Mayilu review

0.5 / 5

The film is basically a Partuthiveeran type story where a girl called Thogai Mayilu (Thomayilu in short) is obsessively in love with a guy named Chella Pandi. The film just meanders on and on and the only spike in the movie is when the hero is chosen as the village's priest thanks to the Godly tantrums that he throws when he is possessed.

How do these tantrums affect Mayilu and her love for the hero is the movie's crux. They have also thrown some light on the blind beliefs and superstitions about God that are prevalent in villages. The violent ending was totally uncalled for and is inserted just to make a bland movie somewhat spicy. 

Ganja Karuppu brings a half-chuckle thanks to some of his drunken antics. The rest of the village characters are so cliched and irritatingly loud. 

Shammu emotes very well and is the only minor-highlight in the movie along with Raja's music which has some above average songs. Sad to see the legend working in such movies. The characters in the movie start a word in Adyar and end the word at Avadi. That's how they drag and stretch every word in the name of Madurai Tamil. 

The hero shrieks to the maximum and shows all his teeth and cracks our eardrums when he throws the Godly tantrums. Other than that, he is a constipated presence in the movie.

This movie has the look, feel and treatment of a 1980s movie and my guess is it would have bombed big time in the 80s too. Mayilu had no business releasing now, one feels ... 

The movie on the whole is an ordeal. You might feel restless in the theater for the entire running length. My duty, had to see this one :). Audiences may happily skip this ...