Nilavuku Enmel Ennadi Kobam film evaluate: This Dhanush-directorial is an everyday Gen Z rom-com

The Thiruchitrambalam star introduces his nephew, Pavish on this film, together with others, together with Anikha Surendran, Mathew Thomas, Rabiya Khatoon, Venkatesh Menon and Priya Prakash Varrier.

NEEK story

The viewers is first launched to Prabhu (Pavish), a middle-class boy who’s a chef in coaching, who’s swigging a drink and singing about love, failure and a damaged coronary heart. His mother and father (Aadukalam Naren and Saranya Ponnvannan) inform him to snap out of his melancholy and get a life. They determine to get him married. It’s when he meets his former classmate Preethi (Priya Prakash Varrier) as a possible bride that the backstory of his damaged coronary heart unfolds.

We find out about his love story with wealthy lady Nila (Anikha Surendran), an enormous foodie, and what led to their romance and break up as he narrates the episode to Preethi. Preethi advises him to attend Nila’s marriage and see if he’s gotten over her to ensure that their relationship to maneuver ahead. By means of all this, it’s his mother and father and greatest buddy Rajesh (Mathew Thomas) who assist him navigate his life. Has Prabhu moved on from Nila? Do Preethi and he get married? Does love triumph?

NEEK evaluate

As an actor, Dhanush has at all times experimented with regards to roles, however he’s additionally proving experimental as a director. For his third directorial outing, he has chosen to write down a Gen Z love story the place a poor boy meets a wealthy lady with all of the necessary substances – loads of events, consuming, dishonest on girlfriends, break-ups and make-ups, love failure and melancholy, social media and so forth.

The truth that he has introduced in apt newcomers to essay the group of 20-year-olds lends the movie a freshness because the story is common fare interspersed with snippets of comedy and drama. The actors are applicable given their age, and their appearing engages the viewers in a plausible means. Every one essays the traits of Gen Z youngsters in the present day – Prabhu is pushed and desires to be a profitable chef; some are confused about life, some are playful about love, and so on.

Dhanush attracts from his personal expertise

One wonders whether or not Dhanush’s use of facets from his private {and professional} life was a deliberate transfer to make NEEK extra significant. There are hat-tips to Sivaji Ganesan, Ilaiyaraaja and AR Rahman within the movie in addition to to his personal movies and life.

Apparently, one sees numerous Dhanush in Pavish, his nephew. Even Prabhu’s character has some shades of Dhanush’s earlier roles (quite a few, in reality), and together with his appearing model, one feels Pavish takes after his uncle in some ways. Whether or not Pavish can ace the roles he will get sooner or later, like his uncle, stays to be seen. For a debutant, Pavish has carried out job delivering what’s required – his appearing isn’t over-the-top, and his chemistry together with his mother and father and associates performs out nicely on display screen.

The ladies are cute within the movie, and whereas Anikha has a robust emotional part, Venkatesh Menon is available in as comedian reduction. Nonetheless, Mathew Thomas is the one who holds this group along with an incongruous presence and stands out within the crowd. This story celebrates romance as a lot because it does that one seen but invisible buddy who sees you thru every part and makes issues occur effortlessly for you.

In conclusion

The music and songs by GV Prakash are apt for this film, and among the music picturizations, like Yedi, remind us of Dhanush’s earlier songs. DOP Leon Britto’s digital camera work can also be in tandem with the younger Gen Z theme. All in all, Dhanush’s NEEK is a fascinating time-pass movie that Gen Z will completely relate to.