Film: Naveena Saraswathi Sabatham
Starring: Jai,Niveda Thomas, VTV Ganesh, Sathyan
Director: K. Chandru
Producer: Kalpathi S. Aghoram
Banner: AGS Entertainment
Music: Prem Kumar
Story:
Naveena Saraswathi Sabatham takes off
with an interesting start, as lord Muruga plays temple Run and lord
Ganesha goes on exercising on treadmill to keep himself fit, while Suba
Panju [Shiva] will be working on Apple Desktop. Suba Panju is a doctor
who hails from traditional sex-medicine selling family, NKPK Rajkumar,
Politician's son Sathyan and Gangster VTV Ganesh are his friends. Suba
falls for singer Jayashree [Niveda Thomas]. After few light moments,
Suba along with his friends fly to Bangkok, what happens next forms the
crux of Naveena Saraswathi Sabatham.
Performances:
Jai, who proved his
mettle with Engaeyum Eppothum and Raja Rani just played one among four
friends in Naveena Saraswathi Sabatham. He was not given enough space to
play the lead role.
Niveda Thomas is feast
to watch on screen in romantic parts, but doesn't have much to perform.
As singer she has given her best. Though appears for limited time in the
first half she leaves a mark.
VTV Ganesh is given
ample space, especially in the second half he has many more dialogues
compared to Jai. Whereas only few of his witty one-liners tickles
audience chords and remaining are fruitless.
Sathyan and Rajkumar, who appear throughout the movie fail to grab viewers attention with their comic timing.
Technical Analysis:
Debutant director K. Chandru, a former
assistant of Venkat Prabhu has given a novel start to NSS with Modern
kailayam, as the movie is said to be a fantasy comic film. Later on it
remains flavorless with not so enjoyable characterizations.
Songs composed by debutant Prem Kumar
are one of the reasons for high expectations on the film. Kathirinthal
Anbe and a duet in second half are adequate. Kannan's background music
is good.
Cameraman Anand Jeeva's cinematography
is laudable. Foreign locations such as Langkawi in Malaysia and Bangkok
are well captured and look different in every other scene.
TS Suresh's editing could be better, particularly the second half could have been trimmed.
Analysis:
Naveena Saraswathi Sabatham, a so called
fantasy comedy film just entertains us in parts. Introduction scene
where Muruga plays temple Run and Ganesha works on treadmill is good.
Director Chandru has firmly placed his guru Venkat Prabhu in a cameo
role, where they plan Mankatha 2.
Seems director's idea is to utilize
modern resources but failed big time. There is a scene where Naaradhar
asks Lord Shiva to quicken the movie else people will post 'first half
of the movie is good and second half is mokka' in their Twitter and
Facebook pages. Unexpectedly, movie takes similar remarks, as first half
of the film is engaging while second half is preachy.
Final Verdict: Watch NSS, if you've nothing to time-pass this weekend...