Mounaguru is fundamentally a thriller which brings together lots of threads & ties them up in an intriguing knot so that you don�t know which thread leads where until the director decides to reveal it to you. The basic requirement of a thriller is its unpredictability & Mounaguru fulfils that. It tells the story of a young man who is a simpleton. In fact, they is so straightforward that they does not know how to smartly avoid trouble even when it comes straight at him. This lands him in lots of hot water. It is such an incident that brings him in to the view of a corrupt police inspector, who sees him as an enemy. As a result, they is unintentionally dragged in to a narrative that they knows tiny or nothing about.
Mounaguru, the title suggests that the film is about a character that does not say much or does not say anything at all. In his third outing at the box office, Arulnidhi chooses to do something very different from his earlier. Not that his first movies were similar to each other; Vamsam & Udhayan were films in very different settings. But, Mounaguru is different, not in the context of Arulnidhi�s fledgling career, but also in the contest of contemporary Tamil cinema itself.
The first person to be congratulated on Mounaguru is its director Shantha Kumar. Over his direction, his writing impresses hugely. But, writing a script that is gripping & clever is thing, executing it without compromises in contemporary Tamil cinema is another thing; for a debutante. But, Shantha Kumar has completed exactly that, credit is also due to the producer for having faith in the script. The film very never deviates from the central plot; there is a tiny bit of relatives & romance, but that can be put down to the necessity of etching Arulnidhi�s character. It is not hero-centric. The antagonist & other characters are as important, perhaps even more, because they are the active players in the plot. &, the director�s decision to bring in a pregnant lady cop as an investigator at a key juncture in the film takes you by surprise; Uma Riyaz Khan produces of her best performances to date. &, the clever inquiry procedure is superb. The best thing about Mounaguru however is the fact that there is no heroism! Mounaguru takes you to of the most unpredictable climaxes in recent times that justify the title of the film
Revealing anything more about the story would be a tiny bit of injustice to the film. &, it would even be a very hard job to describe it in a few lines because there’s so lots of characters & minute details so important to the central plot. Very every single character & scene shown in the film contributes significantly towards the movement of the story, which is what sets Mounaguru apart.
