Movie about a Corinthian Sudheer (Karthi) and his best friend clean-handed
Parushuram (Premgi Amaran) who work for Mahindra company. Sudheer always likes
what Parushuram admires and loves. That’s how he falls in love with Priyanka
(Hansika Motwani). But things around when one night stand goes pear shaped when
young woman, Maaya, accepts a lift home from Sudheer and Parushuram. After
one-night-stand they wake up with their lives in complete in highlights. They
end up with a murdered body, they don’t understand what happened to Maaya
(Mandy Takhar)? CBI investigator Riyaz Ali (Sampath) in the meanwhile
understands the seriousness of the issue and gets along the kidnap case of
Varadharajulu (Nassar) a powerful corrupt politician. Things slowly reveal and
take a completely unexpected turn in the end.
The performances in the film are a mixed bag. Karthi played a playboy
character. He is tailor made for this role. Hansika Motwani brings fresh faced
innocence in the first half later brings unbridled confidence in the second
half of the film. She has limited to a under developed characterization. Premgi
Amaren is good in some scenes, but appears fake in others. Mandi Takhar is
magnificent and gets ample scope to shine in a film that doesn't entirely
belong to her. Nassar is okay in his small role as Politician. Madhumathi has
got a neat role. Sampath is stiff his role as a CBI officer Riyaz.
The main storyline of the film is a sort of inspired from Hangover but the
way Venkat Prabhu developed the movie must be appreciated. Biryani deals MURDER
MYSTERY, Venkat Prabhu added his mark parallel dark comedy and action episode.
Excessive effort to add comedy has diluted the seriousness of the film. There
are quite a few loopholes in the narration of the film. Director tried making
romantic thriller with feel good texture, but he could not inject the soul to
the characters. The much needed climax twist could have been handled better.
Dialogues in the film by Shashank Vennelakanti are routine.
The movie also marks an important milestone for Yuvan Shankar Raja as it is
his 100th film. Music by Yuvan is effective, but none of the songs stay with
you and seem to have been placed in the film merely as fillers. Background
Score supports the scenes. Cinematography by Sakthi Saravanan is good. The
frames are rich and colorful. Editing by Praveen K. L & N. B. Srikanth
could have been crispier. The major suspense get mixed up with alternate
episodes. Production values of Studio Green is praise worthy.
The essence of the movie which is reflected in the one night stand, Sister
sentiment and investigation fails to penetrate deep in the minds of the
viewer’s mainly because director Venkat Prabhu’s narration lacks seriousness.
It is a perfect example to show how bad direction can change dynamics of a film
and turn it upside down.
The visually rich Biryani fails to make an impact because it lacks the
necessary punch in its screenplay. The problem with Biryani is that it doesn't
capitalize on the premise it is built on. Instead, it steers away to produce
yet another cheesy entertainer. I thought the first fifteen minutes of the film
were entertaining, made audiences laugh and interested, but what followed after
that was downright boring and proof of bad writing. Feel sorry for Karthi whose
efforts seems to have gone the drain
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