Bommalatam: Great watch

MOVIE: BOMMALATAM
Cast: Nana Patekar, Arjun, Rukmini, Ranjitha
Director: Bharathiraja

A stand out performance by the one and only Nana Patekar. That you can act like that in a language which is alien to you is the stuff of which great actors are made and by that token Patekar stands amongst the pantheon of greats; in the same league as Amrish Puri and Om Puri. In Bommalatam Nana, is an award winning director with an eccentric streak. Two murders on two different dates take place at the shooting spot; one of the leading actor and another of a local bigwig and finally on the date of the Press Conference the heroine is killed. Whoodunit? Arjun plays, what else but the cop. A gripping narrative follows. At times the movement is a shade slow but is classy. You tell yourself that hey, this is a Bharathiraja movie; this cannot move on predictable line. And then you are yanked out of your seat in an extraordinary climax . Even if you are a seasoned movie watcher of the crime genre or someone who has read cartloads of crime thrillers, the ending will surprise you.

View: Do not miss out on this movie. You don’t often get stuff of this kind.