Polladhavan

Dhanush, Divya Spandana, Daniel Balaji, Santhanam, Murali

Dhanush is fine-tuned to his role and brings out with perfect understanding the dreams and frustrations of a middle-class youth who sees all that he had earned hard taken away from him. The actor has improved on his physique, compared to his earlier films. Read More

Vairamuthu's lyrics have more passion than sentiment in the next track Neeye Sol. Energetic singing by Benny and Sunitha Sarathy is another highlight of this piece. Western style humming and Arabic strings add spice to this highly listener-friendly romantic number. Read More

Evidently the director is influenced by the Quentin Tarantino type violent gangster movies, with raw human emotions. But where he has succeeded is his characterization of his protagonist, the typical middle class cravings for good things in life and his research of Chennai's mean streets. Read More

Director Vetrimaaran adopted some new techniques to make the movie look different from Dhanush's earlier films, like "Pudupettai". But still the movie looks like Dhanush's earlier films. Read More

Dhanush once again plays the innocent young rebel very well. The others in the cast have executed their parts very well. Though Divya doesn't have much to do, she adds the glamour element to the film. Read More

Divya has three duets and less than a handful of scenes to her credit. She is curvy and seems to have potential. She is at complete ease in the romantic scenes which need mention as these days romance in movies seem largely contrived. Read More