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Slide 1: kanchana Movie Review Genre Horror is very rarely touched in Tamil films. Reason – A track record of Tamil Horrors going duds at box-office. You cannot blame the audience’s habit of comparing Tamil Horrors with Hollywood’s good scares. Still, you see, both are poles apart in budget and technological advancement. But, it is the poor script, poor make-up and the irritating graphics that are attributed for the failures of Tamil Horrors. Thank God, Raghava Lawrence has not pushed his ‘Kanchana’ into that poor league of those big irritating Tamil horrors. Thanks to his simple script and entwined light-hearted comedy that has saved the film. The promos and teasers did evoke huge expectations and the director has not failed to fulfill the audience expectations. ‘Kanchana’ does scare us with the story… Raghava (Raghava Lawrence) is a happy-go-lucky young man. He plays cricket and is the darling of everybody. But, the problem with him is he is so afraid of darkness and ghosts. His beloved mother (Kovai Sarala) lends a helping hand whenever the hero goes crazy about those scary things.
Slide 2: And, the ghosts play a game here while Raghava plays cricket. Three ghosts enter Raghava’s house along with the blood stained stumps he takes home in. The ghosts for their part play some scary acts (sometimes they do scare us) and enter the body of Raghava. He behaves abnormally, like a transgender. With the help of a Muslim big-man the family discovers a story behind the ghost Kanchana that has now taken charge of Raghava’s life. The flash back… Kanchana was a transgender (Sarathkumar), who helps another poor transgender girl in her studies. Kanchana and the family are killed by an MLA (Devan) in a land dispute. The same Kanchana is now in the body of Raghava ready to take revenge against her killers. Whether the ghost Kanchana (Raghava) took revenge or not forms the climax of the film. Raghava Lawrence has definitely taken a big risk. And he succeeds in his efforts. The expressions on his face as haunted man are nicely done. He romances well, dances well and, well… does some comedy also! Sarath kumar is a big surprise element in the movie. He impresses us as a transgender. Lakshmi Rai is just another addition in the star cast. Kovai Sarala again proves that she is the only comedy-queen in present Tamil cinema review. Devan sometimes irritates us with his ‘big’ overacts. View more: http://www.filmics.com/