Tuesday Feb 17 2009, Chennai

'Perumal': Masala madness!

Genre - Drama

Directed by - Vincent Selva

Produced by - Pa. Shanmugam

Music by - Srikant Deva

Casts - Namitha, Vivek and others

Starring - Sundar. C, Meenakshi

Sundar C, the latest minimum guarantee hero in Kollywood, has managed to come up with yet another hit in 'Perumal', it seems. Director Vincent Selva has spared no effort to make the film a full on masala. But, in his over zealous efforts to woo the front benchers, the script has been overlooked and the performances leave a lot to be desired.

Sundar C, in the title role, plays an employee in a travels company. While on official tour, He meets Dr. Alamu (Meenakshi) in Andhra Pradesh. It turns out that she is being chased by criminals for having witnessed a crime they committed. Perumal takes it upon himself to protect her against all odds, brings her to Chennai, outwit the baddies with his brawn and brain and everything ends well. In between, there are a few songs peppered with sufficient doses of glamour from Namitha.

Kota Srinivas Rao plays the villain, Venkaiah, and Sudhir is in the role of Bhadra, his son, who assists his father in his criminal activities.

Vivek evokes quite a few laughs with his double role--one that of a Tamizhan and the other, a Telugu. Namitha is in the role of a thief who loves Perumal.

Excepting some fine camerawork from newcomer Banu Murugan, there is nothing much to write home about. The music, scored by Srikant Deva, fails to impress.