Chekka Chivantha Vaanam is a tamil-language crime thriller film co-written and directed by Mani Ratnam. The film features Arvind Swami, Silambarasan (STR), Arun Vijay, Vijay Sethupathi, Jyothika, Aishwarya Rajesh, Aditi Rao Hydari, Dayana Erappa as the main cast, while Prakash Raj, Jayasudha, Thiagarajan and Mansoor Ali Khan appear in supporting roles.
The movie is about the power struggle between 3 sons (Arvind Swami, Arun Vijay & STR) and who succeeds in ascending to the throne of Senapathi (Prakash Raj) after his demise. The movie is somewhat similar to Game of Thrones TV serial where everyone is fighting for the iron throne and the movie has a lot of blood shed in it too.
STR, Arun Vijay & Arvind Swami has given us a commendable performances. But the movie surely belongs to Vijay Sethupathi who stole the show with his one liners and his combination scenes with STR are good. Jyothika has a good screen presence and her acting after her father was killed by Arun Vijay & STR was good. Other heroines has a little screen presence only and did a good job with the limited opportunities.
The music was composed by A R Rahman and the background music was awesome and the camerework by Santhosh Sivan was too good covering the landscape of chennai, dubai & serbia wonderfully. Mani ratnam sir has returned with a bang and what wonderfully written and directed by him.
Overall the movie satisfies all the heroes fans and the director's fans.
My rating for the film is 85/100
