Pogumidam Vegu Thooramillai: Unraveling a Unique Cinematic Mystery!
An Extraordinary Tale of Life, Friendship, Love, and Hidden Secrets.
Pogumidam Vegu Thooramillai is a 2024 Indian Tamil-language family drama-road film written and directed by Micheal K. Raja. The film stars Vimal, Karunas, and Mery Rickets in lead roles.
Kumar, a mortuary van driver, is entrusted with moving the group of Narayana Perumal, an old man who passed on in a mishap, from Chennai to Tirunelveli. Kumar abandons his pregnant spouse, Kalaiyazhagi “Kalai”, who is supposed to convey soon, and his granddad. Narayana Perumal’s two adversary children, Esakkimuthu “Esakki” and Sankarapandian, compete to play out the last rituals to legitimize their cases to legacy. Kumar meets Nalinamoorthy, a bombed Koothu craftsman, who demands a ride up to Vannarapettai. During the excursion, they experience a mishap, and Nalinamoorthy condemns Kumar for not halting to help. Kumar finds Nalinamoorthy’s chatty nature bothering, yet the van’s regular breakdowns force Kumar to depend on Nalinamoorthy to push the vehicle and kick it off once more. En route, they get a couple who need a lift to Madurai.
In the meantime, Kumar gets an upsetting call from his granddad, illuminating him that Kalaiyazhagi’s conveyance is confounded and requires a critical cesarean segment, which will cost Rs. 25,000. As Kumar proceeds with his excursion, the kid in the couple gets a call about his dad being gone after, and they are pursued by hooligans. Kumar chooses to help the couple, warding off the aggressors and guaranteeing their protected re-visitation of their town. Notwithstanding, during a rest break, Kumar’s van is scoured, and Narayana Perumal’s body is taken. Kumar faults Nalinamoorthy for the setback, prompting a warmed contention. Nalinamoorthy leaves however before long re-visitations of help Kumar, and they proceed with their excursion to Tirunelveli.
Kumar gets a call from the thugs, requesting he recover the body from them and meet Pazhakkadai Sekar in Karuppayurani. In any case, upon appearance, Kumar finds that another person has taken the body from the van, and it’s uncovered that Sankarapandi’s men are mindful. Muthupandi, Sankarapandi’s sibling, takes a selfie with the body and sends it to Esakki. In the interim, Kumar is inaccessible, having lost the body. Shanmugam educates Kumar to bring a disfigured carcass from the Madurai funeral home to supplant Narayana Perumal’s body yet their endeavours turn useless. Esakki requests a photograph of the carcass from Kumar, who misdirects him by dressing Nalinamoorthy as a dead body and sending the image. Unbeknownst to Esakki, Sankarapandi covertly plays out the last ceremonies for Narayana Perumal’s carcass on the city’s edges. Likewise, close to Esakki’s home, the Jamin family’s marriage parade is booked for 3:00 pm, where the police intercede and choose to finish the memorial service parade by 2:00 pm. Over the long haul early afternoon, Esakki becomes disappointed and sends his men to look for Kumar, who is as yet subtle.
Kalai calls Kumar, encouraging him to return and pay for her activity, which maddens him. He attacks her for getting cash to loan to another person, constraining him to take the occupation of shipping Narayana Perumal’s body. Kumar separates, deploring his incidents: losing his folks early in life, the demise of his two infants, and his vulnerability about what to do straight away. Nalinamoorthy shares his sadness, uncovering his battles as an unmarried man who lost his mom and bombed craftsman and admits to having endeavoured self-destruction on different occasions, just to be saved. Unexpectedly, Nalinamoorthy leaps out of the van and is lethally struck by a road post. Kumar is stunned, yet he dresses Nalinamoorthy’s body and presents it as Narayana Perumal’s carcass when Esakki’s partners in crime show up.
The town, ignorant about the switch, appreciates Nalinamoorthy’s body, trusting it to be Narayana Perumal’s. Kumar, consumed by despair, moves wildly before the burial service parade. Esakki, however dubious, pays Kumar Rs. 10,000 a larger number than the settled upon movement charge. Having skirted the marriage parade, the Jamin educates Esakki to continue with the last customs as arranged previously.
Rating:
IMDb: 8.2/10
India Times: 2.5/4
Wikipedia: Positive
Cinema Express: Positive
My rating: 8/10