Papanasam Movie Review and Rating

Cast :

Kamal Hasan as Suyambulingam
Gautami as Rani Suyambulingam
Asha Sarath as IG Geetha Prabhakar
Niveda Thomas as Selvi Suyambulingam
Kalabhavan Mani as Constable Perumal
Esther Anil as Pullimeena Suyambulingam
Anant Mahadevan as Prabhakar
M. S. Bhaskar as Sulaiman Baai
Roshan Basheer as Varun Prabhakar
Charle as a Bus conductor
Delhi Ganesh as Rani's father
Shanthi Williams as Rani's mother
Vaiyapuri as Hotel Owner
Ilavarasu as Constable Shanmugam
Arul Dass as Sub-Inspector Suresh Babu
Sree Raam as Cheramadurai

Crew : 

Directed by    : Jeethu Joseph
Produced by    : Suresh Balaje, George Pius, Rajkumar Sethupathi, Sripriya
Written by    : Jeyamohan
Music by     : Mohamaad Ghibran
Cinematography  : Sujith Vaassudev
Edited by        : Ayoob Khan
PRO             : Nikkil

Review :

Papanasam written and directed by Jeethu Joseph. A remake of Jeethu's 2013 Malayalam blockbuster Drishyam, it stars Kamal Haasan and Gauthami in the roles originally portrayed by Mohanlal and Meena, respectively. The film also features Asha Sarath, Anant Mahadevan, Kalabhavan Mani, Niveda Thomas and Esther Anil.

Suyambulingam is a cable TV operator in the small village of Papanasam near Tenkasi. Though he is not well educated, he has a very sharp mind thanks to his addiction to films. He lives happily with his wife and two daughters. The happiness of this family is threatened when the spoilt son of Inspector Genral shoots a bathing video of the eldest daughter secretively. When he tries to blackmail her, the daughter accidentally kills him. Now, it is upto Suyambulingam to save his family from the long arms of law. So how does he manage to fool the police with his sharp mind and movie knowledge forms the rest of the story!

The best part of Papanasam has to be the acting of Kamal Haasan, who has got under the skin of his character of Suyambulingam. Be it his dialogue delivery, his Tirunelveli Tamil dialect, his expressive eyes or his body language, the actor shines throughout the film not letting the ball drop for even one moment. Gauthami, who is coming back to films after two decades, does a good job playing the naive wife but is clearly overshadowed by Kamal. Gauthami gives her best in emotional scenes. Both the Niveda Thomas and Esther Anil have acted well, playing two daughters of Kamal Haasan and Gauthami.

The second half of the film is riveting as the entire plot unfolds beautifully in front of our eyes. The police investigation scenes and Kamal’s attempts to dodge the suspicious queries are spine chilling. Also the film has an emotional ending, which has been handled well by the director. There are two songs in the film, but they only take the story forward and doesn’t come in the way of narration. Asha Sarath as the IG of police does a commendable job, looking stern and cruel during interrogation scenes and looking vulnerable as the mother of missing son. All the character artist including Kalabhavan Mani and MS Bhaskar have made most of their small roles.

Rating : 3.5/5

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