NAVARASA Review
Cast & Crew
Director
Arvind Swami / Bejoy Nambiar / Gautham Vasudev Menon / Karthick Naren / Karthik Subbaraj / Priyadarshan / Rathindran R Prasad / Sarjun KM / Vasanth
Writer
Mani Ratnam / Arvind Swami / Thi. Janakiraman / Pattukottai Prabhakar / Salvaa / Arpita Chaterjee / Madhan Karky / Somatheeran
Music
AR Rahman / Santhosh Narayanan / Govind Vasantha / Rajesh Murugesan / Sundaramurthy KS / Karthik / Justin Prabhakaran / Vishal Bhardwaj / Ron Ethan Yohann
Cinematography
PC Sreeram / Santosh Sivan / Sudarshan Srinivasan / Sathyan Sooryan / Shreyaas Krishna / Harshvir Oberoi / NK Ekambaran / Viraj Singh / Sujith Sarang
EDHIRI:
- Vijay Sethupathi – Dheena
- Revathi – Savithri
- Prakash Raj – Sivaraman
- Ashok Selvan – Varun
- Sai Tamhankar – Malli
- Yoe Parey
SUMMER OF ’92:
Nedumudi Venu – School Principal
Remya Nambeesan – Lakshmi
Sakthivel – Young Veluswamy
Manikuttan – Shanmugam
Y. Gee. Mahendran – Krishna Iyer
PROJECT AGNI:
Arvind Swami – Vishnu
Prasanna – Krishna
Sai Siddharth – Kalki
Poorna – Lakshmi
PAYASAM:
Delhi Ganesh – Samanadhu
Aditi Balan – Bhagyalakshmi
Rohini – Valambal
Bagavathi Perumal – Cook
PEACE:
Bobby Simha – Nilavan
Gautam Vasudev Menon – Master
Sananth – Cheran
Tharun – The small boy
ROUDHRAM:
Sree Raam – Young Arul
Azhagam Perumal – Ganesan
Abhinaya Shri – Young Anbukarasi
Geetha Kailasam – Chitrama
Riythvika – Anbukarasi
Ramesh Thilak – Arul
INMAI:
Siddharth – Farooq
Parvathy Thiruvothu – Waheeda
Ammu Abhirami – Young Waheeda
Pavel Navageethan – Anvar
Rajesh Balachandran – Hussein Hojja
Sheimour Roosevolt – Maraikkayar
THUNINTHA PIN:
Atharvaa – Vetri
Kishore – Comrade
Anjali – Muthulakshmi
Azhagam Perumal – Chakravahy
GUITAR KAMBI MELE NINDRU:
Suriya – Kamal
Prayaga Martin – Nethra
Positives & Negatives
- Edhiri - Vijay Sethupathi, Revathi and Prakash Raj
- Summer of '92 - Yogi Babu, Nedumudi Venu and Sakthivel
- Project Agni - Arvind Swami and Prasanna
- Payasam - Delhi Ganesh and Rohini
- Peace - Bobby Simha and Gautam Vasudev Menon
- Roudhram - Abhinaya Shri and Geetha Kailasam
- Inmai - Siddharth, Parvathy and Ammu Abhirami
- Thunintha Pin - Kishore
- Guitar Kambi Mele Nindru - Suriya
- Best Episodes - Project Agni and Summer of '92
- Direction of all episodes
- Cinematography
- Title BGM by ARRahman
- Songs and BGM in Payasam and Guitar Kambi Mele Nindru
- "Thunintha Pin" disappoint due to the lack of strong story
- "Guitar Kambi Mele Nindru" is not up to the hype. A boring screenplay
- Duration of Guitar Kambi Mele Nindru.
Review & Rating
EDHIRI
SUMMER OF '92
PROJECT AGNI
PAYASAM
PEACE
ROUDHRAM
INMAI
THUNINTHA PIN
GUITAR KAMBI MELE NINDRU
FIRST DAY REPORTS RATING
EDHIRI
An intriguing concept well handled by fabulous performers like Vijay Sethupathi, Revathi and Prakash Raj.
3.75/5
SUMMER OF '92
A funny incident well narrated by Priyadarshan. Yogi Babu, Nedumudy Venu and others did their part perfectly.
4/5
PROJECT AGNI
The best of all episodes. Karthick Naren’s science fiction part was a surprise. Let’s see if he come up with a feature film in this genre. Arvind Swami and Prasanna did a fabulous job.
4.5/5
PAYASAM
A different episode, showing a traditional Brahmin wedding venue. Delhi Ganesh, at his best portraying a frustrated ego person. Aditi Balan excellently handled her small portion.
3.75/5
PEACE
Bobby Simha, Gautham Vasudev Menon and Sananth’s good performance in a repeated story line of Karthick Subbaraj, we saw in Jagame Thanthiram.
3.5/5
ROUDHRAM
Arvind Swami’s excellent direction on a story that has disturbing plots. The performance of the main lead could have improved. Rest all cast did their part well.
3.75/5
INMAI
The portrayal of fear, vengeance and Karma throughout the story was astounding. Great performances from Siddharth, Parvathy and Ammu Abhirami.
3.75/5
THUNINTHA PIN
With a weak storyline and screenplay, Thunintha Pin disappoints. Kishore as Comrade was interesting. Other casts like Atharvaa, Anjali didn’t have an apt scene to perform.
2.25/5
GUITAR KAMBI
MELE NINDRU
Another disappointment from the most expected portion of Navarasa. Guitar Kambi Mele Nindru is a mediocre romantic plot with a wrong female lead choice. Suriya and the songs are the only saviours.
2.75/5
Navarasa is a mixed emotion of Compassion, Laughter, Wonder, Disgust, Peace, Anger, Fear, Courage and Romance. A good initiative to bring back the industry. Project Agni, Delhi Ganesh, Karthick Naren are some of the best picks from the series.