Director Mysskin made history of sorts in 2007 when "Anjathe" came out during the heyday of Valentine's Day, Cut to the present 2017, Mysskin joining hands with Vishal for Thupparivalan (Detective) was a news which stifled me. Anyway it would be right to mention that cinema enthusiasts need to thank Myskkin for those bold initiatives in making Tamil cinema an attainable dream for countless young wannabe filmmakers. So keeping aside the "I'm also Madruai daaww" Vishal I knew for the fact that actor Vishal will be seen in the run time. Goodness, it was a decent effort put by him, no unwanted buffoonery or deviating from the character arc. Actor Vishal playing Kaniyan Poongundran has given one his best in his filmography after Avan Ivan (2011), a pathetic film reeking of Bala's village fetish, saved by performances of all the actors.
In Thupparivalan, Vishal is credible as a detective who doesn't hesitate to use force in order to accomplish some true to life spellbinding action scenes. Parallelly he is a seeker and the overall mood of the film is eeyorish despite few minor dose of cringey humor from the sidekicks be it villains or the supporting artists. Reason I state this is the previous Mysskin outings was supported with fascinating writing for the supporting artist which will leave a mark and some of them still do. Well Thupparivalan fails to score big with supporting artists. This doesn't prove that this flick isn't worth a shot it is a film which blends perfectly with constructive and meaningful cinema as it should be.
Oh, almost forgot to say a couple of words on the background score of the movie, the entire film is loaded and loaded with real ammo like score which speaks more with the mystery surrounding in the mind of associate Mano (Prasanna) who is just looking for nods while the protagonist is seeking to connect all the dots with amazing visual framing that heightens the adventurous movie-watcher. Good to see cinema like this today when our weekly releases have been flip-flop chicken flicks- blockbusters.
