Nayagan

No hero, no zero

After a miserable show in Kaanal Neer, J K Ritheesh, known for his ‘philanthropic activities’ has come out with Nayakan, another movie inspired by the successful Hollywood flick Cellular. Surprisingly, the film is good in parts and will help the actor establish himself in Kollywood.

Though a major portion of the original has been retained, director Sharavana Shakti has made some changes to suit Tamil audience. In other words, he has done justice to the screenplay by producer Vijayakumar Reddy.

The story is so simple that you can write it on the back of a train ticket. A young man (Ramana), who receives a phone call from a kidnapped woman (Sangeetha), takes the responsibility of rescuing her and saving her family. Helping him is the ‘super cop’ Ritheesh, who has been portrayed as a larger-than-life hero with elements like dance, fight and punch dialogues to boot.

Ramana is the surprise package while movie belongs as much to him as Ritheesh. Sangeetha does a good job as a terrified doctor and Keerthi Chawla has nothing much to score. Vaiyapuri makes you laugh, sometimes. Anandraj, the veteran villain does a neat job here as well.

Maria Manohar's music is predictable while the camera angles are really good. Stunt sequences are a major asset to the movie. The film might have been more interesting, had only a lengthy second half and overambitious stunt sequences been avoided.

Nayakan- Good in parts