| Production: |
M.A. Jinnah (Jinnah
Creations and Ayngaran International Media Pvt. Ltd.) |
Music: |
G.V.Prakash |
| Direction: |
Hari |
Lyrics: |
Na. Muthukumar, Hari |
| Cast: |
Bharath, Poonam Bajwa,
Simran, Vadivelu |
Cameraman: |
Priyan |
Hari, known for a perfect mixture of romance, action, comedy, and sentiment, has given more stress to sentiment in his latest flick Seval. The problem with the script is that it is neither new nor novel.
You can load so many things in a script like romance, fight, the perversion of the village chief, the tonsuring of head of a widow, and even the widow remarriage. But if the focus is not on the script , the movie will go wayward without making any appeal.This is what exactly Seval does and does miserably.
Seval's storyline clearly belongs to the seventies. The romance drama and the turning points too are clich�d. The first half is full of lighter moments with some seriousness in bits and pieces while the second half a melodrama full of tears intertwined with fights.
Murugesan (Bharat) comes out of jail, and the flashback (belonging to the period of1989 to 1991) begins at Sivasailam village. Young Murugesan is an aimless and illiterate youth, spends most of his time loitering around with his uncle Thapal Thangavel (Vadivelu), the village postman. His father (Rajesh) is a hardworking wholesale flower seller who has his own flower garden.
Parijatam (Poonam Bajwa) is a beautiful Brahmin girl and daughter of the local temple priest (Y.G Mahendran) and our hero predictably falls for her. Parijatam has been brought up by her elder sister Gayathri (Simran) who marries a guy (Prem) living in the nearby village.
The village head (Sampath) has an eye on Parijatham and so has Krishna, the brother in law of Gayathri.
Murugesan, who has impressed the girl by his act to save her father from a criminal allegation, finds the intention of the village chief and Krishna.
Gayathri gives birth to a child but she dies because of cancer leaving Parijatham holding the baby. There is a twist in the tale in form of a promise made by Parijatham to her sister. The twist leads to many complications and a bloody climax.
As mentioned earlier, the film lacks any novelty and the proceedings are stale and predictable. Loaded with so many sub plots and deviations, the script has lost the focus completely and thus fails to make the audience identify with the proceedings. Even the comedy track by Vadivelu, fails to hold your interest.
Hari has the habit of portraying beautiful Brahmin girls falling for the guys belonging to the other castes. It seems that he has a special penchant for such inter caste marriages.
Simran looks good and acts well. She has carried the role that gives some scope to perform with ease. Poonam looks pleasant and tries her best to justify the role which demands lot of emoting.
Bharat gets a routine role that puts forth little challenge. He has no scope to excel in such a role and he doesn't leave any mark by his handling.
Priyan's camera has captured the beauty of the locales. G.V Prakash has managed to give a couple of tuneful songs but the overall impact of the music is disappointing.
Hari has miserably failed to come out with a new story and gripping screenplay. The stereotype characters and the predictable proceedings have made the film a disappointing experience. It is time Hari started trying something new rather than treading on the same path.