Chandi Veeran Tamil Movie

Director Sargunam, who is well known for milking the village backdrop enough in his previous films, has come up with a fairly watchable film in Chandi Veeran which stars Atharvaa Murali and Anandhi in the lead roles. Aug 7, 2015 By SMK

Films set against the backdrop of a village have been a pain in the neck in Tamil cinema in recent times. However, Sargunam, who is well known for milking the village backdrop enough in his previous films, has come up with a fairly watchable film in Chandi Veeran which stars Atharvaa Murali and Anandhi in the lead roles.

Parameswaran (Atharvaa Murali) comes to his village Nedungaadu from Singapore and learns that the village he estranged after the unfortunate demise of his father is still sternly following all the outdated traditions and customs he witnessed during his childhood. The most searing attitude of the villagers is to take lease of the ponds - for fishing activities - which are the main sources of drinking water for people residing in the adjacent village Vayalpadi, which is long-suffering from salt contamination in the ground water. The intake of contaminated water leaves the life of villagers in jeopardy due to a gradual increase in the nephrological diseases - stones in the kidney.

Atharvaa Murali, who is part of the village Nedungaadu, takes on the role of a do-gooder to rescue Vayapaadi from the staggering situation they are crippling in. Whether he succeeds in making his people understand the realization of good drinking water forms the rest of the plot.

Director Sargunam has always represented the ethnic flavor of villages in his films tastefully. Here too, he has mastered some good scenes with the help of cinematographer PG Muthaiah who produces some superb twilight shots that behold the beauty of both villages.

The background score composed by Arunagiri is an interesting approach towards a rural drama. He accelerates the tempo for the most of the scenes and makes right pauses for situations which demand the attention of the audiences.

Atharvaa Murali has performed really well in his role and his body language makes him easily get into the shoes of a village youngster. Anandhi, who has dubbed herself for the film, reminds you of the role she played in Kayal - coy, introvert.

Though the initial moments in the film leave us highly disappointing, Sargunam ups the proceedings when he starts telling the central plot of the film and gains our attention. The second half is where the film takes a wide-eyed route and ends up as an ordinary outing.