In the footprints of
Ghajini, Chandramukhi, Anniyan we have in our hands another well made
disorder-based-thriller. Though the grandiose, as in the case of the former
movies, is missing the plot has been kept simple and to the point and hence
strikes a chord among the viewers.
Vishal’s “Nan Sigappu
Manithan” is the third venture from Vishal Film Factory and also the third film
in Vishal-Thiru combination. Indiran (Vishal) suffers from Narcolepsy, a disorder
that puts people to sleep at the slightest excitement of emotions. When his
love life with Meera (Lakshmi Menon) is affected by this disorder he finds a
temporary solution after which a tragedy strikes which forever alters his life.
Vishal with the tinted,
and often cracked, glass is well suited for the role of a narcoleptic patient.
Be it his innocence during the job-hunt or the shyness during his love-life or
the anger during the revenge episode, he has very well distinguished his
expressions and has lit up the screen. Though his disorder initially tickles
the viewers, “the scene” totally shakes everyone to the core.
Lakshmi Menon as Vishal’s
Juliet has done her part with no blemishes. If Vishal sleeps in the first half,
she takes over the job during the second.
Besides the lead, the
art director deserves appreciation for his well made backdrops during the
desert number and also for looking into the tiniest details (the mirror in the
Vishal’s home with a lot of stains is an example).
Neverthless, Thiru’s
script is the first and foremost hero for spinning a web around a disorder and
making it into a full length entertainer.
The only flaw that I
found out: Indiran’s mother initially thinks that her son falls unconscious.
Later Indiran uses water as a recovery strategy. In any normal situations the
first thing we do is to use water to wake up an unconscious person. But it took
Indiran over two decades to discover that water-idea. Does it add up??
Still, “Naan Sigappu
Manithan”: Green Flag.
