Marina - Collection of Humor, Emotional and few mundane "Scenes"

Marina beach has seen and is seeing so many visitors. There should be no Thamizh film maker who has not been to Marina, still it occurred only in director Pandiraj's mind to make a movie with Marina as base; good thought! May be it is Angadi Theru which gave him the inspiration to make a movie about life of people in a Chennai location. Feel wise, emotional scenes of Marina is somewhat similar to Angadi Theru.

When it comes to Humour, Pandiraj scores high like he scored for Pasanga; laugh busters spread across the movie. He is the best among all in showing the life of 'boys'. He can definitely take Pasanga Series. Sarcasm about modern girls is also shown in a realistic and fun-filled manner through Sivakarthikeyan-Friend of Sivakarthikeyan-Oviya.

Marina doesn't have a story line and that is what which makes it stay away from the league of Pasanga, Angadi Theru etc. Marina boys, beggar thaatha, singer uncle, Sivakarthikeyan-Oviya pair... all have their own stories and good scenes associated with those stories but they were not weaved together properly.

'Pakkada' Pandiyan is the protagonist and he has done a very good job. This guy has a big future in his film career. So are the performances of other boys.

Sivakarthikeyan is not the same as he appears in TV shows. He has done the role perfectly without personal influence. In one of the songs, he looks good in clean shave; some resemblance with Vaibhav Reddy. We  have to wait for '3' release to predict anything about his film career. So far so good! Oviya fits perfect for this 'light'a pasikkudhu' role :)

Cinematography by Vijay is commendable, especially in competition scenes. Few elevated shots of Marina beach would have been great.

Good debut by Music Director Girish. Vanakkam Vaazha vaikkum Chennai is a big hit, even the other songs are good and sink well with the movie. 'Life in Marina' and 'Marina Theme' used as BGMs definitely lifted those scenes.

Overall it is a very good entertainer by Pandiraj.