Film Review: Kazhuvethi Moorkkan

The rural action drama Arulnidhi starrer Kazhuvethi Moorkkan directed by Sy Gowthama Raj and produced by Olympia Movies, hit screens on May 26th.

Moorkkan ( Arulnithi) is best friends since childhood with Boominathan ( Santhosh Prathap), though both are from different echelons in society. Boomi is a a do-gooder activist and educationist wanting to bring up the lower sections in society.This deep friendship is hated by Moorkkan's father, (a politico himself) and the duo land up in the cross hairs of vested interests like people indulging in caste and party politics. As a result, Boomi is murdered and Moorkkan is blamed for it.

What happens when vested interests take over the village and want to exploit caste clashes for votes? When Moorkkam realises his own father is among the culprits, what is his reaction? Does he avenge his friend's death?

The film has solid performances by Arulnithi and Santhosh Prathap. Arulnithi shines in the action scenes, bringing a rawness and credibility to the scenes.

Dushara does justice to her limited screen presence while Munishkanth showcases another side in a character role.

The film's noble intention to showcase human greed and how vested interests exploit people and keep them subjugated is well brought out. The dialogues are crisp and some scenes are gritty. The action blocks are well choreographed though the climax scene is not for the faint hearted, with its gruesome visuals.

On the flip side, detours like several romantic scenes could have been clipped for a more crisp and focussed outcome. The message pertaining to  societal divisions is a noble one,  but a little bit of editing could have made for getting to the message faster.

Kazhuvethi Moorkkan is a rural action drama where age old conflicts are narrated with a contemporary feel, with Arulnithi's solid act as the angry young man and Santhosh Prathap's credible performance, a good supporting cast and a noble social message.

Actors

அருள்நிதி தமிழரசு – ARULNITHI TAMILARASU
துஷாரா விஜயன்  - DUSHARA VIJAYAN
சந்தோஷ் பிரதாப் – SANTHOSH PRATHAP
சாயாதேவி யார் கண்ணன் – CHAYADEVI YAAR KANNAN
முனிஷ்காந்த் - MUNISHKANTH
ராஜசிம்மன் - RAJASIMMAN
சரத் லோகித்தாஷ்வா - SARATHLOKITHASHWA
யார் கண்ணன் – YAAR KANNAN
பத்மன் - PATHMAN
ஜக்குபாண்டி - JAKKUPANDI

Technicians

DIRECTOR - SY GOWTHAMA RAJ
DOP - SRIDHAR
MUSIC – D IMMAN
EDITOR – NAAGOORAN
ART DIRECTOR – MAHENDRAN PANDIAN
LYRICS – YUGA BHARATHI
STUNTS – K GANESH KUMAR
SONG CHOREOGRAPHER – DINA
SOUND MIXING – T UDAYA KUMAR
SOUND DESIGN – PREMNATH DFT
MAKEUP – MARIAPPAN
COSTUMES – MOHAMMED SUBEER
DI – LIXO PIXELS
COLORIST – RANGA
STILLS – ANBU
VFX – HOCUS POCUS, SANTHA KUMAR P
PRO – SURESH CHANDRA,  REKHA D’ONE’ & SATHISH (AIM)
DESIGNER – GIBSON UGA
PRODUCTION EXECUTIVES – RAMESH A, JAI & YSD SEKAR
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER – R BALAKMAR
CO PRODUCERS – SANJAY SHANMUGAM, PRABHU SHANMUGAM
PRODUCER – JAYANTHI AMBETHKUMAR