Puthagam review

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1.5 / 5

We are introduced to the lives of three thick friends - Mohan, Anthony and Radha. They aren't well-off and depend on the meager money that Anthony and Radha earn, to make it through the daily rigors of life. But, the trio is chilled out to the core in their mansion. Mohan also has a super cute girlfriend by the name Divya, a daredevil TV reporter who goes all out to bring the truth out. She pisses off a few politicians in the process.

The main plot of the movie revolves around crores and crores of money. The friends somehow manage to get hold of the money and they use it to improve their impoverished ways. But trouble isn't far away. The friends are soon chased by goons and the likes, as the source of this money is a politician with shady dealings and contacts.

How the friends manage to free themselves from the mess is Puthagam's resolution.

• Rakul Preet Singh is a girl with huge potential. She is cute, hot, talented and much more rolled into one. Stuff of dreams ... Her lip sync is perfect too. The romance portions are breezy thanks to her reactions and natural portrayal. 
• The hero Sathya is one huge dud. He doesn't know to emote.
• We have some old fashioned bonding between the friends and also lot of sentiment scenes. The friends are pretty realistic and their antics are half-enjoyable.
• The movie begins interestingly with the mansion playing the narrator and the core idea of the movie is also interesting. But too many characters, slow pace etc. play spoilsport. 
• James Vasanthan's songs and BGM score are decent. But the placement of songs leaves a lot to be desired. 'Mella Poopukudhe' and 'Money is so funny' are good songs, no doubt.  
• Jagapathy Babu sometimes overdoes his 'dude' act with a toothpick in mouth, always. He looks debonair and comes out fairly unscathed. His sexy side-kick played by Rachana Maurya is passable. 
• There are a plethora of TV artistes to support TV actor turned director Vijay Aadhiraj. Goodwill huh! In fact, the film has too many characters.
• The director has also tried too many things in the same movie - friendship, romance, thriller, sentiment etc. He could have had more focus and clarity

FINAL WORD: Decent plot but badly executed. Rakul Preet Singh may be a solid reason to see the movie though.