A Spoof of Tamil Cinema:Tamizh Padam

Cast:Shiva,Disha Pandey,MS Bhaskar,'Vennira Aadai' Moorthy,Mano Bala,'Paravai' Muniamma.

Direction: CS Amudhan.

Cinematography:Nirav Shah.

Music: Kannan.

Production: Cloud Nine Movies.

As the trailer indicated,'Tamizh Padam' is a spoof on some of the earlier tamil movies.It is the desi version of the 'Scary Movie' series.This kind of an out-and-out spoof movie is new to tamil cinema though some of the spoof TV shows like 'Lollu Sabha' have already won the hearts of the viewers.

The story is a thin line and the debutant director Amudhan has tried to balance the spoofs of all famous movies. The story begins in a village called 'Cinemapatty' where the hero is born. The nattamai had ordered that all boy children be killed because they grow up,migrate to Chennai with a dream of becoming a hero and bring bad name to the village.When Muniamma is about to kill the baby using a 'branded' kallippaal, the child comes up with a punch dialogue and pleads for life.

So 'Paravai' Muniamma brings the child to chennai and finally the child grows up as a hero.The hero's introduction is itself a spoof on 'Chandramukhi'.He starts fighting with the 'goondas' in a typical tamil cinema style. Shiva's(shiva) friends are none other than Siddharth(Mano Bala),Nakul(MS Bhaskar) and Bharath(Murthy) and they are the 'Boys'.

As the story moves on,the hero falls for a girl(Disha Pandey), also in tamil cinema style.But the girl's father has some other plans. If Shiva wants Disha,he has to become a crorepathi. Shiva earns a lot in a time span less than the time taken to prepare 'coffee' for the girl's father with 'Oru Sooravali' in Shankar Mahadevan's powerful voice in the background.

In the second half,Shiva goes to his village to find his parents.How he finds them and fights the 'evil' power in the society forms the remaining part of the story. And the climax has a predictable twist. The movie loses its pace post-interval but picks up near the start of the climax.

Movies like Chandramukhi,Kadhalan,Anniyan,Mozhi are spoofed and the industry big-wigs like Mani Ratnam,Rajnikanth are'nt spared either with some of their movies taking important place in "Tamizh Padam".

Debutant CS Amudhan has taken a bold step and has done a commendable job because it is not easy to enter the cinema field with a spoof movie.Shiva carries the movie on his shoulders and has come up with flying colors with his unique dialogue-delivery style. Mano Bala, Murthy and MS Bhaskar could have been used in a better way but they've done their job well. New-face Disha has passed the litmus test with her facial expression being good. Music Director kannan has given us some foot-tapping music with chart-busters like 'pacha tamizhan' and 'o maha zeeya'.This lad has a bright future in the industry.Nirav Shah has also done a decent job.

Tamizh Padam has no logic in it(Of course you cannot expect logic in a spoof movie!!) but if want to laugh your heart out,go for it!!!

Verdict: 3/5