Taanakkaran

Taanakkaran (2022) : Breif Review -

A Stunning Exposure of Police Oppression and Exploitation during the Training Process, and again, it's some South industry at work. Visaranai, Nayattu, Naandhi, Writer.. and now "Taanakkaran" joins the list. I hope you know what that means. If you don't, then please watch all these films to understand why I mentioned all of them together here. The way South industries are exposing the police system, politicians, and law & justice system is really impressive. I must salute them for that. Despite knowing the possible pressure, censorship, and planted outrage, they do it fearlessly. Taanakkaran is another fearless attempt to expose one of the major aspects of the police system, the training period. What happens behind those closed doors of police camps and on parade grounds is something that most ordinary people don't know. This film takes you through that hell, and believe me, it is brutally honest while disclosing the corrupt officers. One honest, ambitious young man stands against the big set up and raises his voice against those inhuman cops, managing to beat all the odds. The film is not just about, but it also tries to focus on every single aspiring candidate who wishes to serve the nation in uniform. There are big revelations like how many have died during the training period and how casteism leads to bullying that can even cause suicide. There's a lot of drama, inspirational stuff, unbearable scenes of torture/punishment, inside politics and conspiracies. There's a little bit of romance too, but only glimpses, not full fledged. What a sweet song that "Kattikoda" was! Adorable and alluring, and addictive. Rest, the performances are good, the screenplay is engaging, the dialogues are real, the story is powerful, and the direction is fairly accurate. I don't see any reason why I shouldn't recommend it to quality cinema lovers.

RATING - 7.5/10*

By - #samthebestest.

Unique movie that was never seen before. Hats off to Vikram Prabhu for choosing this script. He did Justice to his role. Villains were matched perfectly for the roles. It was a gripping story. Kudos to the team.

This movie will definitely change the perspective which people generally have on police. This movie very nicely depicted the hardship of a lower rank police officers. Screenplay, dialogue, acting was super. Waiting for part 2.

Terrific movie with great performances. It has its own flaws but if we able to ignore those on big stars why not on a content movie like this. Gives hope for quality of Tamil movies.

This is not a usual competition between 2 teams but rather a competition between 2 ideologies. I was simply amazed how the last act folded out in sequences with an unusual stretch of demotivational lines. MS Bhaskar deserves everything for this role. It was overwhelming and emotional, realistic and every character is too good. Must watch!!