Pathikichu   Now Showing
Cast: Devaguru, Kamalesh, Manjari, Alex, Pallavi, Shakila, Livingston and Bhuvaneshwari.
Director: S S Arasan

Moving away from the routine romance-action flicks, this is all about a serial killer with an angst against married women who stray. A plot with potential. But then it's a comparatively inexperienced team of cast and crew who are handling it, and it's been shot in a tight budget too. So, though one could laud the attempt to try out something different for the audience, it's a wasted effort, the poor production values evident throughout.

There is no suspense of build-up over the killer's identity as he brazenly goes about committing his murders, not even bothering to camouflage his appearance.

Deva (Devaguru), haunted by ghosts from his past, goes on a killing spree, his target being married woman who cheat on their husbands and take on lovers. Brutally killing the women, he lets the men go. As the city buzzes with news of the serial killer, giving a scare to married women who stray, the cops, led by inspector Pandian (Kamalesh) try to unearth the identity of the killer and his motive.

But the first to get to Deva is Pooja, a reporter for a private TV channel, who wants a story out of him. Pooja (Manjari) worms her way into the unsuspecting guy's heart, and falls in love with him in the bargain. He reciprocates her love, and, faced with the truth about her, cannot bring himself to punish her. Pooja now tries to persuade him to go live on the channel with his story but he refuses. Till he realises that there is one last killing to be done, and the channel could be used for it.

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Deva, with a plan, now consents, and the channel sneaks him into their studio for their live show, not knowing what they have led themselves into! The final scene at the studio provides a bit of a thrill.

The three lead artistes, Devaguru, Kamalesh and Manjari, are all from the small screen, and just about adequate. There's Shakila in the cast too. But she's been used in a comedy track with Livingston (an insipid one), fully clothed, her pallu mostly in place. Not much for a voyeur here either!

Malini Mannath
Published on 23^rd Dec, 2003