ANDHAGAN – MOVIE REVIEW

ANDHAGAN is a crime thriller film directed by Thiagarajan who co-wrote the screenplay with Pattukkottai Prabakar. The film is produced by Staar Movies. It is a remake of the 2018 Hindi film Andhadhun. In 2019, Thiagarajan purchased the remake rights of Andhadhun, which was followed by Mohan Raja being announced as director the following year. However, Raja left the project and was replaced with JJ Fredrick, who also left some months later, before Thiagarajan himself took over.

A breezy start to the film, the film is all easy and nice and at times can be a little uninteresting until the first twist hits the audience. Then on a sequence of twists and turns keeps the juggernaut rolling as it becomes difficult predict how the story would reveal. The first half has a bit of everything and the interval sets up for a stimulating second half. It is in the second half that despite a good run half way, the screenplay generously uses a lot of forced twists that undoes the good work in the first half. The setup now feels shaky as the new turn of events do not necessarily add up. It is in the climax it gets a little better. But the amazing work pre interval is undone by an ordinary second half. A faithful adaptation, but the arrogance and the inventiveness of the original is missing in the remake.

Good to see Prashanth back and deliver a decent performance. Simran is the highlight. Pooja Anand is fine. Karthik hams a lot but cannot be ignored. Samudrakanni is OK. KS Ravikumar and Urvashi are good. Yogi Babu has little to do.

Ravi Yadav’s cinematography is effective. Santosh Narayanan’s musical score is average. Dialogues are fine. Sathish Surya’s editing could have been smarter. Direction is decent.

ANDHAGAN is a decent weekend watch if not watched the original !!

2.5/5

ANDHAGAN – ANANGAM !!

B.U.Shreesha