Uriyadi is one of the crucial political films in Tamil cinema that unabashedly bring to public attention the root cause of caste-based political parties and its apparent ascendancy. Vijay Kumar, who has played one of the lead roles, apart from co-producing and directing the film, has excelled in his raw, veritable treatment of the subject matter and makes an assured feature film debut.
Impressionable college students take on casteist, manipulative politicos and violent henchmen. Hard hitting & no holds barred.Gets the small town setting perfectly right. Lives of hostellers shown very relatably. Gutsy topic about students & caste politics.
Set in the year of 1999 in a village near Trichy, the film blows wide open the emergence of caste politics like never before. Uriyadi doesn’t express vehement opinions on caste wars but it unpretentiously puts across how vulnerable caste is in stirring up social tension.
Definitely not for the weak hearted, delicate. Violent & lots of substance abuse shown. But different and relevant political film.Director Vijay Kumar also acts in a main role. Mostly new, handpicked, raw actors. Subramaniapuram-like in the characters & treatment.
The last twenty minutes of the film belong to Abhinav Sundar Nayak, whose perceptive intellect of the proceedings has produced one of the superbly edited climax sequences ever. His work smartly transforms the seemingly feigned violence into a legitimate closure.
Uriyadi has been rightly certified ‘A’ for the excessive graphic violence shown on screen. It is, certainly, not an ultimate violence porn though. Vijay Kumar should be applauded for staying true to the genre by delivering unsettling and blood-soaked action scenes with full-blown inventiveness.
Movie Chit Chat cocktail rating: 3.3/5
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