Naduvula Konjam Pakkatha Kaanom Movie Online – Review

Everyone has memories, sweet and tough. Some hard memories remain painful forever, and a few brings a grin and even laughter when looked back. Naduvula Konjam Pakkatha Kaanom (NKPK) is one such difficult memory that makes everyone roll at the floor and laugh when narrated. This can be a true story of 4 friends Prem Kumar, Saras, Bagavathy and Balaji.Balaji Tharaneetharan makes an entry into the film industry as a director with this film. NKPK is an adaptation of an actual incident involving himself, cinematographer Prem Kumar and two in their friends, Saras and Bagavathy. Prem Kumar has wielded the camera for the film, while Vijay Sethupathy of Pizza fame has portrayed his role. The unique Bagavathy (aka Bucks) appears as himself within the film, Vigneshwaran has taken up the role of Balaji (aka Bajji) and Rajkumar plays Saras. Gayathri of 18 Vayasu fame plays Dhanalakshmi, the affection interest of Prem.

The story revolves around Prem and his friends. Prem’s marriage is in another two days and to calm down from the pressure, he goes out to play cricket together with his three buds. He falls down while playing, gets hit on his head and temporarily loses his recent memories (things that happened within the last year). Unfortunately he loses the memory of his fiancée, Dhanalakshmi (Gayathri) too. It’s now as much as the 3 friends to get Prem married to his forgotten girlfriend, without letting anyone (including the girlfriend) learn about the accident that happened to him. Will the wedding happen peacefully and can Prem regain his memory? Watch NKPK on big screens.

This is an excessively serious film, but it surely is nearly impossible to regulate the laughter, the unlucky happenings. This is a brilliant solution to introduce the four protagonists and their lives throughout the title song, ‘Excuse Me Sir’. The entire four central characters have done an excellent job, especially Vigneshwaran and Rajkumar. The panic and fear, when Prem loses his memory was beautifully portrayed by the 3 friends. Especially Bajji’s reactions and Bucks’ absurd advices are hilarious to the core. Vijay Sethupathy may be very convincing as a man with memory loss, together with his ever pondering looks. Saras character is a beautiful serious and intense one and Raj Kumar fits the bill perfectly. Gayathri makes a brief appearance, but does well.

The greatest positives within the film are Bajji’s petrified reactions, Bucks’ authoritativeness, funny dialogues, unexpected turn of events and shocking memories of Prem that sits in preference to those forgotten. The director has maintained the suspense and managed to maintain the audience thrilled throughout the end. With only one word, ‘Ennachu’, the director brings out chuckles, exasperation and sorrow from the audience.

The film’s composer Ved Shankar, a manufactured from AR Rahman’s music school, has done a wonderful job. His naughty and playful tunes through the serious scenes trigger laughter. It was unfortunate that not one of the tracks rather than ‘Excuse Me Sir’ was added within the film.

The Salon scene is a cracker and the hairstylist does a super job. The Schindler’s list style finish, where the true characters come on screen was pretty touching too, though it creates a documentary feel.

Cinematographer Prem Kumar’s close ups and a few stagnant shots proved very appropriate in capturing the feelings perfectly. His work, especially the low angle tights, too contributed to the facetiousness of the film.

The film moves very slow, however it is understandably the character of the tale. Monotony breaks in when Prem keeps repeating the similar dialogues. Since that may be exactly what happened it's not a grave mistake too. In some places the BGMs are too loud that the dialogues go unheard.

On the whole, this frightening experience of the four friends is a roll-on-the-floor-and-laugh experience for the audience. The male populace can relate to the tale more and can trust the reactions and the behaviour of the protagonists.

Off the record, people say that it's immoral and inhuman to laugh at others hardship, but Naduvula Konjam Pakkatha Kaanom doesn’t fall under that category. So laugh your heart out!Verdict: The missing pages are more exciting. Well worth the watch.