Pidichirukku

Ashok, Vishaka, Saranya, Sampatraj, Kanja Karuppu

Ashok plays Velu with perfect understanding bringing out the various nuances of emotion, as Velu goes through the joy of first love, and then the agony of separation. Debutant Vishaka's soft looks and cute expressions lends charm to the role of Manju. Read More

For Shenbaga Kumar's Tamil film, Pudichirukku, directed by Kanagu with a host of newbies and some recognizable oldies is quite decent as it goes, which is saying quite a lot. Or perhaps, it was the fact that I went in with zero expectations that did the trick. Whatever. Read More

The music of Manu Rameshan is just ok, but thank God there are very few songs! The two likeable leads Ashok and Visakha is a major plus for the film, their romance is well depicted. On the whole Kanagu has come out with a love story that has savvy freshness to the form, hitherto unexplored. Read More

Pidichirukku deals with love and liking on an intimate scale without including any excessive formulae. It is just the realistic portrayal of love that blossoms between two young people and the sensitive story about faithful lovers caters to the tastes of its youthful audience in a realistic manner. Read More

The events that lead up to the conflict in the screenplay seem well composed and without glitches (barring the aurally intolerable comedy by Ganja Karuppu). The second half is when the screenplay becomes a paradox, contradicting the hypothesis that it so far held and even banked upon. Read More