Burma Movie Review

It seems to be the season of crime thrillers. After the likes of Soodhu Kavvum, Damal Dumeel and Sarabham, comes Burma. It explores the life of those involved in car seizing, done by privately hired recovery teams when loans are not repaid on time.

Directed by Dharanidharan and produced by Sudharshan Vembutty, the movie has Michael Thangadurai and Reshmi Menon in the lead roles and music is scored by Sudharshan M Kumar. Sampath Raj, Atul Kulkarni, Karthik Sabesh and Madhu Raghuram play supporting roles.

Burma (Michael) makes a livelihood seizing the cars of defaulters along with his friend Boomer (Karthik Sabesh). He has a rival in Angry Bird (Sampath Raj).

Meanwhile Burma gets an assignment to seize 28 cars for a financier (Atul Kulkarni). The latter is feared by all. All hell breaks loose when Burma seizes the last in the list, a BMW. A girl is found dead in the car and eventuially the car disappears. How Burma runs from pillar to post to set things right in search of the vehicle forms the crux.

Michael is okay. He is spontaneous. Sampathraj and Atul Kulkarni steal the show. They chip in with his best.

Dharanidharan has taken a different path. A former associate of filmmaker Susi Ganesan, he manages to render a film that is different. Though the making is good, the movie lacks the pep and flounders towards the end.

Car, crime & confusion