Kuruvi - Will never fly

Vijay works for a courier service company. A smuggling group has been using this courier service to deliver goods. Unknowingly, Vijay delivers a packet to someone and gets caught. How he escapes from the hands of the police and brings the bad men to the light is the storyline.

Well, this is what I read from some random website when I was browsing about Kuruvi.

Anyway, even though the movie turned out to have a different storyline, it was equally bad.

Dharani-Vijay combination did not create the Ghilli impact this time. I still think that Ghilli was a much faster movie and kept your thoughts racing.

Vijay lives in a huge but dilapidated bungalow. From the information we have, its somewhere on the banks of the Buckingham canal. Vijay and whoever is living with him in that house is dependent on dad Manivannan who has supposedly gone to Singapore for work. But its surprising that with no news from dad, no one is bothered or worried. When someone knocks at their door for a hefty sum of money - everyone wakes up.


Kuruvi by name is a tribute to all those people who make day trips to Malaysia and Singapore to buy electronic goods - to sell the same back in the bazaars here. Vijay dons the role of a Kuruvi to find his dad.

Vijay - I wonder how he keeps getting younger by the movie. He has done amazing work on ensuring that he is the king of kollywood dance. Beginning from the first song, Dandaana, then Palanathu and a little bit in Mozha Mozhanu. Surprising how the dance masters come up with crazy steps tailor made for the Ilaya Thalapathi. All that keeps you engrossed to a great extent.

Acting - I am really sorry sir. Nothing is natural. The scenes in Cudappah - every artist in soaked in dust and dirt - its a quarry, whereas you are sparkling clean wearing timberland boots. Ok, I don't have any proof for the brand, but still!!! And trying a mask of Zorro act from the Petronas towers. Reminds me of the old MGR and Saroja Devi movies where they keep sitting in a chariot, shaking their heads and hands. The background keeps moving. All that is such a cartoon. Heroes are supposed to be larger than life. Agreed. But a reasonable attention to detail always helps.

When it comes to the storyline, its a huge let down. A son goes in search of his dad. That's all. During the second half of the movie, I felt as if someone was pulling a chewing gum for 3 miles. Totally frail and lacking believable content. We've had enough heroes missing an axe, spade or even the bullet. Why do directors still think that people will be fascinated by the same crap again and again?

Trisha - wow. This 83 born beauty will never stop. Her style is amazing and ever since Laysa Laysa she has been that cute damsel with sharp looks. Colors go well with Trisha. And she is not a totally fair skinned person. She sports a sexy light tan that makes her a perfect choice for Tamil cinema.

Vivek as the comedian. No great shakes. He imitates a whole lot of stars. That's interesting. Otherwise, he makes some kind of unnecessary punch dialogs that doesn't gel too well.

Suman and Ashish Vidhyarthi are the bad guys. Suman ends up being a comedian cum villain. Ashish is okay. Its hard to believe that someone owns a diamond mine / quarry in Cudappah without the knowledge of the government. That too, employing more than 200 people as bonded laborers. By the way, Kuruvi also gives you a hint about how you can upload files to the Central Bureau of Investigation India. You'll need to watch the movie to get that.

Vidyasagar's music - painful to the ears. I don't know what on earth is wrong with the music directors here. Just because a few confused Malaysians have landed up in chennai calling themselves tamil rappers, doesn't mean that you have to give them a chance to murder a song in every film that is getting released. Enough is enough. Lyrics is also equally bad. Almost every song sounds like a remix number.

Overall: Expect nothing.

And here's a cartoon on Kuruvi. Picked it up from the web. Click on the image to read it clearly.