The visuals sparkle, the storytelling pales
The New Indian Express|November 23, 2024
IRANGAL Moondru begins with a storyboard of events that substantiate the existence of chaos theory in life, providing ground for what is to follow.
NARAYANI M
The visuals sparkle, the storytelling pales

Karthick Naren, in his signature style, paves the way for a brooding hyperlink thriller in three chapters that adds intrigue in every layer, as Atharvaa, Rahman, and Dushyanth cross paths on a particular night.

Dushyanth plays a sensitive high school boy who is in love with his teacher Vasanth's (Rahman) daughter Parvathy (Ammu Abhirami). Her mysterious disappearance leads him to do an investigation along with his friends. His path crosses with Atharvaa, a budding filmmaker whose ambitions are botched by people from inside the film industry and his own substance abuse. His portions are perhaps the most captivating of the three Nirangal. Vetri (Atharvaa) is a man driven by rage, who thinks with his heart and not his brain. Most of his scenes are tinted with red and orange, and it is through his eyes that we see the segment, which unfolds like a trippy fever dream. Every time he abuses his body, his

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