It begins abruptly, bang in the middle of action, and never looks back. Someone’s holding a gun to Shakti’s (Gautam Karthik) head, as the movie opens, and the pace just picks up from there. The story is that of corruption in engineering colleges, suffering students, scores of engineering grads roaming jobless, doing odd jobs, an FB post going viral… there’s even a suicide. But never does the movie turn preachy or maudlin – RJ Balaji’s clean, crisp jokes, mostly revolving around current affairs, like Make in India, ensures that. And never does it lose pace – thanks to a taut script, gripping narrative, and flashes of a Jackie Chan movie running in the background somewhere. And oh, a special mention for the BGM - quite apt. There are no unnecessary songs or drawn out scenes, and the action seamlessly shifts from the immediate to a flashback of sorts, only to bring us back neatly to the exact scene they left us in the beginning, tying the loose ends.
( 3.5 / 5 )