You can’t Miss Naanum rowdy dhaan. Why?

Here are 7 reasons to watch Naanum Rowdy Dhaan:

1. Nayanthara: She becomes Kadambari. This is hard for a star to achieve because an actor has to shed the star in them to enact a perceived person. She has her own space and scope to explore her character while not coercing her way into Pandi’s arc. They wittily fit into this quirky universe and in their own ways justifying their being.
2. Layered: It opens with a small narrative prelude and gradually unfolds itself into the present. What is intriguing is that the story is woven with its characters and this maintains its rhythm. Music, support cast and cinematography are also active narrators here. The story does not delve into a loop of justifications, and this makes it even funnier.
3. Quirk: The film is charming with its overambitious characters and ironies. For instance, ‘Kaadhu’, short for Kaadhambari being deaf, and Vjs as Pandi goofing around boasting to be a rough thug. Jokes are well-timed and well-written. Not to mention its smart use of Recall, (a technique used for writing comedy) as a part of screenplay-writing. VJS and RJ Balaji killing it with their duo, in its own right, NRD felt like watching Kamal Haasan with Crazy Mohan.
4. Characterisation: This is a typical ‘good vs bad’ story where the protagonist’s only motive is to avenge her past. Here Sivan shows the antagonist’s flaws, BUT we don’t empathise with him. For us, Killivalavan is the bad guy, and we as spectators know what his shortcomings are. The layered writing pays off here because it was possible to bring Mansoor into the plot to end it logically.
5. Production Design: Things like the skull phone, fluorescent walls, Paandi’s T-shirt, and Their den being covered with walls made of old green glass soda bottles add to NRD’s narrative. The film is very stylised, even when it comes to costumes. Kaadu’s getup and style became a FAD during its time of release.NRD’s production design brings magic to its script.
6. Music: The work of Anirudh here, is pure and emotional. It melts along with the stylised setting of NRD. While Anirudh uses music to intensify a few scenes, he goes void in the others. This bold decision adds depth to these scenes by making them feel heavy. And ofcourse the lyrics! NRD as an album is ever-fresh and indefinitely charming, at any given day or time.
7. RJ BALAJI, Ofc: He has so many punch lines that land perfectly. The observational comedy here is dark and sits well with the story. He has really gone to town with it, and it works so well.