Sandamarudham (U/A)
20/Feb/2015 Action, Drama 2 Hrs 30 Mins

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Formula Fatigue

You do not walk into Sandamarutham expecting a new age cinema. You know it belongs to the genre of films conveniently named as 'commercial entertainers'. But 'Formula films' might be a more apt word because most of the times these films do everything but entertain. A.Venkatesh has a decent track rec...(more)

Source: Bharath Vijayakumar , MovieCrow

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Cliche galore

After stamping himself as a hero for more than two decades, Sarathkumar has decided to cast himself in a negative role, and the result is quite positive. �Sandamarutham� is all about how an undercover cop goes on to find the grass roots of an underworld Don, who is a major threat to the entire count...(more)

Source: Editorial board, IndiaGlitz.com

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An undercover cop tries to foil the plans of an unrepentant criminal, who tries to supply an extremely dangerous chemical to terrorists for money.

Sarveswaran (Sarath Kumar) is the kind of criminal who is 80 steps ahead of his pursuers, as he himself puts it. The cops in his base, Kumbakonam, fear him, and thus, he has managed to develop a highly potent chemical that can cause destruction beyond belief. He is planning to sell this to intereste...(more)

Source: M. Suganth, Times Of India

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Suffers from illusions of being grand

The talking point of Sandamarutham before its release was that Sarathkumar plays the villain (apart from being the hero, of course). So, naturally, you expect something explosive, something novel from the characterisation. Why else was the actor returning to play the villain after decades? This same...(more)

Source: Sudhir Srinivasan, The Hindu

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Mass Masala

Sarath Kumar's Sandamarutham is an age old story of an honest cop and his mission against a deadly villain, the only silver lining here is that Sarath Kumar has played both the villain and hero. (more)

Source: Movie buzz, Sify.com