Stalin Ramalingam as the name suggests, the director is seemingly a hardcore follower of leftist and he has very carved the ideologies through this film ‘Kaadu’ that stars Vidharth, Samskruthi and Samuthirakani in lead roles.

 Story

 The film has an onionskin plot of just various characters like Velu (Vidharth), Karna (Muthukumar) and an ardent social activist like someone (Samuthirakani) whose lives are interwoven in the backdrops of forest. Forest here becomes the helpless witness of how it is being exploited and the innocuous villagers and forest dwellers are misused and chiselled.

 Performance

 Samuthirakani needless to say pierces through the role with an impeccable excellence and fervently favours his characterisation. The dialogues are so powerful and ultimately win our applause. Vidharth remains justifiable to his characterisation and his performance is flawless. Samskruthi doesn’t fit to the script or her characterisation. Nothing to blame and let’s see it in the minus point... Thambi Ramaiah in spite of winning National award still sticks something underrated and he has to pick unconventional roles.

 Plus

 First and foremost, filmmaker Stalin Ramalingam deserves his portion of praises for choosing a unique script. Many films have arrived in this genre of forest backdrops, but Kaadu deliberately has some catchy factors. The engaging screenplay is one of the most spotlighting factors down here. Deforestation becomes the central theme and it has been depicted with some reality.

 Minus

 If Stalin had decided to make a film based on this concept, he should have been completely bound to do it. All of sudden, the screenplay gets scattered with unwanted commercial elements like romance and comedy. Why do filmmakers in Tamil cinema fail to offer a substantial roles to female characterisations? They are merely used for glamour in the name of native costumes or instead for cuddling for romance. Maybe, the maximum thing that a filmmaker does his kills the lady. However, things are not completely the same, but the weak characterisation of heroine. Except Samuthirakani, nothing on the delineation of role stands perfect. The musical score is not so much appreciable and cinematography could have yet more better.

 Overall, Kaadu is somewhat appreciative for its pick of script by filmmaker Stalin, but when it comes to marking the verdict as a film with regards to screenplay and other aspects, it is just a mediocre piece of work.

Verdict : Too preachy and unwanted commercial dust ruins the forest

Stars : 2/5