Spoilers ahead…
Yaakkai (Body) begins intriguingly. Night. A terrace. The mood is lurid: the scene is bathed in neon-bright red and green. There’s a car, but we don’t see anyone around. Soon, it begins to pour. The thunder sounds like gunshots, like a prelude to violence – and then, the actual violence happens. A man steps out of the car (we don’t see his face) and fixes it so that the vehicle (with the victim in the passenger seat) takes a plunge. The next scene, Prakash Raj turns up as the cop on the case, popping pills for his diabetes. A little later, the victim’s son (Guru Somasundaram) lands up from the US, gargling words in his mouth to effect an American accent. Everything seems to be in place for a crackling murder investigation.
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edwardssammy
March 3, 2017
You have started giving stars? Et tu, Baddy?
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blurb
March 3, 2017
YOU ARE STAR-RATING MOVIES NOW?!
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Jim Gordon
March 4, 2017
He already was giving stars.
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Vidhya
March 4, 2017
Yaakkai is a beautiful romantic thriller, with a classy start of flickering light of car. Movie has an apt name and well connected to the story. Director has clearly captured the silent anthem, to bring tears in the audience.
It can viewed with family and childrens. Behind all the good cause , some people makes it a business. It is a nice moral of the movie. Director has taken good effort in Somasundaram acting. He has done great effort showing skills and good remake after “Joker” movie. Prakash raj played a perfect cop.
Music is excellent and I loved all the four song. Extra ordinary background score travels along the movie.
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