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Turn of events
On the sets of ‘Aayiram Porkasugal’. (X)
Aanimuthu’s neighbour Govindan (Hello Kandasamy) decides to make use of the scheme to build a toilet for his home.
Govindan completes the task of constructing a restroom but before he can take a picture of himself in front of his newly constructed toilet and submit it to the government to claim the amount, Aanimuthu beats him to it.
Aanimuthu secretly takes a picture of himself before Govindan’s toilet and presents it to the government as if the restroom is his. The unsuspecting Panchayat head pays Aanimuthu the promised sum of ₹12,000.
On learning about this, Govindan becomes furious. He threatens the Panchayat president that he be paid ₹ 12,000 for the toilet he has built.
The Panchayat head, who realises how he was conned by Aanimuthu, tells Govindan that he will be able to pay him his ₹12,000 when Aanimuthu builds his toilet and submits a picture of him standing in front of it.
Under threats from both the Panchayat head and Govindan, Aanimuthu agrees to construct his toilet in five days.
Reluctantly, Aanimuthu and his nephew begin to construct a toilet. However, they are too lazy to work and hire two labourers to dig the ground to lay the foundation for the restroom.
One of the labourers, Harichandran (George Mariyan), while digging the ground, strikes a pot containing a thousand gold coins minted during the reign of the Chola king Raja Raja.
What happens then is what Aayiram Porkaasukal is all about.
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Drawbacks
Vidaarth in ‘Aayiram Porkasugal’. (X)
The story has some enjoyable humour sequences as Aanimuthu, his nephew Tamizh Nathan, and the labourer Harichandran, who look to keep the gold for themselves, are forced to give a share to everybody who learns of their secret.
However, not everything that is shown in the film evokes laughter. Some sequences disappoint.
Performances
Aayiram Porkaasukal has neat performances coming in from almost the entire cast.
Saravanan, who plays Aanimuthu, delivers an impressive performance as does Vidaarth, whose recent films have all been impressive.
Comedy actors George Mariyan and the late Pawan Raj also deliver commendable performances.
There is nothing extraordinary about Banu Murugan’s camera work but Johan Shivanesh’s music works big time with one of the songs in the film having high retention value.
Final take
In all, director Ravi Murukaya’s Aayiram Porkaasukal keeps you entertained.
(Views expressed here are personal.)
