Kodi - flying high in a brisk breeze!

Kodi - flying high in a brisk breeze!!

Kudos to Durai Senthilkumar for taking a controversial subject like politics and delivering a non-controversial and engaging mass entertainer. Dhanush has done reasonably well and thankfully this movie is less of a hyperbolic hero worship saga than his earlier flicks like Maari.

Emergence of leading ladies driven plots in mainstream movies continues with Trisha essaying what is surely the meatiest role in her career. She has given it a good go, tho her struggle to emote strongly is apparent in some key scenes, including the most pivotal sequence in the second half. Saranya has a slightly engaging role than her typical walk-in-sleep mother roles, but not so much that you would distinctly remember this role from her other roles.

Cinematography and music are par for the course and nothing outstanding comes to mind from either discipline. CGI of Dhanush twins interacting is pretty clean. On the whole, Kodi may not be a nuanced political drama like Prakash Jha's Rajneeti, but it is undoubtedly among the better political pot boilers to come out of Kollywood.

And for that, I'm truly happy as a die-hard Tamil movie fan.

You can find a version of this review @ matineemoviee.blogspot.in

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