Kanla Kaasa Kaattappa movie review: Not without its flaws
Major Gautham has chosen a lighthearted comedy for his debut directorial.
Cast: Arvind Akash, Chandini, Ashwathi, MS Bhaskar, Vichu, Yogi Babu
Direction: Major Gautham
After having a stint in acting and choreography, Gautham, son of late yesteryear veteran actor Major Sundarrajan has finally fulfilled his passion of wielding the megaphone. At a time people reeling under pressure due to demonetization, Gautham’s debut venture Kanla Kaasa Kaattappa (show me the money) looks relevant to present scenario.
A Central Minister who has 100 crores of black money wants to transfer it to his Columbia account via Malaysia and approaches a hawala agent. He deputes his person Jack (Vichu Vishwanath) who sets off to Malaysia for the secret task. Jack is assisted by a bar dancer Shaalu (Chandini Tamilarasan) and she plans to loot the money from the former with the help of her acquaintances a don (Kalyan) and Kettavan (Yogi Babu) who are petty thieves.
Around the same time there are few more like a jobless youth Jai (Arvind Akash) and his grandfather Chinnapayyan (MS Bhaskar) and a small time lady thief Madhurima (Ashwathi) who also conspire to steal the booty from Jack. Finally, a stage comes when Jack himself wants to cheat the minister and run away with the ill-gotten money. Who manages to grab the amassing fortune finally forms the rest.
All right, we agree that the intention of the filmmaker is to make us laugh. For a movie of this nature the pace should be crazily fast with gags coming at regular intervals that there wont be any time for the audiences to think about the flaws like logic loopholes, bland turn of events and a wafer-thin plot.
On the contrary, the movie moves at a snail’s pace and gags are few and far apart. Yogi Babu is a scream and whenever he appears on screen, you are in for a healthy laugh. With his usual antics, MS Bhaskar manages to tickle your funny bones many times. All actors have done their part reasonably good.
Gautham has chosen a lighthearted comedy for his debut and had he concentrated on a taut screenplay and pace, the film would have turned out to be an engaging entertainer.