Dhuruvangal Pathinaaru-A matter of mysterious crime

Dhuruvangal Pathinaaru

Director: Karthick Naren
Written: Karthick Naren
Staring: Rahman
Running time:105 minutes
Language: Tamil

IMDB Rating:9.1/10

My rating:4.3/5

Dhuruvangal Pathinaaru:A matter of mysterious crime

Dhuruvangal Pathinaaru also known as D-16 ,a Indian Tamil crime thriller film in 2016 written and directed by a 21 year old Karthik Naren, staring Rahman the leading role.featuring predominantly new cast and crew.

The film starting with an averagely made crime scene.its night and raining ,a car came mysteriously.A mystery man steps out from the car.He is Infront of a house. Inside the house there is a man and a woman.They’re in an embrace. The man enters the house. A lifetime of movie-watching tells us that he is a psycho killer, that he’s going to leave behind a couple of corpses, and that the rest of the film – Dhuruvangal Pathinaaru – will detail the hunt for this man and the twisted reason for his crimes.

His narrative pattern also needs to be lauded as he induces layers of suspenseful moments, which keeps you guessing until the very end. It is for sure an impressive way of story telling. In each scene we have a chance to guess what's next but this guy of 21 made his debut film as a great thriller with numerous twists and turns.we can not imagine this film was written and directed by such a 21 man Karthik Naren.

It is not an easy deal to give a spoiler-free review for this one as it is completely knitted with twists and turns. Revealing even one scene from it could seriously affect the movie watching experience.

This film travels through the interpretation of actor Rahman. His last dialogue from the film happens to be, “Since I am narrating this story, I am seen as the hero of the story. Probably if it were from someone else’s angle, I would have been the villain.” The characterization of every lead is such that, they could be seen as both protagonist and antagonist. D-16 is a very matured take on life, something you don’t expect from a 22-year-old.

It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that Karthick Naren has used sound design and camera angles to narrate the story. Dhuruvangal Pathinaaru has its flaws as well, a constable in Tamil Nadu having high degree English conversation with his superior officer is unbelievable.Though Rahman is fine with his expressions, he still struggles with his Tamil dialogue delivery and not quite convincing as the protagonist.

Despite these minor drawbacks, Dhuruvangal Pathinaaru engages us throughout and keep throwing surprises till the end.

A review from Anuvind