Director Sasikumar's maiden outing ( he has assisted Ameer and Bala earlier) shows that good movies need not have to hit you in the eye with lavish sets, foreign locales and big stars. Ultimately people would appreciate quality cinema and Subramaniapuram is certainly quality cinema. This is a brilliant tale of a group of 5 friends of whom 3 of them get embroiled in a tale of blood & gore from which there is not looking back.
Right from faithfully depicting a suburb of Madurai in the 1980's, to the performances of the actors everything is in sync with the script. There are a group of 5 friends including Jai ( of Chennai 28 fame - a vijay lookalike), director Sasikumar himself & Ganja Karuppu.They are basically vagabonds who do petty jobs for the brother of the ex-councillor of the area ( Samudrakani).
Jai is in love with Swathi, the sister of their "boss". Their love is mainly conveyed by coy expressions and cute smiles that they have for each other. The ex-councillor has a political rival and when he again loses an assembly seat for their party, he is completely dejected.Then his brother Samudrakani instigates the 3 ( Jai,Sasikumar,Ganja Karuppu) to kill the rival candidate.
After this their lives completely take a U-turn especially after they realise they were just being used as pawns in the political game of their patrons. Now begins a tale of revenge amidst a a journey of blood and gore. Be careful -some of the scenes would just shock you. So gripping is the tale that at times you would ignore the lethargic pace. Performances of the lead cast is truly amazing.Sasikumar and Ganja Karuppu both do full justice while Jai is already getting a lot of notice.
But does he also have to speak like Vijay? Music by James Vasanth ( yes the T.V anchor) is simply alluring and suits the need of the film. Even Swathi impresses a lot with her eyes. Sasikumar if this is just a sample of whats in store from you, then you've truly arrived in Kollywood.
Rating-3.5/5
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