<p class="title">If you’re used to his style, you pretty much know that a typical Gautham Menon film is long and filled with twists and turns and multiple storylines. It ends with a cliffhanger climax that teases an eventual sequel (that mostly doesn’t come). This movie is no different.</p>.<p class="title">But ENPT is for an audience that hasn’t yet seen 16 and Thani Oruvan, films that changed<br />a lot for Tamil audiences. It offers nothing fresh, not even a gripping action sequence. All you get are some good visuals.</p>.<p class="title">Gautham Menon’s movies are rarely about an ensemble cast; they are about the protagonist. The same happens here, as it is all about Dhanush’s onscreen ego, Raghu.</p>.<p class="title">All characters, especially female, are placed at the right points to love Dhanush, help<br />him, and so on. As always, Dhanush gets full marks.</p>.<p class="title">The camera work isn’t the best, when you compare it to what you have seen in other<br />Gautham Menon films. The script manages to turn around a dull story. The dialogues, however, feel a bit out of place at times.</p>.<p class="title">The protagonist gets all the good lines and the ensemble just replies to him. The non-linear storytelling may not be out of fashion but it definitely shows its age.</p>.<p class="title">Maybe the disappointment because of our high expectations from a director who blew us away with ‘Vaaranam Aayiram’ and ‘Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu’. It’s time for Gautham Menon to outdo himself.</p>
<p class="title">If you’re used to his style, you pretty much know that a typical Gautham Menon film is long and filled with twists and turns and multiple storylines. It ends with a cliffhanger climax that teases an eventual sequel (that mostly doesn’t come). This movie is no different.</p>.<p class="title">But ENPT is for an audience that hasn’t yet seen 16 and Thani Oruvan, films that changed<br />a lot for Tamil audiences. It offers nothing fresh, not even a gripping action sequence. All you get are some good visuals.</p>.<p class="title">Gautham Menon’s movies are rarely about an ensemble cast; they are about the protagonist. The same happens here, as it is all about Dhanush’s onscreen ego, Raghu.</p>.<p class="title">All characters, especially female, are placed at the right points to love Dhanush, help<br />him, and so on. As always, Dhanush gets full marks.</p>.<p class="title">The camera work isn’t the best, when you compare it to what you have seen in other<br />Gautham Menon films. The script manages to turn around a dull story. The dialogues, however, feel a bit out of place at times.</p>.<p class="title">The protagonist gets all the good lines and the ensemble just replies to him. The non-linear storytelling may not be out of fashion but it definitely shows its age.</p>.<p class="title">Maybe the disappointment because of our high expectations from a director who blew us away with ‘Vaaranam Aayiram’ and ‘Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu’. It’s time for Gautham Menon to outdo himself.</p>
