Chitthiram Pesudhadi 2 movie review: Lacks freshness
The much hyped West Indies cricketer Dwayne Bravo's cameo appearance in a dance number fizzles out when you watch it.
Director: Rajan Madhav
Cast: Vidaarth, Ajmal, Radhika Apte, Ashok
Rajan Madhav, a former assistant of Mysshkin debuted with a decent film Muran. His subsequent movie Ula, which has been lying in the cans from 2013 has been rechristened and released as Chitthiram Pesudhadi 2 now. But it has nothing to do with his mentor’s debut gangster blockbuster film of the same name.
CP 2 is a hyperlink crime thriller where multiple stories with various characters happening at different places converge at one point.
Thiru (Vidaarth) is a hired killer and he along with his friend Salim (Ashok) tries to kill a financier Sadasivam, on instructions from Manikandan (Subbu Panchu), a business aide of Sadasivam. Kathir (Nandan), on way to meet his girlfriend Priya (Gayathrie Shankar) witnesses the crime. He saves Sadasivam and admits him in the hospital. Thiru goes into hiding. Meanwhile Priya loses her bag with valuables to petty thief (Niwas). Then there is Vicky (Ajmal), a musician who is looking to make quick bucks. And there’s Durga (Radhika Apte) who for some reasons waits for a chance to kill her husband Sadasivam. What happens when their stories come in one-line forms the rest.
From soft-spoken characters, Vidaarth has been promoted to a rugged rowdy with a heart of gold. All others like Ashok, Radhika Apte, Nandhan, Gayathrie, Ajmal , the girl who acts as a hooker and Subbu Panchu try to chip in their bit. But the problem with the film is its lackluster screenplay without any fresh elements infused in it. And yet another issue is its delayed release. Then then hyped West Indies cricketer Dwayne Bravo’s cameo appearance in a dance number fizzles out when you watch it now. We have seen well-made hyperlink films in the similar genre like Maanagaram in the recent past.