Payanam - Feel good travel

To be frank, I decided the caption for this movie as "Town bus travel" even before seeing the movie. Azhagiya Theeye, Mozhi, Abhiyum Naanum.. All were nice movies about simple characters. So I was kind of sure that Radha Mohan would have not brought out the grandness needed for a flight hijack movie. But I was proved wrong after seeing the movie.

The movie was technically very strong.  Have to appreciate Radha Mohan for this great leap! He has also maintained his usual touch. Prithviraj-Chaams (Shining star Chandrakanth) scenes were laugh busters. It has been quite long since I laughed for mins together, thanks a lot for those scenes. Marana kalaai!

We should also appreciate the diplomacy of Radha Mohan. After making fun of punch dialogues, fake heroism, Pakistan terrorist speaking Thamizh in movies etc, finally he compromise by showing the real heroism of chandrakanth, Brahmanandam giving example of terrorist in Roja movie itself speaking Thamizh etc. Good balance!

One more beautiful thing in this movie is that it is not completely biased against terrorist. Some scenes where terrorists explain their side, esp women being safe in flight in terrorist custody and women being raped by our army was touching.

Prakashraj was perfect as usual. One more thanks to him as a producer for giving good movies consistently.

Nagarjun was a good choice! He has the popularity and perfection.

MS Baskar was touching most of the times and mokkai some times. Brahmanandam has given a subdued performance and I like that. I don't like his usual overacting. Overall, actors have done a good job.

Cinematograpghy by K.V.Guhan was ultimate! Great visuals!

BGM by Pravin Mani wash helping the movie maintain its tempo. Good work!

Hijack being the highlight of the movie, how come I didn't speak anything about the so called the thrilling hijack and rescue parts in this movie? Because, there wasn't much thrill in this movie. Hijack and the rescue operations didn't have any surprise. Everything goes in the same way we expect.

If Radha Mohan had brought that thrill element successfully, this movie would have been a travel of a lifetime as it is claimed in the movie title. Now it is a nice feel good travel!