I have watched some psychological movie in tamil cinema such as Priyamudan, Vaali and Kadhal Konden and they are a great movies. But what made Kannukul Nillavu different from them is the lead role not gone mentally illness because of love, but because felt guilty that he can't saved a woman who trust him. If you watched movie, in first half the story made you think that Gowtham (Vijay) love gayathri and loose her but the twist come when he meet Dr. Rajashekar (Raghuvaran).
The story content, Vijay performance and Illayaraja music are the soul of kannukul Nilavu. Story/screenplay of this movie are excelent and well written, none of the scene made me feel bore, Fazil sir gave an good treat for audience with his direction, Cinematography also worked well, many set are beautifully designed.
Vijay gave a stunning appearance as a mentally disorders people in this movie, he can easily made people laugh with his great comic timming and funny body language but in pre climax he stole the show with his intense and scary performance and dialogue delivery, i can say he is the one man show in this movie and put the movie on his shoulder. Fazil as director did a great direction but i believe that Vijay also did improvisation to made movie feel more dramatic.
Shalini as Hema bring some light for the movie with her role as a helper of Vijay, Raghuvaran and Srividya role made story more powerfull despite the short screen time and they played it well.
Another good thing of this movie is its music from maestro Illayaraja. Song like Nillavu Pattu, Oru Naal Oru Kanavu, Roja Ponthotham and Iravu Pagalai Theeda (Vijay version) are good to hear and well composed. For Bgm, climax Bgm are the top notch.
Weakness of this film is one of the comedy scene (haunted house scene) are not funny and feel useless for the movie.
In my opinion, Kannukul Nilavu are worth to watch more than one time watching. Story content and Vijay performance will amaze you. Do watch it with your family.
