‘Rasavathi’ movie review: This predictable revenge drama dearly misses Santhakumar’s Midas touch
The HinduHow director Santhakumar titles his films have inarguably been fascinating. In Rasavathi, Santhakumar pits a soft-spoken and astute Siddha doctor Sadasivapandian with Kodaikanal’s new inspector Parasuraj who suffers from unresolved psychiatric illness. Rasavathi Director: Santhakumar Cast: Arjun Das, Tanya Ravichandran, Sujith Shankar, GM Sundar, Ramya Subramanian, Reshma Venkatesh Runtime: 148 minutes Storyline: A doctor’s tranquil life goes for a toss when a deranged cop becomes an undeniable part of it The film spends the majority of its runtime establishing how the good guy is good and the bad guy is. Despite the film as a whole not turning out to be satisfactory, certain moments from it stand out, and Rasavathi expects us to find respite when we make the effort to read between its lines; like for example, the albino cobra that comes up twice in the film could probably signify the god Shiva who is often mentioned concerning Siddha medication. What makes this otherwise conventional film are the performances of Arjun Das and Sujith Shankar, along with Thaman’s effective score and fantastic shots by Saravanan Ilavarasu.
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