Dude has superb energy and uses it to make hard hititng commentary on social media but fails to leave huge effect.
It is easy to higlight issues like casteism and patriachy in social dramas than in fun entertainers.
Make wrogn selection and themes get buried or you end up playing down the evils of said issues.
It is superb to view Dube take some mega swings.
How does society pressure work?
Do we really have freedom to love who we desire.
Is the sanctity of marriag mega than love?
Director Keerthiswaran
Cast Pradeep Ranganathan, Sarath Kumar, Mamitha Baiju
After cold open that set up tone of the movie we are dipped into montage esque scenes explained the friends to lovers pipeline of Agan.
They are cousin, friends she loves him then he loves her she does not want him new then he does not want her now they both may not want each other.
Keerthiswaran makes it point to show impact of making and unmaking of this relationship with several crying scenes for both Agan and Kural.
He know how to extract strong performances.
Pradeep and Mamitha might bawl their eyes out at biggest tonal inconsistency.
Again admire his friend for speaking ill of his ex.
We get monolgue about respecting women choice and before he even finishes the thought.
Agan turns around pranks and else.
Dude might have failed to engage but see a fresh and unique voice with Keerthiswaran visual directorial style.
Every character has own rythm and energy everyone is in motion which lends itself to chaotic energy on screen.
Said Abhyankar music matches the wacky tone of the movie but rapidly emotional.
The background score is attempting to overcome visuals with own understanding or scene Oorum Blood is memorable but sail need to understand storytelling as much as music.
Mamitha gets to cry lot but lot cloud have gone wrong if she had chosen to give less involved performances.
Pradeep on other hand brings energy with confidence.
Sleight of hand mannerism he does like phone flip could have gone wrong with lower convictiona and too much confidence.
All being said the one who gets to have fan in film is Sarathkumar it has been time when we saw actor on screen with infectious and playful energy.
He shift changes and show the darker shade of character in seconfs.
If only the movie allowed Sarahkumar to push his character a little further we could have gotten one of bes Tamil cinema villain in latest time.
The problem is film desperation to come off as wacky cute and chaotic.
A quip after serious scene is formula that works for Marvel Cinematic Universe.
The tension built up by serious scene is cut by quip.

dude review

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dude review