Sinam is an effective thriller with a strong emotional core, but it takes a somewhat controversial stance on the idea of seeking revenge and controlling one’s fury.
Sinam by GNR Kumaravelan is more than simply a plain investigative thriller; it also has Arun Vijay in yet another author-supported role. It differs from typical cop stories in that it has a strong emotional core that pays off in the finale. This movie has some extremely strong, though debatable, messages about igniting one’s inner fury. The writing in the movie obviously needed to be more sensitive because it openly promotes retaliation.
Arun Vijay portrays the honorable police officer Pari Venkat, whose life is centered around his wife and daughter because he is the only member of his family. We see a lot of sequences that develop the couple’s relationship in the first half. One day, Pari receives a late-night call to travel to a remote area because the local police have found two dead they believe to be those of an illicitly dating couple. When Pari arrives at the location, he is surprised to discover that the woman is his own wife, for whom he has been looking since late in the evening.
According to the postmortem report, she died after being gang raped. Pari is severely traumatised by the event and becomes irrational. He loses his job after breaking the investigating officer’s hand after a violent argument. After a few weeks of his suspension, Pari is asked to return, and the case of the double homicide is given to him. In the course of his inquiry, Pari discovers some shocking information, and he chooses to act alone.
Filmmakers are still creating films in 2022 where the hero, in this case, a police officer, believes in the idea of retribution. The timing of such advertising is a little strange because a police custody death case made news in Tamil Nadu a year ago, and the police agency was embarrassed for being callous and misusing its authority.
Sinam succeeds in achieving a fair balance between a police procedural and an emotional drama, with the exception of the problematic ending. The cop roles Arun Vijay plays, which have kind of become his signature characters, continue to make an impression. Arun Vijay, who has successfully built a niche in this field, must be mentioned when discussing thrillers and cop stories in Tamil films.
Sinam could have been a far more compelling thriller with more sensitive writing. It is only reasonable to anticipate greater tact in the screenplay coming from filmmaker Kumaravelan, who a few years ago produced the profoundly moving and immensely remarkable Haridas, a movie on autism.