Banner: Mith Productions
Production: Amith Mohan
Direction: Subramaniam Siva
Star-casts: Dhanush, Ananya, Krishna, Vivek, Ilavarasu, Ponvannan and others
Music: Dheena
Cinematography: Srinivas Devamsam
Editing: Ram Sudarshan

Subramaniam Siva, the 3-film old director has already proved success with the blockbuster movie ‘Thiruda Thirudi’, but later couldn’t create the same impression with both his movies ‘Pori’ and ‘Yogi’ turning out to be box office disasters. This time, he seems to have come up with the idea of striking with a show that is quite different from his previous movies. ‘Seedan’ is a remake of Malayalam movie ‘Nandanam’ starring Prithviraj, Navya Nair and Aravindan in lead roles.

Subramaniam Siva picks the 9-yr old Malayalam cinema with some modifications. The filmmaker has managed to pick some good star-casts. Dhanush for instance appears in a surprising role, which indeed is quite early for his age. But then, he strikes with an impressive show. Newcomer Krishna and Ananya are live up to the expectation levels.

Mahalakshmi (Ananya), an orphan is brought up by a rich orthodox family and everyone is fond of her. One day she dreams of getting married to a handsome guy, whom appears to be in reality and is none other than the members of the rich family. She assumes that Lord Murugan has purposely given this dream and starts living under the dreams. Coincidentally, the grandson of the family Mano (Krishna) too falls in love with her and they decide to get married. But his mother (Suhasini Manirathnam) finds another match for his son and their affair faces more opposition. Maha, an ardent follower of Lord Murugan develops hatred towards the God and promises that she would never pray to him.

Off the late, Saravanan (Dhanush), a newly appointed cook arrives and starts solving the problems one by one with some surprising magic.

Dhanush has done his job perfectly. He suits the space of his characterization and excels well.

There are 3 sequences in the movie that showcases his best ability.
1. Saravana Samayal song

2. His encounters with Vivek

3. His dialogue deliveries.



Ananya on her part comes up with an justifying job, but she could have paid some attention to her physique. Rest of the other star-casts has done their roles well.

Technically, Dheena scores mellisonant numbers with couple of songs sustained in our senses even after the show.

On the flip side, the film’s them is little outdated and it may not cater to the present generation of audiences. But it is a perfect family entertainer and you can go watch, sit back and relax.


Verdict: A Decent Entertainer
Rating: 3/5

Richard Mahesh