Bale Pandiya Movie review

Banner	AGS Entertainment
Cast	Vishnu, Piaa, Gibran, Vivek
Director	Siddharth Chandrasekhar
Music	Devan Ekambaram

AGS Entertainment's Bale Pandiya, directed by debut Siddharth Chandrasekhar with Vishnu and Piaa in the lead roles, is a comedy flick which has striking similarities with many earlier movies in which the protagonist considers himself "born unlucky" in the world and wants to kill himself. Kudos to the crew members who have tried to deliver a blend of comedy, action and romance with beautiful songs and action, which works at most points.

The film revolves around Pandiya (Vishnu), who believes that he is unluckiest man and deciding to end his life, hires a professional killer AKP to bump him off! AKP makes a deal that he will send Pandiya as a human bomb to an event. To make sure that Pandiya spends his last few days with no worries, he gifts him with a debit card worth Rs. 25 lakhs. Pandiya's life takes a U turn from then on!

He resolves his family problems, meets Vaishnavi (Piaa) and falls in love with her. Pandiya, no longer anxious to leave his body, decides to cancel the deal with AKP and arrives at his house with Vaishnavi, where they are shocked to see AKP and his men brutally murdered. What happens next forms the racy second half.

The first half is quite funny as it narrates Pandiya's misadventures: a trailer bus splitting into two when Pandiya gets in, a girl he loves falling in love with his friend and an astrologer dying while writing his horoscope. The long episodes of Pandiya's flashback could have been trimmed; possibly the director could have limited the protagonist's misadventures in the title song itself. The second half is a bit serious, bouncing from a comedy flick to a mass masala flick.

Vishnu, who returns to the silver screen after a refreshing debut in Vennila Kabaddi Kuzhu, deserves appreciation for his commendable performance as a frustrated young man with no will to live. Piaa has little to do except look pretty. Vivek's lengthy role as a London citizen who comes to India in search of his lady love is fantastic. Devan Ekambaram's music is mind-boggling and the cinematography looks sleek and stylish. All in all, Bale Pandiya is a decent entertainer but it could have been even better!