Sathum Podaathay leaves Tamil fans with some hope that all is not lost with Tamil cinema.

Featuring youngsters Prithvi Raj, Padmapriya and Nitin Satya in strong roles, Sathum Podaathay dares to break new ground (for Tamil cinema, that is) with an offbeat story.

Sathum Podaathay is a commendable effort by director S.M.Vasant in eschewing the sordid practice of picking big stars like Rajnikant, Vijay or Ajith, adding superfluous comedy from Vadivelu or Vivek, throwing in a pretty face like Trisha or Shreya and, as an afterthought, weaving in a wafer-thin story line into the whole package.

Predictably, most Tamil films bomb because they are given the cold shoulder by fans sick of seeing the same old baloney with different names.

Apart from the story, Sathum Podaathay’s appeal lies in its Continue Reading…