Kodiveeran movie review: Predictable plot with insensible twists

Director: Muthaiah

Cast: Sasikumar, Mahima, Poorna, Sanusha, Pasupathy, Vidarth

Kodiveeran is yet another typical formulaic film of both the lead actor Sasikumar as well as its director Muthaiah. Set in the rural backdrop of Sivagangai, instead of their customary mother-son sentiment that we had witnessed in Kutti Puli, the makers of this film have utilized a brother-sister combo from three different families.

The movie opens with a crude and explicit portrayal of the birth of a baby girl full in her blood and flesh, while her mother commits suicide hanging from a tree which really puts you off. The director could have easily shown this in a suggestive manner and one wonders how these scenes pass off at the censors.

Then we are shown that the baby is the sister of a young boy named Kodiveeran (Sasikumar) and the onus of taking care of the child falls on him. He names her Parvathy (Sanusha) and is extremely fond of her. Kodi takes his father’s profession of ‘Saamiyaadi’ where he goes into trance and predicts villager’s futures. There’s also this criminal Villangam Vellaikkaran (Pasupathy) who is released after serving a jail term of five years for murdering someone who opposed his sister’s (Poorna) husband Adhigaaram (Inder Kumar). Meanwhile, Kodiveeran falls for Malar (Mahima), a classmate of Parvathy. Malar’s brother Subhash (Vidarth) is a straightforward RDO who is after Villangam and Adhigaaram thus inviting their anger and retaliation. Malar insists that Parvathy marries her brother Subhash. Now, it is Kodi’s responsibility to save his sister and b-in-law Subhash.

It’s a cakewalk for Sasikumar as his character’s looks and mannerisms are an ideal mix of his previous films like Kutti Puli, Kidaari and others. As usual he is funny in dance sequences. Pasupathy as the menacing villain is apt. Among the three girls Sanusha’s character has something to score, Mahima looks pretty but has limited scope and the much-hyped Poorna’s role (who goes to the extent of tonsuring her head) did not create any impact. Vidarth is passable. Bala Saravanan and the actor essaying Maya Kannan provide some laughter.

The problem with the film is its predictable plot without any sensible twists and turns, except the scenes involving brutal violence, blood and gore. Rahnandhan’s background score is loud and the songs are okay.