Pattiyal - The (Hit) List

Pattiyal as we can translate in English as "The List" is certainly not the list alone, its more of a "Hit List".

This Vishnu-vardhan directed and the superb foursome starrer has been a much-awaited movie for quite sometime now. If Hollywood & Bollywood had used the Underworld theme very effectively in lots of movies, Kollywood, though slow in using that, has started using the same plot, thanks to Vishnu-Vardhan's this new Venture.

Koshy (Arya) & Selva (Bharath), both are contracted-killers, and the latter being deaf & dumb,who are working undercover for a Contractor Samy (Cochin Haneefa).Samy has continuously been using these two to get rid of some high-profile people.Pattiyal showcases the list of their happiness, sorrows & the list of people to be eliminated by them.The lady-love of them are Saroja (PadmaPriya) and Sandhya (Pooja) respectively.And, they are proved to be perfect for the roles.

The Director has succeeded in choosing the right starcast for the roles which needed much zest.For more than once, you might get to feel like this is one of those movies which depicted friendship at its best.And,the Director, by making Selva a Deaf & Dumb has made the character strong & it allowed him to make their relationship much stronger.

Though the heroines had less to offer when compared to the Heroes (which often is the case with these kind of movies), they had tried their heart-out to match the lead's performances.I must say, they had thrived in a couple of scenes.

The best part of the movie is its Music Composition.A couple of songs are quite foot-tapping and the rest are very well hearable.Especially the song sung by Ilayaraja, "Namma Kaatula..." and the opening song "Dei, Namma..." are very well composed. The background music is at its best with Yuvan showing yet again that he is one of the best composers in the present bunch of young musicians.

Finally, though, the movie was hyped to be the Sholay of our times,its not that bad to compare this movie with Sholay.The Friendship shown by Arya & Bharath Stands out amongst the best Friendship movies ever made in Indian Cinema.

A pat on Vishnu-Vardhan's Back would be ideal for making this movie a very good Interesting Entertainer.