Director Sasikumar knows the knack of rendering rural entertainers laced with romance and friendship. Starting with 'Subramaniapuram', he followed it up with 'Nadodigal'. Now in 'Sundarapandian', which is more of 'Subramaniapuram' meeting 'Nadodigal', the producer in Sasikumar has brought to the world a good director in S R Prabhakar.

If the first half is a breezy cool entertainer, the second half is loaded with sentiments and powerful dialogues that make the movie eminently watchable. The twists and turns in the climax deserve a pat.

Sasikumar apparently knows his weakness more than his strengths. Hence the male protagonist that he plays is moulded to his strength.

He plays a romantic youth but that is no eye-sore to the eyes of the audience. Sasikumar's fascination for Madurai continues with 'Sundarapandian' too as the whole movie is set in hamlets like Usilampatti and Kandamanor.

The crux of the story is friendship, betrayal and romance. But it is packaged in such a way that it would keep the audience light-hearted all through.

There are moments where one will laugh with the artistes, eyes go wet in emotional scenes and walk out of theatres with a happy-ending.

Prabhakar who has worked with Sasikumar as an associate has taken his master's route. Hence it's obvious that the signature style of his 'guru' is visible in almost every frame.

Star Cast : Sasikumar, Lakshmi Menon, Vijay Sethupathi, Soori, Inigo Prabhakaran, Thennavan, Narein, Sujatha, Sounthara Raja, Thulasi, Neethu Neelambaran, Aravindh
Banner : Company Productions
English Subtitles:  YES
Music : NR Rahnandhan
Director : Prabhakaran
Producer : M Sasi Kumar

The story of Sundarapandian is rather very simple; it’s about wooing a girl in a rural milieu and its effect. A plethora of pluses makes Sundarapandian watch-worthy and there is something charming and instantly likeable about it that makes you settle into the plot comfortably early on in the film.

Sound screenplay and deft narration marks the arrival of this promising new director Prabhakaran who has not let his mentor Sasikumar down. There are enjoyable surprises throughout the film and the climax provides a volley of unexpected twists and turns, of course, with a few leeways into cinematic liberties. 

Humor is the staple of Sundarapandian which runs through even in the serious scenes, the example is when Sasikumar returns from the jail apprehensive about his folk’s reaction but gets flummoxed by an entire brood of old women clamoring around him with ‘oppari’.