Kannukkul Nilavu (2000) User Reviews

What the Hell Tamil Cinema!! Why is this movie so Underrated?

[VJ0417 · 10/10 · 27 April 2021]

This is a movie where we could see the other version of actor Vijay. In my opinion, this is one of the best Vijay movies I've ever seen and I still don't understand why this movie hasn't been well recognized.

Vijay's acting at his best. He plays as a mentally challenged person who is searching for his girlfriend, whom he's thinking she's alive, but in reality, she was raped and murdered by 3 people. He has done his role perfectly and naturally, and for that, he definitely deserves an award. Apart from Vijay, other actors/actresses such as Shalini, Srividya, and Raghuvaran did their roles well. Story, screenplay and direction were great, and Songs and BGM by Ilayaraaja were great. Only negative is that second half seemed pretty laggy.

Overall, I would definitely recommend this movie to those who wanted to see a different Vijay.

Awesome

[guruveera-56713 · 10/10 · 1 January 2019]

No one can act like the charector, like vijay. Music, comedy, songs awesome

Underrated movie

[slsniranjanan · 10/10 · 1 February 2021]

This movie is so underrated, Vijay played the character so well, a Pyscho Anti Hero. I would suggest everyone to watch this movie

Acting level of vijay sir.

[ashwinvinod-33220 · 10/10 · 17 June 2021]

Nice movie. Must watchable and vijay sirs acting is really superb.

One of the best psychological story of Tamil cinema - Thalapathy Vijay the one man show in this great content

[ardnerusnomis · 9/10 · 24 September 2023]

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.