Review of Chekka Chivantha Vaanam

I give it a 8/10 if you have understood the involvement of music in this family drama. It is other worldly , why is it ARR's gets his wand out in style on certain directors more than others. The album wholesome is just a level higher than let's say a direct masala film. It's just so addicting and everything is elevated on screen with it. Now for the story itself, we don't get to learn what fed the drama to roll down like an avalanche of hate and action. What this movie cried for is for some backstory of 10 minutes of the father's bias or if he had any upon his boys and how their businesses worked to get the greed going between blood brothers. I say it deserves this narration because then all the rushed scuffles for the throne would have been more fair. Another 10 minutes of some other parts could have been replaced with that. I'm just thinking if the budget had a role in not making this a perfect feud action house movie. The locales for the sons backgrounds were great, all set up for real gloss to the kingdom of crime back in India. 8/10 i give for the assortment of cast, because that's i want from Tamil Cinema to go groundbreaking in casting which actually is a norm in other foreign industries. I take this as a step in the right direction even if the generation of best heroes won't collaborate in this lifetime sadly. I actually will watch this again to look into the framing, blocking and divine lighting of Santosh Sivan. Gosh it's stunning. Most movies look mediocre in cinematography compared to his. Overall CCV doesn't stand close to Mani's other work, but we learned that a banging cast and zippy screenplay bleeds more commercial success. Thus a great thank you for bringing all these actors together producing a decent Mani film. Maybe next time no harm in spending more time on the depth of the harsh world we see and a similar cast to go with it for a great Mani film.