Dhuruvangal Pathinaaru (2016) a.k.a. 16 – Every Detail Counts

Directed by Karthick Naren (@karthicknaren_m)

“Dhuruvangal Pathinaaru” / “D16” / “16 Extremes” opens with a scene showing a murder in Coimbatore. This incident, and the resulting unsolved case is one that changed police officer Deepak’s (Rahman) life, and it was also the one that cost him his leg. Five years later, the retired Deepak is living in Ooty. He gets a call from his old friend Rajan, requesting him to dissuade Rajan’s son from joining the police force. Therefore, Deepak narrates the incidents around this pivotal case, to his visitor. What follows is an intricate non-linear narrative that tells a compelling story with twists and turns that will keep you engaged till the very end.

The movie is superbly executed. It’s well acted, has great cinematography, and the direction and script are great. There is literally no scene that is wasted. It balances the murder mystery and characterisation very well. It is an absolute must watch. If no one told you that this is the debut film from a 22-year old writer-director, you’d never know it – it’s an assured and strong film with excellent production value. I’d rate it a 9 or even a perfect 10/10. The director appears in the movie as a short filmmaker.

It was the excellent trailer for this movie which pushed it onto my “highly anticipated movies” list. It was released in Tamil Nadu towards the end of 2016, but unfortunately took until this Friday to get released in theatres in AP & Telangana. It’s currently playing in its original Tamil language and also in a Telugu dubbed version with the sketchy title “16 – Every Detail Counts”. One thing I must point out though, is that the trailer (which has shots filmed specifically for it) sells you a different movie than what we finally got. Maybe in an alternate universe, a different version of D16 exists, which is a straight psycho killer story!

This is a sketch of Rahman as Inspector Deepak from the movie. It was drawn with @Prismacolor pencils on @strathmoreart Toned Tan paper. This is a scanned version of the drawing. Thanks to those who joined the live broadcast of me drawing this!

#237 / 12-Mar-17
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Deadpool: No Good Deed (2017)

Directed by David Leitch

As I mentioned with my previous sketch and review of “Logan”, there are no mid or post credit scenes in that movie, because that would not fit with its more serious tone. However, a teaser for “Deadpool 2” plays before the movie in the US. We did not get that intro here, however the short teaser (called “No Good Deed”) was later released online by Deadpool himself, Ryan Reynolds (@vancityreynolds). This short obviously doesn’t have any footage from the actual movie (since “Deadpool 2” hasn’t begun shooting yet), but it’s a funny intro that builds anticipation for the movie.The clip released online is a slightly longer version than the one that played in the theatres. “Deadpool 2” (and this teaser clip) is directed by David Leitch, one half of the directing team behind the first “John Wick”.

The teaser features a cameo appearance by Stan Lee, who says to Deadpool, “Nice suit!”, to which Deadpool replies, “Zip it, Stan Lee!”. I did a sketch of Stan Lee from this video.

The clip features the theme from “Superman” by John Williams as well as the theme music from “True Romance”, by Hans Zimmer.

#236 / 9-Mar-17

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#ThrowbackThursday Sharing a set of Deadpool drawings I did, the bottom one being a #DailyMovieSketch drawing. The others are from before I started this account. The one on the right is what I use as the Profile Photo here. Posting this because it’s related to “Logan”. There are no mid or post credit scenes because that would go against the serious tone of the movie. Instead, in the US, a teaser for “Deadpool 2” played before the movie. That teaser has made its way online in two versions. I’ll probably do a drawing from it as well. #VSCOCam #Samsung #Galaxy #S7 #dual_composition #handsinframe
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