Movie Review 'Eetti': An interesting tale which is worth a watch.  

CAST: Atharvaa, Sri Divya, Jaya Prakash, Naren,

RATING: Three stars

Movies based on sports always evince interest among the audiences. In a way every actor wants to prove his worth through a ‘Mass’ movie. Ravi Arasu, a former associate of Vetri Maaran has churned out a mass film ‘Eetti’ with Atharvaa in the lead, which has a mix of sports and entertaining elements in tact thus engaging most part of it.

Pugazhenthi Subaramaniam (Atharvaa) is a state hurdler champ, a happy-go-lucky guy who lives in Tanjore with his parents father Subramaniam (Jayaprakash) a police constable and mother (Soniya). He suffers from a rare bleeding disorder called thrombasthenia, a condition where blood doesn’t clot and even a small scratch can prove fatal. Pugazh gets selected to take part in a National sports meet at Chennai.

Meanwhile, a wrong call connects Pugazh to a beautiful girl Gayathri (Sri Divya) from Chennai. All goes well until one day Pugazh unwittingly gives a stranger (Sri Divya’s brother) a lift on pillion in the city and the latter has already locked horns with a deadly gangster (RNR Manohar) and his right hand Aega who are into counterfeit currency business. Now, trouble begins for Pugazh and things come to a stage when everything goes out of control and his dream to become a national champ is threatened.

Atharvaa with his stunning six pack abs fits the role of an athlete perfectly and given an effortless performance. He is absolutely a treat to watch be it in high octane action sequences, particularly the interval block stunts and his hard work is evident when the camera quite often flaunts his bare shirtless physique. Sri Divya sans much makeup looks pretty and has given a neat portrayal. Jayaprakash as usual scores even in a small role. Aadukalam Naren delivers his best. The baddies are adequate.

Though the background score of GV Prakash is good, songs which appear at a regular interval of every 15 minutes serve as speed breakers. Saravanan Abhimanyu’s cinematography deserves mention for its tasteful frames. While the first half moves slowly with unwanted comedy scenes and songs, post interval it picks up momentum. Nevertheless, director Ravi Arasu without going overboard, blends sports, action, romance and sentiments in proper proportion and narrates an interesting tale which is worth a watch.