Adavi Tamil HD REleased

Adavi is the kind of film which is less a movie and more a message. But unlike the movies of Samuthirakani, which often seem to be on a moral high horse, this one is an earnest plea — to save our forests. If earnestness is its plus, it loses the goodwill that it earns out of it by narrating its familiar tale in a simplistic manner.

It is filled with characters that we have come across in such tales — angry young men, intrepid young women, greedy landlords, lecherous forest rangers, and corrupt administrators. But the dated filmmaking, with earnest but raw performances, and the overly melodramatic treatment ensure that we are never emotionally touched — despite a climax that is unexpectedly downbeat.