Kuthoosi

Set against a rural milieu, ‘Kuthoosi’ revolves around the hardships faced by farmers who struggle to make their ends meet. Vel (Dilipan), who hails from Kallakurichi, isn’t interested in his father’s occupation, farming, and plans to settle down in the US. He borrows money from his girlfriend (Amala) and goes to Chennai in search of a job. After obtaining a job in an US-based company, he comes back to village and tells his parents about his plans of taking them along with them. However, his father’s sudden demise spoils all his plans. Pressured by his mother and girlfriend, he takes up farming and decides to make his father’s dream of turning their land into a fertile one. But in this pursuit, he is forced locks horn with a landlord in his village who has been forcefully asking farmers to surrender their land to him.

Though the film follows a template that we have seen in many village-set films, some of the scenes and dialogues about the significance of farming deserve applause. he well-choreographed fight sequences are effective and help in building the required tension. The emotional quotient, however, is insufficient. The romance comedy portions, too, hardly make any impact.