24 (2016)

One of the best movie of the year which contains everything that we want and need to watch in order to accomplice satisfaction and knowledge. At a certain point this movie will take you to the realization of the nature ans aspects of TIME and some time will through you into the Nature of LOVE and Relationship with everything with whom we interact.One must watch this movie to realize our potential of becoming......

Massive performance from Suriya sir especially Athreya character was unforgettable which will carry the Charisma of Suriya Anna for A Decade. Quite good acting from Samantha and Nithya Menon and rest of crew. Fantastic CG work and the Pausing the Rain was a superb Scene. A Great applause to director Vikram Sir who came with a fantastic Script and clean direction and at End a clean Entertainment from Suriya sir which is a confirm BlockBuster at the box office. But around 5 songs and 2 hours and 44 minutes of running time was a minus if it was below 2 and half hours it would have been still better. A path breaking Interval block and A hint for sequel at End with eagle's body enlargement near watch were quite good. And thus for me 24 is an unseen cinema of Science Fiction in Indian Cinema with Time travel concept is really fantastic.

Another time travel concept executed in Tamil cinema starring Surya and director Vikram Kumar (director of Manam and 13B). The movie revolves around 3 Surya - scientist father, villain and Watchmaker son. A bit of too much to handle. Athreya(villain) kills scientist father for the time machine watch and gets into coma for 26 years. By this time, the watchmaker gets it and how the movie unfolds itself is the rest of the movie all about. Honestly, there were too many comments about Athreya being menacing on screen. Trust me, Surya do not pull off the villain role as menacing and as brilliant as Rajni or Ajith can do. His acting is fine but somewhere there's an element of fake acting when it comes to romantic scenes.Some of the scenes were good especially when younger Surya discovers the time machine and tries to experiment with it. There are some twists and turns which is not unpredictable but still interesting. One interesting concept that I saw for the first time In time machine movie is that the person get younger while travelling backwards. I always thought (based on the movies I have seen) that you will find yourself along with the younger self. Maybe I need to check with my science student friends on how it actually works. This also poses a question - How will the younger self come back if he becomes a new born child when traveling to past ?Music is forgettable and so is BGM. Samantha is forgettable. It's purely Surya and no one else. In short, if you really want to enjoy time travel movie, watch Indru Netru Naalai. This certainly doesn't match with the brilliance of Indru Netru Naalai. But you can watch this one for its grandeur and certain level of entertainment. It's lengthy but not too boring

24 had one of the best openings a movie could ever have. I just love the way it began, when it came to younger Surya, it was fun but on the other hand it did get irritating a bitPerformances- Surya has done a neat job as Mani and brilliant job as Athreya. Samantha could have dubbed for herself which would have made her role quite noticeable. Saranya really has done the same old role more better. Positives- The fast paced screenplay and the amazing use of the concept time travel. Loved the way Athreya character was written. He was a really a smart villain after the other amazing Sidharth Abhimanyu. Brilliant bgm and songs. Arr at his best. Ending really was apt and properNegatives- I expected a more complex story or more of a sensible movie because the theme was time travel but I guess the director had to compromise and add some fantasy elements for the movie to reach the other class audiences. But the point is they never appreciate anything new, which is bain to Tamil films.Overall- An enjoyable ride with brilliance in every field but could have added more sensible contents so that the intelligent audiences who thrive to watch a sensible Tamil movie could have enjoyed.