Nerungi Vaa Muthamidathe

IANS gave 3.5 stars out of 5 and wrote, "Nerungi Vaa Muthamidathe, which is about the recent petrol and diesel crisis...addresses the subject at hand with unparalleled creativity, without ever getting priggish. Lakshmy has proved that she can make a better commercial film that's sensible and original. And the way she handles her women characters shows why women filmmakers know how to handle their own kind perfectly. Heroines should feel proud to work with Lakshmy".^[12] The Times of India gave 3 stars out of 5 and wrote, "Lakshmy manages to give us the backstory of many of the characters, and keep the plot moving at the same time so that we have enough to care about them and wait in anticipation of what happens next...However, these sub-plots feel clichéd that we are never really surprised by how they develop...there are also times when the director gives too much space to certain characters that the film's pacing suffers".^[13] Baradwaj Rangan, writing for The Hindu, stated, "The problem with Nerungi Vaa Muthamidaathe is that all the characters, all the threads don’t always cohere convincingly. There are times you wish there had been fewer people on screen, with meatier arcs. But it’s the sprawl that gives us the lovely non sequiturs...What the narrative loses in momentum (it could have used some tension, especially in the closing portions), it gains in texture. These aren’t isolated lives. They’re part of a larger universe, where people come and go, taking their stories with them as we turn our attention to other stories".^[14]

Sify wrote, "The director has tried to wove in the sub plots to the narratives but they make the film drag. The characterisation is half baked and their motives are suspect, with an ending that looks compromised for the feel good factor. Lakshmy’s intentions are good but her final product is not up to the mark".^[15] Deccan Chronicle gave 2 stars out of 5 and wrote, "Though Lakshmy’s attempt is laudable, one can’t help but feel that the narration could have been better", adding that "At times the screenplay meanders and drags".^[16] Rediff gave the same rating and wrote, "In just 114 minutes, Lakshmy has touched upon several issues: disastrous inter-caste love affairs, fragile relationships ruined by misunderstandings, the bond between father and son, mother and daughter, and political corruption. Despite all these elements, a good cast and excellent music, the film fails to hit the right notes".^[17]

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