Doctor (2021) Subtitles

In Nelson Dilipkumar’s Kolamaavu Kokila, the protagonist took to crime to save her poor family.
This is certainly a different role for Sivakarthikeyan, who, unlike in other films, is made to be less expressive and less talkative.
In fact, only Sivakarthikeyan and Vinay, who charmingly plays the suave, ruthless villain Terry, who runs a kidnapping operation, get to play straight-faced characters among the film’s principal cast.
Among the bunch of comic performers, Redin Kingsly almost walks away with the film.
Interestingly, Padmini is Varun’s fiancé (ex-fiancé, as he corrects another character later in the film).
The scene in which she rejects him in the presence of both their families sets the tone for the rest of the film.
Nelson doesn’t let go of this darkly humorous tone even when things get serious (they have to, given the nature of the crime the film deals with).
The humour quotient does dip in the second half, but Nelson manages to inject a funny quip or two to keep the tone from getting too serious.
Even the one action set-piece in the film is peppered with comedy and inventiveness in staging.
And Anirudh’s lively background score, especially in the climax, elevates a moment that is tonally different (let’s say, it is more ‘heroic’) from the rest of the film.
And all along, the writing remains solid, giving us situations that might have felt implausible in a serious film, but work brilliantly because of the black comedy.