Siren

"Siren 108," directed by Antony Bhagyaraj, is a Tamil action thriller that centers on Thilagan, an honest ambulance driver in Kanchipuram, who is wrongfully convicted of murdering his wife, Jennifer, and his friend Kathir. After spending 14 years in prison, Thilagan is granted parole for 14 days, during which he seeks revenge against Anbazhagan and DSP S. Nagalingam for the deaths of Jennifer and Kathir, and attempts to reconcile with his daughter, Malar, who harbors resentment towards him for his alleged crimes.

Jayam Ravi delivers a compelling performance as Thilagavarman, showcasing both his veteran acting skills and emotional depth, which effectively garners viewer support for his character. Keerthy Suresh's portrayal of Inspector K. Nandhini, while competent, occasionally veers into overacting, and her character lacks the depth and backstory needed to fully engage the audience. Yogi Babu provides comic relief as Velankanni, although his role feels somewhat underutilized in the overall narrative.

The film's pacing is a bit slow at the start, with the true motives and backstory unfolding more prominently in the second half. However, once the action kicks in, the stylized sequences, sound effects, and musical score enhance the viewing experience.

Samuthirakani delivers a solid performance as DSP S. Nagalingam, although his character feels somewhat familiar due to similarities with his previous roles. Ajay as Anbazhagan serves as a convincing antagonist, adding tension and conflict to the story.

Yuvina Parthavi impresses in her limited role as Malar, Thilagan's daughter, bringing depth and emotion to the character. However, the film could have benefited from further exploration of her character's arc and involvement in the plot.

Overall, "Siren 108" succeeds as a weekend masala movie, offering gripping action and entertainment for audiences. While it has its flaws, particularly in character development and pacing, it remains an enjoyable watch for fans of the genre.

Once again Jayam Ravi acting is very good in what has to be for me, one of his best Tamil films right after Thani Oruvan. He brings his character to life in a film that has a very good story with a good balance of action and comedy.

Jayam Ravi plays a character who is known as Thilakan Varman who is is in jail for something that he did or not and comes out on parole after 14 years, having a chance to see his family and his daughter after so many years.

The story focus on Jayam Ravi and Keerthy Suresh who plays a police female officer Nandhini who has a bad image from something that she may have done or not in her past.

Just when Thilakan Varman comes out of jail and has another chance of life, murders are happening making police offer Nandhini to believe that it's Thilakan who is behind them all.

We also throughout the film learn from the flashback what happened to Thilakan Varman and how he ended up in jail.

Very good songs and very good story with a good balance of action and emotional scenes with good acting by Jayam Ravi.

One of the song lyrics brings back the colonial mindset & apologetic nature of minority following crowd. While the direction focussed on pleasing a specific subset of the population , enforcing the evils of caste, creed & religion, it forgot to look at its own.

Overall Jayam Ravi is betting his career on such movies that will drag him down and leave him as a clown who could not see where he was being dragged to. Storyline and screenplay was a slow drag, neither action nor dialogues have made a mark, the repetitive mention of word caste shows the sad ignorant state of the group that worked on this movie.

Siren

The theme of the movie is very nice and the director Antony Bhagyaraj did his best.

It's an action oriented crime thriller. The BGM, Music and camera was also upto the mark. Mr. Thilagan an Ambulance driver in a village tunred to be a murder and waiting to take revenge but it took 14 years.

Sorry to say the casting was not proper. All the male actors are did their best but the heroine Keerti was very boring. She just have one emotion in her face. Someone must tell her its the role of a police officer and the role requires some hardwork. The police uniform doesn't fit for her.

The comdey scenes of Yogi and Ravi combo was nice. The songs were unnecessary. The fight scenes are just average. As per my opinion it is just a one time watch. But don't expect like Thani Oruvan..

Basically, the roles of but with a better storyline but still there is a correlation with the main part,, of course with 2 artists not mentioned above as irreplaceable actors,, I personally like Kirty Shuresh's acting..., Keerthy Suresh, liven up the storyline of this 2024 Siren film. The plot twist is not bad. Even though he succeeded in getting his revenge, the actor was still sentenced to prison for who knows how long. I hope there will still be a part 2 for this film. But with a better storyline but still there is a correlation with the main part,, of course with 2 artists not mentioned above as irreplaceable actors,, I personally like Kirty Shuresh's acting... , greetings from Indonesia - jaff XRP.