Biriyani (Tamil) : Director Venkat Prabhu's diet (as it's called for the film), is a delicious fare but somewhere down the line, it's quite hard to digest from the director who gave us the 2011 grosser "Mankatha". The film, whose narrative follows the tracks of films like Hindi Cult Classic 'Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron' and the "Hangover" series, has a good screenplay (Venkat) in terms of its development, comic timing and some great twists, with few cliched moments, action scenes and even few songs which are actually easily avoidable. The performances by Karthi and Premji as well as their chemistry is great. Veteran Nasser, Sampath Raj and Uma Riyaz Khan are at their usual best. Hansika Motwani is good too. The background score by Yuvan Shankar Raja, the action direction by Silva, cinematography by Sakthi Sarvanan are another positive points of the film. Overall, despite few loopholes and the slow pace in the first half, the film scores being as a solid Christmas entertainer, making a must watch.
Rating would be: 3. 5/ 5
Review By - Yash Mishra