Kanguva Movie Review | Vishal Menon | THR India

Vishal Menon reviews "Kanguva," the latest period action spectacle from director Shiva starring Suriya in his return to the big screen after three years. This ambitious narrative attempts to blend multiple genres and timelines - a modern-day bounty hunter story, a period warrior epic, and a reincarnation drama spanning 1000 years.

The film follows two characters across different timelines: a present-day bounty hunter Francis in Goa, and the ancient warrior Kanguva from the Pachi Island clan. Vishal Menon examines how the film struggles to balance its various elements, from tacky modern sequences to more compelling period portions, while analyzing the film's attempt to tell a story about loving someone else's son.

With lavish production values but underdeveloped characters, "Kanguva" marks director Shiva's most ambitious project to date, set for the widest release ever for a Tamil film. Vishal Menon discusses the film's visual world-building, its generic songs by DSP, and how its writing fails to match its grand scale and production ambitions.