I was scratching my head to think of one memorable sequence in Sei . Actually, there is one where the heroine Nila (Aanchal Munjal) narrates two film scripts to a producer. One, on the lines of a Baahubali -like mythological subject and two, a sci-fi thriller like 2.0. The producer chides her, asking to come up with a commercial script laced with family sentiment and action. It’s supposedly a funny scene, but the joke is on you.
- Cast: Nakkhul, Aanchal Munjal, Nasser and Prakash Raj
- Director: RajBabu
- Storyline: Saravanan, a struggling actor, hopes to become the hero in real life
A fire accident at a psychiatric hospital leaves its patients dead. A State Minister is forced to step down for approving the asylum. A bunch of funny-looking gangster squad is on hunt for a crime reporter. Elsewhere, Saravedi Saravanan (Nakkhul) is desperate about acting. He does fake impressions of Tamil cinema stars, hoping to get cheers from their respective fans. The possible explanation as to why he’s called ‘Saravedi’ is because he rambles random stuff without making any sense. He does odd jobs that also include stalking women and conning them for money.
In Tamil cinema universe, there’s always a heroine who would fall for his “naughtiness”. Enter Nila, a budding screenwriter, who wishes to learn more about his “intriguing” character. Why would any sensible woman tolerate someone like Saravanan, let alone falling in love with him? The answer to this question is as futile as expecting a reasonable amount of internal logic from the film itself. It seems that the idea was to write a hyperlink cinema of sorts. But the director makes a mess out of the screenplay that defies the value of surprise, twist and logic. The film suddenly veers off its course in the second half to make a statement about organ trafficking.
Nakkhul shot to fame after carrying the deceased body of his girlfriend in Kadhalil Vizhunthen . He does something similar in Sei. The only difference is that the latter is already dead on arrival.
