Review of movie Chithiram Pesudhadi 2

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Rating:3/5

 First off, Chithiram Pesudhadi 2 isn’t a sequel to the 2006 film which marked the debut of director Mysskin. The title is just a clear case of a film team using a previous successful title simply for recall value. That said, the film, under its previous title, Ulaa, had been lying in the cans for over the past few years, and perhaps needed this change in title for business reasons. This particular bit of history is important because the film’s genre – hyperlink cinema – would have been somewhat of a novelty if it had released earlier. But now, that novelty is lost because we have seen a handful of films – someone even better than this one, like Maanagarm and Kurangu Bommai – in Tamil cinema.

The film begins with an attempted murder. Thiru (Vidaarth), a gun-for-hire, and Salim (Ashok) try to murder Sadasivam, a moneybag. But as they are fleeing the scene, they are spotted by Kathir (Nandan Loganathan), who is on his way to meet his girlfriend Priya (Gayathrie) with the intention of eloping. Nandu chooses to save Sadasivam. This incident sets off a Butterfly Effect – Priya, who is waiting for Nandu, has her belongings stolen by small-time criminals Senthil (Nivas Adithan) and Pazhani (Blade Shankar); Vicky (Ajmal), a musician, agrees to blackmail a minister (Azhagamperumal) in the hope of getting money to pay off Sadasivam and reclaim his house; Parasuraman (Naren) decides to rob Manikandan (Subbu Panchu), Sadasivam’s friend who ordered the execution, by roping in Senthil, Pazhani and Priya’s father, a professor. Then, there are Durga (Radhika Apte), Sadasivam’s wife, who wants to kill him; Dhanam (Niveditha), a prostitute who Senthil is madly in love with; Nandita (Priya Banerjee), Vicky’s girlfriend, who tries to get back at her brother who is the reason behind her boyfriend’s problems; and a criminal gang that has kidnapped a teenaged girl and is sharing a hideout with Thiru.