- Extraordinary.
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