Tamilselvanum Thaniyar Anjalum (2016)

★ 5.0 1h 52m IMDb

A criminal group wants to stop a courier that has damning evidence against them from reaching the hands of an activist, but they underestimate the young man who has to deliver the package

Tamilselvanum Thaniyar Anjalum

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Cast

Jai Sampath
Jai Sampath as Tamilselvan Age 41 · Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India Jai Sampath known mononymously as Jai, is an Indian actor working in Tamil films. Nephew of music composer Deva, Jai had worked as a keyboardist in films and had made his acting debut in a supporting...
Yami Gautam Dhar
Yami Gautam Dhar as Kavya Age 37 · Bilaspur, Himachal Pradesh, India Yami Gautam Dhar (née Gautam; born 28 November 1988) is an Indian actress who works in Hindi films. The daughter of film director Mukesh Gautam, she began her career as a model, and starred in televis...
Santhanam
Santhanam as Nasa Age 46 · Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India Santhanam is an Indian film actor who has predominantly appeared in Tamil films as a comedian. Beginning his career as a comedian on television shows, he rose to fame through his performances in Vija...
VTV Ganesh
VTV Ganesh as AC Shakthivel From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Ganesh Janardhanan, also known by his stage name VTV Ganesh, is a film actor and producer. He is best known for his appearances in films featuring Silambarasan....
Saranya Ponvannan
Saranya Ponvannan Age 55 · Alappuzha, Kerala, India Sheela better known by her stage name Saranya is an Indian film actress who has predominantly appeared in Tamil language films. Saranya made her debut in a lead role in Mani Ratnam's Nayagan and went...
Nassar
Nassar Age 68 · Chengalpattu, Tamil Nadu, India M. Nassar is an Indian film actor, director and producer, who mainly works in the South Indian film industry. He is the incumbent president of the Nadigar Sangam. Nassar made his acting debut in K.

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timesofindia 5/10 Aug 22, 2016
With a premise (which has shades of Premium Rush) that could make many directors feel envious for not having thought of it first, Premsai gets the first thing right in Tamilselvanum Thaniyar Anjalum, his directorial debut. But, unfortunately, that is only of the few things he does well in this film, which displays a split personality — it is engrossing one moment and infuriating the next.

Tamilselvan (Jai), a BA History graduate, who works on menial jobs. But once he falls in love at first sight after seeing Kavya (Yami Gautam), he decides to become a courier boy, like his friend NASA (Santhanam). Meanwhile, Manikandan (Thambi Ramaiah), who works in a hospital, learns of a nefarious plot that involves doctors aborting pregnancies to extract stem cells for research, and couriers the details to a Sathyamoorthy, social activist (Nasser). The criminals find out about this and try to stop the courier before its content becomes known. And the one person standing in their way is Tamilselvan!

With a subject that can deliver edge-of-the-seat thrills, Premsai wastes almost the entire first half on a romantic track that should ideally have been a few minutes' set-up for the plot. Agreed, it provides the background for how Tamilselvan becomes a 'courier boy', but it takes what feels like eons for the actual plot to kick in. And bafflingly, the director also keeps throwing in songs (though the bouncy Maya Oh Maya, by singer Karthik who has also composed the songs in the film, is infectious) and comedy (how couldn't he, given that he has roped in Santhanam) that act as narrative speed breakers.

Still, once he gets down to the plot, for a few minutes in the second half, we get tense situations, like the one in Sathyamoorthy's flat, that keep us engrossed. And, even the science behind the crime feels plausible. However, the villains are woefully underwritten (even though Ashutosh Rana makes his evil doctor fearsome with his screen presence).

But most importantly, Premsai doesn't know what to do once the villains starts chasing Tamilselvan. He wants the second half to be one lengthy chase (on bikes, on foot), but doesn't build situations that could add to the tension. We even wonder if the written script just had a one-line description of the events happening in the final 40 minutes: Tamilselvan gets chased by the villains, he fights back, gets roughed up, but somehow manages to emerge triumphant. It seems as if it was left entirely to the stunt choreographer to conceive the action in this portion, but the problem is the stunts are staged ineffectively. They feel routine and are quite disjointed, and the scenes jump time frames, which is disorienting. For example, when the chase begins, it is daylight but a few minutes later, we see Tamilselvan still running and it is already night! Was he on the run for hours? What happened during this time? We never get those moments onscreen. It is always disappointing when something that should have been 'pretty good' settles for 'OK-ish'.

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