Why you must watch it:
- Great visuals in an idyllic location
- If films set in a rural Tamil Nadu milieu are your scene
The Good: Great locales (Muttom, a fishing village near Nagercoil), Real-life characters and performances
The Bad: Lacks Entertainment Value, Climax
Bottomline: For a lot of Tamil movie buffs Subramaniapuram was probably the brightest spark of 2008. And in 2009 a year after its release we still think that any film with newcomers set in rural Tamil Nadu with romantic elements might be the next Subramaniapuram. And expectations rise further when the producer is SPB Charan, whose production house gave us Chennai 28! Kunguma Poovum Konjum Puravum (KPKP) follows the doomed romance of Kucha (Debutant Ramakrishna) and Thulasi (Debutant Thanannya). Ramakrishna might well be the next Cheran with the same expression in his face throughout the film while Thanannya impresses with her debut performance. The film's positives include stunning visuals of Muttom (A welcome change from Madurai, the preferred location for love stories without a happy ending!), real-life characters and a feeling that you are almost there thanks to Director Rajamohan's grasp of the rural Tamil nativity (For want of a better word!!). Yuvan's romantic songs and background music are a huge plus too. But the film lacks the sheer entertainment value that made films like Paruthiveeran and Subramniapuram watchable, and keeps losing its way through a series of long drawn twists in the tale and a negative climax.
The Bad: Lacks Entertainment Value, Climax
Bottomline: For a lot of Tamil movie buffs Subramaniapuram was probably the brightest spark of 2008. And in 2009 a year after its release we still think that any film with newcomers set in rural Tamil Nadu with romantic elements might be the next Subramaniapuram. And expectations rise further when the producer is SPB Charan, whose production house gave us Chennai 28! Kunguma Poovum Konjum Puravum (KPKP) follows the doomed romance of Kucha (Debutant Ramakrishna) and Thulasi (Debutant Thanannya). Ramakrishna might well be the next Cheran with the same expression in his face throughout the film while Thanannya impresses with her debut performance. The film's positives include stunning visuals of Muttom (A welcome change from Madurai, the preferred location for love stories without a happy ending!), real-life characters and a feeling that you are almost there thanks to Director Rajamohan's grasp of the rural Tamil nativity (For want of a better word!!). Yuvan's romantic songs and background music are a huge plus too. But the film lacks the sheer entertainment value that made films like Paruthiveeran and Subramniapuram watchable, and keeps losing its way through a series of long drawn twists in the tale and a negative climax.
