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IANS 'Nadunisi Naaygal' an unimpressive show by star director Menon (Tamil Movie Review)

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Film: 'Nadunisi Naaygal'; Cast: Sameera Reddy, Veera, Ashwin and others; Director: Gautham Vasudev Menon; Producer: Photon Kathaas; Cinematography: Manoj Paramhamsa; Editor: Antony; Art Director: Rajeevan; Rating: ** 1/2 Menon, who floated his own production house Photon Kathaas, is out with his first venture as a producer. 'Nadunisi Naaygal', a psycho-thriller, is directed by Menon himself. The film has no big star, except Sameera Reddy, music, songs or picturesque locations and is certainly a bold step by the director. Trade sources are amazed at the opening the film has managed to receive, but 'Nadunisi Naaygal' is not Menon's best work. Samar aka Veera (Veera) transforms into a deadly psycho-killer because of his womanizing father's sexual exploitation during his childhood. It's not something we haven't seen earlier and it's not wrong on our part to have expected Menon to do a better job in depicting this. The childhood days of V