Film: NH4
Starring: Siddharth,Ashritha Shetty,KK Menon
Director: Manimaran
Producer: Vetrimaran
Banner: Grassroot Film Company,Meeka Entertainment
Music: GV Prakash
Prabhu (Siddharth) is a Telugu guy who
studies engineering in Bangalore along with Rithika (Ashritha Shetty).
One day Rithika gets kidnapped by Prabhu and his friends. Rithika’s
father who is a Chief Minister of Karnataka appoints a special officer,
encounter specialist Manoj Menon (Kay Kay Menon) to trace his daughter
and to kill the kidnappers. In the quest of finding the kidnappers,
Manoj Menon will go through many tough challenges and few unexpected
series forms the crux.
Performances
Siddharth delivers
sufficient performance as Prabhu. He has left his lover boy image and
sported a rugged look for the movie and delivers a restrained
performance as needed.
Debutant Ashritha performed quite well and impresses with her chubby looks and her onscreen pairing with Siddharth is most-promising.
Kay Kay Menon performed
well as brutal encounter specialist who is both arrogant and
intelligent also adding humor to the scenes. His romantic backdrop is
quite interesting.
Karthik as Siddharth’s friend impresses with one-liners. Other casts were adequate.
Technical Analysis
Velraj has done a great job in capturing
chasing scenes and all songs are beautifully captured. G.V.Prakash
music is an added advantage while the background score is promising for
the plot. Editing by Kishore Te has been very impressive. Manimaran as a
first timer impresses with his unique screenplay and neat presentation.
But the screenplay falters at times and the basic plot line is quite
simple. Dialogues are crisp and entertaining. Production values are
standard.
Analysis
Manimaran should get the credits for
implementing simple story into an action thriller with unique
screenplay. But the screenplay turns predictable in the second half. The
first half of the film is very entertaining with Siddharth’s friend
Karthik’s comedy liners and romance between the leads. Second half of
the movie has got some immense pace but the climax falls flat. Unlike
several action thrillers, this one misses the good twists and thrills
and instead focuses on the pace with ordinary action scenes. The
romantic scenes and good comedy makes NH4 watchable.