Deiva Machan Review… an unexpected and creative concept!

Year: 2023
Genre: Tradition, Celebration, Family, Fantasy, Comedy
Cast: Vimal, Balasaravanan, Pandiarajan, Vathsan Veeramani, Aadukalam Naren, Deepa Shankar, Anitha Sampath, Neha Jha, Vela Ramamoorthy
Director: Martyn Nirmal Kumar
Writer: Martyn Nirmal Kumar
Cinematographer: Camil J. Alex

Summary: Karthi is determined to get his sister married despite the series of unfortunate events making it impossible

Overall Rating: Beignets           
Deiva Machan was fun to watch😃 Though the trailer made it look like a mediocre movie, we thoroughly enjoyed it. The film was an unexpected and creative concept packed with lots of twists.
The negative just came from the casual acting and some redundancy, but overall, it was well executed.
 ~Worth Watching~   

Delicious
—Soooo, Deiva Machan is not a movie that’ll make you burst out laughing, rather it’ll make you smile and giggle (at least that’s what it did for us).
It was funny to see how every time there was a marriage proposal for Karthi’s sister, an unfortunate event would happen on the potential groom’s side plus there was always someone tripping on the floor in Karthi’s house😜
As always Balasaravanan (playing Karthi’s best friend) adds humor whenever he’s on set as well as Deepa Shankar (playing Karthi’s aunt)
—For his directorial debut, Martyn Nirmal Kumar did well; the storytelling was very fluent, we weren’t lost at all.
From the very beginning, he warned us of something ominous circulating in the air and gave us a thorough introduction of Karthi’s family.
The story was told in a fascinating way as we tried to figure out how Karthi (Vimal) would tackle all the unfortunate circumstances on the way to make this wedding happen.
There were many unpredictable moments when we thought certain characters would react one way and then they surprised us
—Karthi’s caring spirit was quite commendable, he was there for everyone even his sister’s love interest. He was a genuine guy who would go the extra mile to make people happy and protect those around him.
Don’t know how valuable his elder brother was, looks like he was just occupying space😅
The film stressed out the need to stop believing in superstitions. Though the unfortunate events could make anyone become suspicious, it was good to hear Karthi’s father (Pandiarajan) remark: “Will anyone just stop a marriage for such reasons???”
—S Elayaraja handling the editing did a fine job at understanding precisely what was funny about each clip to make the appropriate edits. The sounds and effects helped increase the charisma and humor of the scenes

Bland
—Is Deepa Shankar a typecast actor? Her performance seemed similar to Soppana Sundari’s, but in Deiva Machan, she did a bit too much 😬 The comedy seemed forced and monotonous 
—Some of the scenes became redundant especially when Karthi was trying to protect his sister’s love interest; we were like “Oookay, we get it Karthi, let’s move on”.
The characters composing Karthi’s family were kind of cliche: made up of the typical father, brother, sis-in-law, nephew, niece, & grandma. Plus, Karthi had the usual best friend
–-Performance across actors was not extraordinary, they all played it safe, no one really stood out in a memorable way


Viewers’ Guide
Language Violence Intimacy none

Trailer

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(Audio: Tamil; English Subtitles: Yes)