DRONES Tamil Movie Review
Cast-:
Siddhi Idnani, Anjali Nair, DevaDarshini, Dravid Selvam, CinemaWala Sathish, Kuraishi, RJ Deepak, SASSI Selvaraj, Mohamed kuraishi and Others.
Crew-:
Producer: GM Morgan, Writer & Director: R. Raghav Mirdath, DOP: Jayanth Sethu Mathavan, Music Director: Hari S R, Editor: Sathish Suriya, Production Designer: R. Kishore, Costume Designer: Harshika Ramesh, Creative Producer: Cinemawala Pictures, Cinemawala Sathish, Executive Producer: Poorani Giridharan, Production Executive: M. K. Sayi Sundar, Choreographer: Bobby Antony, Action: PC Stunts, Audiography: Harish, Sound Design: Arun S. Mani, Makeup: Maddina Giribabu, VFX: Falcon P. Gowtham, Colorist: G. Balaji (GB Colors), PRO: Sathish AIM, Publicity Designs: Prathool N. T, Marketing & Promotions (DEC): KV Mothi, Shashank Vijayasarthy, Sarath Nivash, Vignesh Kumar, Purushothaman, Soundarya, Andrews Raj, Sanjay, Label: Saregama India Limited, A RPSG Group Company and Others.
Story -:
Everyone knows that a “drone” is a flying camera; the term also refers to a male bee. The film’s title is fitting, as it captures both meanings.
The film has garnered attention, partly because it was released alongside *Jailer*.
Three college students (Dravid Selvam, Anjali Nair, and RJ Deepak) get into trouble with the police while wandering outside the campus, leading to a ten-day suspension from their college.
Hoping to keep the incident hidden from their families, they look for a place to stay during their suspension. A man directs them to a house called “Black Hole,” where he tells the resident scientist, “Feel free to use them for any research you’d like.”
Meanwhile, a police inspector (Sathish) has been searching for a bride for years. An astrologer once warned him, “If you ever confess your love to a woman from the bottom of your heart, she will die instantly.”
The scientist harbors a plan to create female robots—endowed with human-like emotions—and sell them for a high price, intending for them to live with men.
Once inside the “Black Hole” house, the students find themselves trapped, unable to leave on their own.
One of the students (Dravid Selvam) is the object of his female friend’s (Anjali Nair) affection. However, he shows no romantic interest in her; instead, he mocks her dark complexion by calling her “Karuppatti” (a term for a dark-colored palm jaggery).
While inside the “Black Hole,” the student operates a drone, which reveals a beautiful woman (Sithi Idnani) living in a dilapidated house. He immediately falls in love with her. A female robot, created by a scientist, bears an uncanny resemblance to a young woman.
A girl—who harbors unrequited love for a man—is distressed because he is in love with someone else.
At one point, the man discovers a way to escape from a house that functions like a “black hole” and sets out in secret to meet his beloved. However, the woman he loves is under the clutches of a witch-like grandmother figure (played by Devadarshini).
When the woman asks him, “Even if I grow old, lose my beauty, and my skin begins to wrinkle, will your love remain unchanged?” he agrees. Suddenly, a shocking twist is revealed: the woman and the witch-like grandmother are one and the same.
She is a dark-skinned woman who has been waiting for six thousand years for someone who would love her for her soul, rather than her physical beauty.
Over the millennia, she has lured young men with her youthful, beautiful appearance, posing the same question: “Even if I grow old, lose my beauty, and my skin begins to wrinkle, will your love remain unchanged?”
When those who initially agreed to this later recoiled upon seeing her true form, she turned them into dolls—which have been hanging in her home for thousands of years.
The man falls into her trap as well. His friend, searching for him, enters the “black hole” house, only to become ensnared—bewitched by the sorceress’s deceptive, youthful beauty and rambling in a lovesick stupor. Even a police inspector arrives and ends up trapped.
The girl with the unrequited love arrives to rescue her friends. Following a fierce confrontation, an unexpected connection between the sorceress and this girl leads to a surprising turn of events—the rest of the film unfolds from there.
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Movie Review -:
There is a well-known short story.
A man, while on a journey, meets a beautiful woman in a house and falls in love with her. However, she alternates between being a beautiful young woman for twelve hours and an elderly, wrinkled woman for the other twelve. Despite this, his love remains unchanged, and he wishes to marry her.
She asks him, “You can only be with me at night. If I am a beautiful young woman at night, I will be an old woman during the day. You must introduce me to the world as your wife. If you want me to be beautiful during the day, I will be a witch-like old woman at night. Tell me, what do you choose?”
If she is beautiful at night, he faces public embarrassment during the day. If she is beautiful during the day, their intimate life becomes impossible.
At one point, he says, “You decide for yourself when you want to be young and when you want to be old. It is your body, your appearance—it is your right.”
She immediately replies, “The moment you chose not to exercise the authority of a man and instead granted me the right to decide for myself, I shall remain a young woman forever.” The story ends with them living happily ever after.
Inspired by this tale, director Raghav Mirdath has written this film.
The film begins quite ordinarily, featuring overly dramatic scenes, excessive acting, and the occasional comedic moment that manages to elicit a laugh.
On the other hand, it also delves into fantasy elements, astrophysics, and a world of robots. By the time the interval arrived, I honestly felt as though I might have gotten myself into something questionable.
However, the film truly finds its footing in the second half—the final half-hour, in particular, is excellent. Director Raghav Mirdath has attempted something different.
He has written a fantastic climax, with the dialogues in that sequence being particularly outstanding. A brilliant imaginative touch is the depiction of the forest, mountains, and bungalow—where the witch keeps her captives—as miniature models inside her own home.
However, this level of care and finesse should have been present from the very beginning of the film.
In the music department, Hari’s work—specifically the song “Naan Terror, Nee Error”—and the background score both stand out.
Jayanth Sethu Madhavan’s cinematography is excellent.
R. Kishore’s art direction is a major strength for the film, though the overall production design could have been even better.
While the drone looks a bit clumsy—resembling a flying *thattu idli*—Falcon Gautham’s VFX work is, on the whole, commendable.
Harshika Ramesh’s costume and accessory design for both the witch and the beautiful young woman are wonderful. Madhina Giribabu’s makeup is also excellent, though in a few scenes, the makeup work for Sithi Idnani falls short.Balaji’s use of color is exceptional. Harish’s sound recording and Arun Mani’s sound design are both truly outstanding.
Anjali Nair delivers a stellar performance from start to finish—most notably in the scene where, realizing she is being rejected by the man she loves because of her dark complexion, she stands before a mirror and slaps herself repeatedly, trying to knock some sense into her own mind.
She truly shines through her casual body language, her longing-filled gazes, and the way she portrays a character who breaks down, melts, and then pulls herself back together with newfound resolve.
Sithi Idnani, with her fair, porcelain-like beauty and charming dimples, captivates not just as a striking figure, but also through the intense, piercing expressions she displays in certain scenes.
Devadarshini is absolutely electrifying as the sorceress. She embodies the character with fierce intensity—conveying menace, rage, fury, deep longing, and tears—making the role of the sorceress truly compelling.
While the actresses in the film really sink their teeth into their roles, the male actors mostly just deliver their lines and move on.
At times, one can almost sense a jolt of electricity passing through some of the actors the moment the director calls “action.” That said, given that they are all newcomers, it is quite forgivable.
Furthermore, the twist that the film takes—shifting from themes of romance and menace toward a profound, socially conscious message—evokes a sense of poignancy and elevates the film to a respectable level.
Like a queen bee soaring high above the rest, this film—*Drones*—takes flight.
*Drones*… it may have had some trouble getting off the ground, but in the end, it is a success.
My Personal Review So Please Go and Watch The Movie In Theaters Only.
Written by B4U Media Admin Rating B4U Media Admin 4 / 5
