Spoilers ahead…
With cinematographer Kalaiselvan Sivaji, the director unleashes a series of clean yet dramatic compositions. There’s no technical showing off, and the quiet, confident staging elevates several scenes.
Two cops are driving around at night. One of them is newly married, and complains that he is unable to spend time with his wife. The other cop laughs at his plight and suggests that she may be having an affair. The immediate payoff to this “casual” comedy scene is the shocking discovery of a body: the immediate payoff is the drastic change of tone. But the real payoff comes much later into the movie, when the conversation between the two cops is reflected as actual behaviour. Vignesh Raja’s Por Thozhil, which he co-wrote with Alfred Prakash, is filled with nuggets like this. At the macro level, we are in a fairly typical genre film – but let’s first talk about the micro-touches in this serial killer thriller, which uses the classic Hollywood trope of bumbling rookie cop and grouchy senior/mentor. These characters are named Prakash and Loganathan, and they are played by Ashok Selvan and Sarathkumar.
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