Sinam review: This Arun Vijay-starrer is an investigative crime thriller with a vengeful twist

Actor Arun Vijay plays a convincing cop yet again in this film directed by GNR Kumaravelan. Pari Venkat (Arun Vijay) is an honest SI in the Red Hills police station and is often derided by his superiors for being straightforward.

One day, he loses a thug he was hauling to court as someone kills him and he is on a mission to catch the killer come what may. At this point, we also see him happily married to Madhu (Palak Lalwani) and has a five-year-old child Bujji.

Madhu heads to her parents’ house for her sister’s engagement with their child while Pari is busy looking for the killer.

We also learn through a flashback about how Madhu’s parents weren’t too happy about Pari, an orphan, wanting to marry their daughter but things seem to have been resolved thanks to the sister’s upcoming wedding.

Unfortunately, when Madhu is on the way to their house in Red Hills from her parents’ things take an ugly turn. The rest of the story then is an investigative revenge drama.

Sinam (Anger) starts off well with a seemingly interesting story with a strong emotional connect but pretty soon turns into a regular revenge drama that we have seen numerous times on screen.

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Cop Pari Venkat is seething with rage – that’s where the title comes from – because of the trauma he has gone through and he ends up being a vigilante of sorts in a cop uniform.

One is not sure that this how justice should be meted out even if it’s a heinous sexual crime. Pari’s investigation is also not as thorough as it should be and there are loopholes aplenty there.

The reason for what happened to his wife also ends up being unconvincing and flimsy given that he works as a cop and his job is to catch notorious thugs.

An opportunity missed by Kumaravelan

One aspect of the film which did not go down well for me was the visual portrayal of what happened to Madhu. To top it off, recounting the entire experience in explicit detail by the men was worse as well.

Scenes that sensitive in nature like sexual assault do not have to be explicitly shown on screen and as a director, Kumaravelan should have kept in mind how it can be distasteful to audiences, especially women.

Men should and must be brought to justice for sexual assault but the preachy ending doesn’t make what protagonist or what the director showed as right. A deeper understanding of this issue in society is required to make a much more sensitive and impactful film.

Having said that, Arun Vijay has delivered a wonderful performance as the angry young cop and is convincing in the emotional scenes also. He really stands out in the cop roles that he does.

Palak Lalwani has essayed her role decently and is pleasant on screen. Sinam was a good subject to take on but could have been written much more differently. This was an opportunity missed by the director.