Taanakkaran

2022 - 4 - 9

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He is present and looks the part of an enthusiastic and physically fit young recruit. He does the part to his best, grunting and growling menacingly, when he isn’t inflicting misery on the recruits in the guise of training them. Vikram Prabhu, the hero of the film, is an even weaker link. His Yama raja in Karnan showed off the depth of his skill and ability for nuance. Right at the beginning, a character walks into the school and looks over at the equipment on the training grounds and scoffs. This is the story the film attempts to tell us.

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Also, it might have been nice had Anjali's Easwari, the sole woman in the story, got some agency or say in the proceedings, without being just a spectator of all the cruelty. The scene where he runs with a dying man on his shoulder and breaks down later, shows what Vikram is capable of in the hands of the right director. Perhaps it might have been useful to learn what he does apart from being a faultless nallavan and why he chooses to appear for a PC entrance instead of for a higher rank, despite being over-qualified. The film might have made for a great theatre experience, in fact. Lal, who faced lathis in Karnan gets a role reversal and is the oppressor here. In the hands of a lesser filmmaker, Taanakkaran could have easily become torture porn.

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Driven by a stellar performance from Lal! What a debut from @directortamil77puts us right there in the middle of it 💥 pic.twitter.com/HJg0lxuUUW April 8, 2022 He is seen playing the role of an ambitious police recruit Arivu. Fans started pouring in their love for the film and Vikram’s character while appreciating the actor’s stupendous acting skills. The story revolves around a police recruit school and how the unforgiving system treats its new entrants. The script and story which is penned by Tamizh are reportedly based on real-life incidents that transpired in 1997. South stalwart Vikram Prabhu's Tamil film Taanakkaran was released on OTT platform, Disney+ Hotstar on Friday and has been receiving a decent response from the viewers.

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Similarly, Bose Venkat, Lal, MS Bhaskar, Pavel Navageethan and a trainee who played the role of Murugan enhanced the film with their nuanced performances. There are a few shortcomings in the film. The training programme and the officers are unforgiving. Director Tamil (Tamizh) has done a wonderful job by setting the story in PRS, a subject that was unexplored as far as cop dramas are concerned. The PRS training was established by the British and has been followed till today as a tradition. But, what about the struggles and the physical strains he goes through to become a cop?

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I was, in fact, so disappointed that the names of the heroine and one of the villains - Eashwari and Eashwaramurthy - sound so similar. The film has a caste angle that could have been explored, especially because it set the context for it in the initial scenes. And then there are those that portray the reality of police brutality.

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When one of the seniors from the recruits complains, things get worse and the toilets are reduced to five. Chellakannu (MS Bhaskar), the senior cop of a lower rank tries to help the trainees but nothing works when it comes to saving them from mentally and physically being tortured by Moorthy and Pandi. On the whole, this film is definitely worth a watch this weekend. Around 350 trainees come to PSR and they get the shock of their life when they are told that there are only 6 toilets available there. The school is controlled by Inspector Muthupandi (Madhusudhan Rao), and his valet Eeshwaramurthy (Lal). These two torture the new entrants in the name of parade training and when Arivu takes a stand against it, things start going wrong with him. This makes the film quite interesting and appealing too.