Naane Varuvean

Story is very simple and watchable mainly for the menacing persona of Dhanush's kathir character. First half travels as a supernatural touches slowly alters as a psycho thriller in the backstory ( 2nd half). Special mention to the psycho path role of dhanush offers a threathening feel to the audiences. Female leads are seen in less scope which is a small loophole in the film, also yogibabu and prabhu had weightage. This naane varuvean is a sure treat for thriller genre fans and also for the psycho horror thriller fans. The eerie scenes in the 1st half is so intense and doesn't follow the routine creepy touches. This film is mostly inspired from hollywood flicks like insidiuos and conjuring, Overall - this outing a definitely a decent movie with good thrills and emotions!

They had me in the first half . Core plot is nothing but similar to Muni franchise story , they tried to give different treatment to it . First half was intresting , the way they build story and tension was impressive , it was really confusing at first whether it's paranormal or psychological thriller . Interval block was total Bang . Second half was totally contrast to the first half , a complete let down and climax was terrible to the core . I expected more from "Kathir" character . Dhanush once again gave a terrific performance . Yuvan's background score was mind blowing . Cinematography was good . Overall watch at your own risk .

The First half of this movie was great especially "Kathir's" Glimpse few minutes before the Intermission and the second half was overall great Because of "Kathir's" Flashback, the way it was shown was beautiful to me and The "Veera Soora" scene will literal goosebumps, He killed each and every moment of it, Prabhu may have been bland but As Kathir he shines......Everything in this movie is great Dhanush's Acting, Yuvan's Music, Selva's Directing, Om Prakash's Cinematography everything was on spot, Except for the climax, I mean It's better but could've been a little bit better, The movie would have been interesting without comedic side and without Prabhu (Dhanush) character.... An overall good film You Can Watch Twice But Not Thrice!.

The first part of the film was captivating until the revelation of the 2nd character's introduction & rather its wrongdoings.

2nd half started with a backstory followed by a vengeance seemed so usual and felt a bit dramatic.

There are a few good things in the film especially the father-daughter relationship if you're in that zone, you might probably like this film to the core.

I realised lately that the story was written by Dhanush and not Selva, that's when all the dots were connected for why this Selvaraghavan's make was lacking that tingling touch of the maker, looks like Selva got carried away & trapped by his brother's charm of story-telling and thus agreed to put his legendary tag to the film.

And I hated the idea of bringing in the kids to this kinda vengeance plot as it has the potential to exploit & corrupt the smaller minds.

And I don't think, U1 scored music for this film since it is just way below average, nothing mentionable.

And Dhanush's acting was something that keeps us engaged & holds us together till the very end.

Pros: -It has a unique storyline (however let down by major plot issues; it would have been better as a psychological thriller rather than a supernatural one)

-Great performances by Dhanush

• Great BGM

-First half was done really well

Cons:

• Selvaraghavan has failed to execute a compelling plot as it felt like a wasted opportunity ( certain scenes could have been taken differently)

• Dialogue is too simplistic and does not serve any other purpose than moving the plot further

-Could have avoided a supernatural storyline as it turned a really good story into one which has multiple cliché s

Overall, this is a decent thriller with some flaws that pull it down from becoming really good. 6.5/10.