Every hero
needs a clichéd movie and Kanithan is Adharva’s version. Gowtham (Adharva) is
the Senior Reporter for Sky TV, one of the many small-time Tv channels in the city.
His ambition is to work for BBC. While investigating the occurrence of a few illegal activities in a pub, he meets Anu (Catherine Tresa) and falls for her.
To impress her, he lies that he is a reporter for the BBC News Channel. Later
on Anu finds out that he works for her father (Manobala) at Sky TV and in a fit
of anger, insults Gowtham. Over a point of time, Gowtham gets the chance to
interview for a post at BBC and successfully creates a good impression with the
officials. Anu feels bad about insulting Gowtham and they both get together. On
one of their dates, Gowtham is arrested by cops for educational loan fraud. How
Gowtham proves his innocence and finds out the person behind this forms the
rest of the story.
Adharva
takes on the “Mass” avatar and shows that he is growing into a bankable star. Be
it action, dance or romance, Adharva has created a whole new masala aura around
him in the movie. Catherine Tresa is at her usual glamorous best but being a
glam doll isn’t going to help in the long run. Tarun Arora makes a strong
impact as Thura Sarkar (the main antagonist in the movie). As a brainy villain, the cat&mouse chase between him and Aadharva comes out to be quite interesting. Sunder Ramu and
Karunakaran get ample screen time as Aadharva’s friends and their comic timing
entertains in bits.
The plot of
Kanithan is quite interesting but the screenplay lets the movie down.
Educational
loan frauds and Fake certificate issues have plagued the system for a long time
and Santhosh has created an engaging plot based on those issues. Audiences have
to bear with all the usual masala nonsense for the first 30 minutes of the
movie and from there, the movie picks pace.
The stunts and the cinematography deserve a special mention in showing Aadharva as a mass hero. This
is Drums Sivamani’s first project as an independent composer and the music has
come out pretty well, with the exception of the BGM being a little too dependent
on electric guitars.
Clichés take a huge toll on the flow of the movie. Tamil audiences have grown to accept scenes where the hero parties with his girlfriend while the villain is in hot pursuit of him. It is high time directors learn to accept that clichés won’t work anymore.
Apart from a
few bumps, Kanithan is a breezy entertainer and it sure helps in establishing
Aadharva as one of the future stars of Tamil Cinema.
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