Jayam kondan

Not in flying colours

Crisp dialogues, clean camera angles and slick narration. If these are the things that come to your mind while thinking about a Manirathnam film, think again.

For, his former associate Kannan too has come up with a similar entertainer, which reminds his mentor in many a frame. And the storyline too seems to be a takeoff from Agni Nakshatram, in which Mani portrayed the emotion and feelings of two brothers.

Arjun (Vinay), who wants to sell his father's property at Madurai to start a business, comes to know that his father has a daughter through an extramarital relationship.

While his half-sister Brindha (Lekha Washington) too claiming ownership for the property, Arjun involves in a minor scuffle with local bigwig Guna (Kishore Kumar), in which the latter's wife is killed.

Holding Arjun responsible for the death, Guna runs behind him. How Arjun emerges triumphant with the help of his friends (Krishna and Vivek) is the rest of the story. Meanwhile, the protagonist also has a romantic episode with Poorni (Bhavana).

After Unnale Unnale, Vinay gets to play a strong role which has enough opportunity for him to perform. However, he fails to score in dance and fight sequences. Giving him good company is Bhavana. VJ-turned-actress Lekha has enough screen space and utilised it properly.

Vidyasagar's music is of average with just a couple of songs are hummable. Produced by T T G Thiyagarajan for Sathyajothy Films, Jayamkondan would have been impressive, had the director took a cue from his mentor in storytelling too.

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