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| Kodi vs Kaashmora |
Kodi (U)
Kodi Crew
Director - R S Durai Senthilkumar
Producer - P Madan and Vetrimaaran
Kodi Cast
Dhanush as Kodi and Anbu
Trisha Krishnan as Rudhra
Anupama Parameswaran as Malathi
Saranya Ponvannan as Kodi & Anbu's Mother
Kodi Review
Director Durai Senthilkumar’s Kodi is Dhanush’s second release in 2016 just after his Thodari last month. There are a few firsts to this film like Dhanush doing dual roles and his on-screen pairing with Trisha.
In Kodi, Dhanush plays an aspiring politician, a good one at that, which would kind of appear like a rare occurrence in the field. When someone, especially a politician wants to be a do-gooder, what will happen? Dhanush faces the consequences and Durai weaves his story around this knot with Trisha and others playing the integral pivots.
For Dhanush, it is not a new ground in terms of deliverance and the National Award
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There is also Anupama Parameswaran who is making her debut in Kodi and the cherubic girl as the egg vendor Malathy is apt. Her scenes with Dhanush in the first half are quite lively.
Santhosh Narayanan scores for the first time for Dhanush and his Ei Suzhali has an instant likeability about it. Venkatesh’s lens and Prakash Mabbu’s cuts should have been better.
What works for the film are its performance of Dhanush and most of the cast members. The first half is a little slow and the engagement factor is inconsistent there. But the director makes for this in the second half where the film takes on an important factor. There is a social issue which acts as the fulcrum for things to proceed in the second half. The political games and its wild ways are narrated well. Durai should also be lauded for not bowing down to commercial compromises to tell his story and one can perceive his sincerity in this endeavor.
Toting it up, Kodi works for its earnest writing, treatment and performances and gives the audience a decent watching experience.
A sincere attempt which could have been a little more gripping
Lukng Rating - 3.25/5
Few Audience Response from twitter
#Kodi Review (3.25/5) - @trishtrashers does a never before done role and comes out with flying colours! Hoping that you take such roles!
#Kodi Review
RATING 3.75/5
Kaashmora (U/A)
Kaashmora Crew
Director - Gokul
Producer - S R Prakash Babu & S R Prabhu
Kaashmora cast
Karthi as Kaashmora,Rai Nayak,Mystery Man
Nayantara as Ratha Mahadevi
Sri Divya as Yamini
Vivek
Kaashmora Review
Long long ago, there was a king. The king had 13 mighty warriors and leading those 13 was Raj Nayak. Raj Nayak brought pride, wealth and a lot of other smaller kingdoms to his King. But like in all tales, all great things must come to an end.
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As a performer, Karthi must have surely loved the parts he has bagged in this film. The scope the story has for both his characters, Kaashmora and Raj Nayak are multi-layered and huge. The story definitely provides Karthi a huge opportunity to show his flexibility as an actor and he has evidentially done it with full heart. He brims with energy throughout the movie. His performance in the pre-interval, where he gets locked up in the palace, is one of the best moments in the film. As Kaashmora he brings a lot of laughter and as Raj Nayak, he brings the best of villainy and heroism.
With him carrying the movie almost alone, the rest of the cast has only minor parts to play. In these brief scopes, Vivek and Muruganantham score the most with their wits and expressions.
Nayanthara, despite being a proven performer, appears for hardly 30 minutes and seem heavily under-utilised. On the other hand, that's enough time for her to woo her massive male fan base into submission. She oozes with grace and beauty.
Another noticeable plus of Kaashmora is its visual grandeur, balanced by a well-done cinematography, almost perfect visual effects, grand artwork and over the top, but vibrant and elegant costumes.
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But like all things that's where the positives end. While the efforts are commendable, the script is a very light hearted, easy going one, excessively depended on the dialogues and performances. The first half takes its time to shape up and the initial going of the movie, with its pure Tamil and the stereotypical cryptic verses, penned with the only intention to keep the audiences confused, doesn't set a good engaging start.
Santosh Narayanan experiments with his background scores a bit more than usual. And this time around, there are moments where you tend to enjoy the music more than the sequences and there might also be one or two moments where you might wonder if the music is really in sync with the situations or is it something that is far from our musical understanding.
Overall, Kaashmora has its moments of humour, experimentation and grandeur, but it doesn't hold us tight enough to not get distracted.
Karthi entertains, director Gokul experiments, but Kaashmora could have been more engaging
Lukng Rating- 3.10/5
Few Audience Response from twitter
#Kaashmora 1st Half: Takes time to establish.. But towards the interval, gets both serious and humorous.. @Karthi_Offl is fab..
Superb exciting reports from everywhere!! 
You truly deserve this success #Kaashmora team..! (actor suriya says)
You truly deserve this success #Kaashmora team..! (actor suriya says)
