Unnai Pol Oruvan

Well, this is a post that I should have put yesterday.

But, with hopes that I could showcase my exams as an excuse… here goes. The review of the movie I watched with my family last evening.

Unnai Pol Oruvan (Someone Like You), directed by Chakri Toleti is one of the quintessential Kamal movies. It touches on subjects that any one else would cringe about.

Star-casts: Kamal Haasan, Mohan Lal, Santhanabharathi, Anuja Iyer, Ganesh Venkatram and others.

It is a movie with a well cast crew, something that has played a major role in pacing the movie in a good way. Of course, it also happens to be the remake of the Hindi classic A Wednesday which gave a new dimension to mainstream Hindi films

The movie is definitely a very good one, considering the fact that it is a remake of a Hindi movie, and the hypes it had to handle.

The term “common man” has been to good use.

It’s delightful to watch the way the bureaucracy works, or at least the way it’s supposed to work, when the going gets tough.

It all starts with a bright new day. An ordinary man goes around planting bags of explosives at various parts of the city. He proceeds to call up the commissioner, informing him that unless several terrorists involved in several blasts are released, he’ll wreak havoc and the city of Chennai will no more be a same.

And spurs the movie…

Both kamal and Mohan lal have done their parts to its best. Actually speaking,

the whole cast seems to be a perfect fit.

One Phone call,

One MAN – A Common Man.

One day.

And the mark was made.

By

A “common man” – “Someone like you”.

Unnai Pol Oruvan .

This movie is definitely worth a watch, for its beautiful flow, lack of any unnecessary fights and songs, and Kamal’s well distributed refreshers.