Film Review : Selfie

Director Mathimaaran's GV Prakash ,Gautham Menon, Varsha Bollamma, ( with Sam Paul, Sangli Murugan, Vaigai Chandrasekar, DG Gunanithi), starrer Selfie, released in theatres on April 1st. The thriller with an unusual theme, seeks to shed light on the admission racket and corruption in engineering and medical college admissions and how students are exploited for money by greedy owners and middlemen who specialise in this field of luring youth with the promise of a sound education and a promising future. GV Prakash plays Kanal, an engineering student who gets caught up in this web, in his drive for earning a fast buck, and fed up with the burden of expectations of his family, caught up in a field of study he doesnt like. He soon learns the ropes and starts earning good money, when tragedy befalls his friend ( DG Gunanithi) and the pitfalls, of the dangerous game he is playing dawns on him. Gautham Menon as Ravi Varma, plays a powerful and dangerous middleman who is a mast...