Film: Tamilselvanum Thaniyar Anjalum
Director: Premsai
Cast: Jai, Yami Gautam, Santhanam, Nasser, Ashutosh Rana,Prem.
The plot centers around a courier delivery boy chased by some baddies to retrieve an envelope before it could be delivered to its destination. Taking inspiration from the road-thriller Premium Rush (2012), the debutant director, Premsai, while following the basic plot, has tweaked it to suit local nativity in Tamilselvanum Thaniyar Anjalum. The envelope here to be delivered to an activist, contains incriminating material that would expose the unethical activities of some doctors at a hospital. But the ‘inspiration’ lacks the punch and fizz, and seems like a pale tame version of the earlier version.
The early part has an unemployed Tamil Selvan (Jai) taking up the job of a courier boy, so that he can be in close proximity to Kavya (Yami Gautam) a sales girl he had fallen for. The love track which takes much of the earlier part is an insipid one with zilch chemistry between the lead pair.
Jai is lackluster here going through the motions with not much involvement in the proceedings. Yami Gautam makes a futile effort to look the part. Used more as an ornamental piece, she seems to be there just for the song and dance routine. And these song numbers forced in at regular intervals, are more like speed breakers.
The narration shifts track to depict the unholy goings on at a hospital, the fetal tissue of pregnant women serving the purpose of doctor Arun (Rana). ‘Immoral but highly rewarding’, he opines. Ashutosh Rana is wasted in a badly scripted role that gives him no room to display his immense talent.
A couple of chases on the roads, and the fight in the mall are barely tolerable. But the scuffle at the house of activist Satyamurthy (Nasser), the recipient of the envelope, is amateurish. The scene where Tamil tampers with the envelope is also sans conviction. The knot had the potential to turn into an exciting road-thriller. But the interesting moments are too few to count. Incidentally the film is a bilingual, it’s Telugu version (Courier Boy Kalyan) released a while back. Seeming longer than two hours of viewing time, this is one delivery that has gone awry!