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Aazhi Movie Review: Sarathkumar commands a tense maritime standoff
Director Madhav Ramadasan makes a welcome choice here: strip the drama down to bone. Aazhi is deliberately light on dialogue. For long stretches, blood is the language of communication, and the film lets body language, glances, and the claustrophobia of the ship do the rest. Scenes are given room to build, and the approach works because it lets both characters develop presence rather than relying on speeches to tell us who they are. Sarathkumar is the film's biggest asset. He plays Moorthy with a coiled menace that makes every quiet moment feel dangerous, not a man who toys with his prey for fun, but one who needs to understand how someone so beneath him dared touch his daughter. It's unsettling, committed work. The dread is amplified by his dog, a Belgian Malinois that never stops barking.(more)
Source: Abhinav Subramanian, Times Of India
2.50
Aazhi Movie Review: Refreshing minimalism turns out to be shallow depth
Director Madhav Ramadasan takes an unapologetically minimalistic approach to storytelling. With the focus entirely trained on the battle between Moorthi and Arul, all the peripheral characters are brushed past. Almost entirely through montages, we are shown Moorthi�s mafia-like power, his emotional attachment to his daughter, Arul�s love for Mukila, and his sense of responsibility to support his family. The stakes are established with an almost industrial precision before rushing to the middle of the ocean, where the film turns into a survival drama. The only thing that could have benefited tremendously from a more minimalistic approach is Sarath Kumar�s hair.(more)
Source: Prashanth Vallavan, CinemaExpress.com
3.00
Movie Review : Aazhi
The film is about the depth of love, forgiveness regret and redemption narrated with the tumultous seas becoming a main character as it reflects the emotions of the characters. On the flip side, the film may seem a tad monotonous as is centred mostly 2 characters with their activities majorly on a boat. Aazhi stands out as a different attempt.(more)
Source: CinemaSpeak.in, Media Review