Sundarapandian review

2.25 / 5

The Plot
Sundarapandian (from Theni) is a jobless do-gooder who plays the match-maker for one of his close friends, as the latter is madly in love with Archana (from the opposing Usilampatti). The film moves entertainingly as the heroine is bowled over by our dashing and forthright hero and not by his shy friend. Parotta Suri also adds to the fun with his comments at the perfect time.

But, Archana is not left alone by another of her mad pursuers named Bhuvanesh. Sundarapandian warns him but to no avail and he later gets into big trouble because of a freak fatal accident involving Bhuvanesh. Now, his love with Archana is also on the rocks due to his jail sentence and also because one of his former college friend is mad about her and is even engaged to her.

How Sundarapandian handles all his friends and how he goes about getting Archana is the rest of the movie.

Cheers

• Good entertainment most of the way thanks to the comedy by Parotta Suri. His comments are sharp and on the mark.
• The ways and means of elderly women in villages have also been showed well. Sarcastic commets by Suri add to the fun. 
• Lakshmi Menon is a find for sure. She is tall, homely and emotes well. 
• Appukutty has a major role in the scheme of things. He brings in the conflict element in the script. Very convincing. 
• Sundarapandian's father is majestic and commanding. He in fact has two wives. The elder women, Archana's Chithi, Archana's mate are the other notable characters 

Jeers

• The violence towards the end becomes sick. How in a fair world did this movie manage to get a clean U certificate? Baffling
• The songs are also not special especially the boring intro song for Sasikumar
• The finale of the movie has a heavy Subramaniapuram and Nadodigal hangover with betrayal, violence and sermons thrown into the mix. Though the buildup to the ending is fine, the violence just puts you off

Comments

• Sasikumar pulls it off as expected. Nothing different. Vijay Sethupathi has just a minuscule role, sadly. The other friend who is madly behind Archana has a crucial role all through. 

FINAL WORD

Will enjoy a solid run inspite of not being different. Typical rural romance drama with lots of emotions running through. The finale could have been better.