THEGIDI ("DECENT")

February 28, 2014.

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.