
Both of the lead actors emits out a magical sense with their beautiful portrayal of two deep characters. It is not an easy task to make a period drama but Vasanthabalan pulls it off with a never seen before perfectionism. Both of them are favourite disciples of their master but Gomathi hates to share the stage with Kaliappa as he is much more naturally talented than him, he pursues some devious strategy to get rid of this frustration and brilliantly makes his master oust Kaliappa. Kaliappa (played by Siddharth) and Gomathi (played by Prithviraj Sukumaran) represents two extremes of humanity and engages in a symbolic war throughout the movie. Vasanthabalan took on a pragmatic adventure by making ‘Kaaviya Thalaivan’, a historical fiction set in the early 20th century. One of the things to look out while watching ‘Mankatha’ is Venkat Prabhu’s craft, he manufactures every scene to the point and coats commercial elements with a unique layer. The climax twist is an additional bonus to Ajith’s flirting with a villain character. ‘Mankatha’ is a game played with conviction solely by Vinayak and entirely driven on his judgements. The beauty of ‘Mankatha’ lies in its black comedy which actively involves all the characters and remarkable direction which maintains a perfect pace even with love scenes. Vinayak assembles a team of some interesting people and pursues a huge chunk of cash. In Venkat Prabhu’s action heist Ajith plays Vinayak Mahadev, a police officer with a considerable amount of negative shade.
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Vijay Milton preserves the conventional elements of masala movie and employs them in the most innovative way.Ījith Kumar is one of the most loved actors in Tami Nadu but his widespread fanfare doesn’t slow down his affinity towards experimenting with different roles. What follows next is a fight for identity and respect, there are ruthless torture and gut-churning violence inflicted upon the boys as a result of their revolt. Their life takes a disastrous and unfortunate turn when Naidu’s cousin walks in with his rogue behaviour and tries to impose it on the quartet. Their little source of livelihood is named after their favourite person in the world, Aachi Mess, it emerges as a favourite among the market crowd and they achieve a new identity, Aachi Mess boys.

The quartet opens a small restaurant in the middle of the market with the help of Aachi, this shop belongs to Naidu, the local don and the regular winner in market elections. From the beginning itself ‘Goli Soda’ is all about the efforts of these four boys to pursue an identity for themselves and shed the existing precariously delusional one of Market Pasanga (Market Boys in English). Vijay Milton commissions four young orphan boys in the backdrop of a highly active Koyambedu Market. This could be the least popular movie in this list as Vijay Milton’s ‘Goli Soda’ falls somewhere between a masala movie and a good movie, but it is extensively dealing with Identity and this is what prompted me to add it to this list. The movies are not listed based on any rank but isn’t it wise to save the best for the last? The 21st Century witnessed a relevant change in the pattern of films that came out as it marked the entry of unconventional filmmakers to mainstream and saw a lot of experimentation With that said, here is the list of top Tamil movies of this century.
