Kathiravan (Prabhu Deva), who lost his right leg in an accident, is his 8-year-old daughter. She was diagnosed with a congenital heart valve problem and became debilitated. 70 to save her daughter’s life through surgery
Lakh is required. Unable to raise such a huge amount, he plans to kidnap businessman Rudra’s (Varalakshmi Sarathkumar) daughter and get the amount as collateral. On the day of execution of the plan Kai is caught red-handed. Rudra’s daughter was kidnapped before Katiravan, and now he is unable to save his own daughter, and how the subsequent movements of the wandering hero without knowing who kidnapped Rudra’s daughter, is the story of the film ‘Poikkaal Kotya’.
The challenge for the director is to justify the ferocious negative thought of kidnapping another child to save his life. Director Santhosh P. Jayakumar easily overcomes the challenge by adding as much detail as necessary in the screenplay and visual settings. Although the hero-villain ‘dance’ is enjoyable, the selection of the villain actor could have been done to avoid suspicion. John Cocken’s performance as the villain is so artificial that it makes him easy to sniff out.
Prabhu Deva adapts himself well into the character of the one-legged hero, written with two dimensions as an affectionate father and an action hero. While the one-legged dancing is enticing, the fight scenes are not cleanly shot. Varalakshmi Sarathkumar Kachitam as Rudra. But even after so many films, he still hasn’t perfected his Tamil pronunciation. The ‘twist’ of Nandu Jagan’s character, who comes as a regular friend, is unexpected.
Karki’s lyrics are a strong side to Iman’s attempt to add emotion to the main twists with small songs. These songs are taken as an alternative strategy to use songs that Tamil cinema is losing. Although the film has many flaws, including the use of Prakash Raj as Prabhu Deva’s father as a pickle in the screenplay, it logically does justice to the title and content of the film.
You can enjoy the game of ‘Poikkal Khod’.
