Kaakha Kaakha | Critique

The punches, the kicks, the blood and the bruises… Kaakha Kaakha is all about fights. After a successful Minnale (a romantic movie), Gautham Menon’s second Tamil movie was a contrast to the first one. An action film about a cop. Nevertheless, there is a subtle love story as well which literally becomes the backbone of the plot. Despite of many handicaps, Kaakha Kaakha works because direction is strong, acting has conviction and script is tight. Music is an add-on.

There is a cop who has sworn to wipe out crime from the city. He crackdown on the biggest local goon. In a side story, he marries a simple girl who teaches in school. Now, dead goon’s maniacal brother decides to avenge death of his elder brother and he can go to any length in order to do so. He has no moral, no ethics. Now the question is… how will cop save his wife? Story has almost every masala from 60-90s. Love, romance, action, deceit and twists. Characters are extreme and most of the sequences are clichéd. Still, the treatment of each twist and even the clichés is interesting and one can still enjoy them.

The movie shot Surya to stardom. In his role of a tough cop with soft heart, he is unmatched. His eyes opens up his heart to audience and in the first look you start liking him. The nemesis played by Jeevan can cause goosebumps to young girls. He is rowdy and dangerous. Music is likeable and makes the love making scene a classic one. Editing is crisp, though in some scenes it could have been done in a better way. Script is tight, as mentioned, leaving behind very less complaints. Direction is simply awesome. Your admiration for Menon would grow manifold hence.

Rating: 3.5/5

Written By: Sujoy Ghosh