Kolaigaran

Mystery/thriller movies which are made with gripping screenplay and crisp run-time often command terrific performances from the main cast. Vijay Anthony has been a master of these genre movies as...

Kolaigaran pits a determined police officer against a very intelligent man and what unfolds between them really makes the film work. It merely teases us with two probable ways Vamsi could’ve been...

I wish the cop played by Vijay Antony had been given more to do. We don’t know ‘that’ side of his yet. Kolaigaran is a fascinating contrast to the actor’s previous outing Thimiru Pudichavan, where...

Kolaigaran has a lot of similarities to Drishyam/Papanasam (both of which are unofficial adaptations of the Japanese novel The Devotion of Suspect X), and much like the Malayalam superhit, the...

The first half moves at a normal pace and doesn't have the punch that a whodunit requires. Since there are very few suspects, it is quite easy to guess the killer. Therefore, when the film reveals...

The initial portions set up the mystery quite nicely and makes us unsure of the motivations of the main characters. We are mostly in Karthikeyan’s shoes and remain puzzled by their actions. It...

As we are familiar with the premise of Drishyam, the first half certainly disappoints mainly because of the similarity and the two needless songs which act as speed breakers. Kolaigaran stands...