Biriyani 2013 Movie Review

Movie: Biryani (U/A)
Cast: Karthi, Hansika Motwani, Premgi Amaren, Ramki, Mandy Takhar
Direction: Venkat Prabhu
Producer: K E Gnanavel Raja
Banner: Studio Green
Music: Yuvan Shankar Raja
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Run Time: 149 Mins
Release Date: 20 Dec 2013

Director Venkat Prabhu, who is known for offbeat entertainers like Chennai 28, Saroja and the mega hit Mankatha, is back with a dark comedy called Biriyani. The film stars which stars Karthi and Hansika Motwani in lead roles was released in Telugu and Tamil versions on December 20, 2013 in India and across the world.

Produced by Gnanavelraja’s Studio Green, the film has all the ingredients of a Venkat Prabhu film. The sheer number of characters in an offbeat story with its unpredictable twists, liberally laced with humour and flavoured with great music makes Biriyani a well-packaged treat for the viewers.

Story
Karthi, who seems to have had a style makeover with his trendy clothes, new hairstyle and coloured eye lens, plays the role of a casanova, Sugan. Despite having a gorgeous girlfriend, a media reporter, Priyanka (Hansika), Sugan flirts with all the pretty women he meets and they too, are besotted by him.

Premgi Amaren is his usual quirky self as Parasu, Sugan’s childhood friend, are employees at an automobile showroom! Their company is planning to start a new outlet at Ambur, and this new branch is to be inaugurated by Varatharajan (Nassar), one of the top 10 businessmen in the city.

Meanwhile, Varatharajan and his son-in-law Ramakrishnan (Ramki) are embroiled in a granite scam, that is making the headlines. Priyanka Sharma (Hanska) is a TV reporter who is covering the news, and Riaz Ahmed (Sampath) is the investigating officer for the scam! At the inaugural function, Sugan gets to interview Varatharajan, who is so impressed by the young man that he is willing to offer his second daughter in marriage to him. However, the elder son-in-law Ramakrishnan opposes this. On the return journey, Sugan insists that they stop at a roadside eatery for biryani, his weakness.

Sugan, who took to enjoying a drink right from his 11th standard, has the peculiar habit of eating Biriyani at any costs after drinking. After enjoying a night out drinking with his friend Parasuram, the duo set off in search of Biriyani, and end up at a resort where they meet the spicy Maya (Mandy Takhar)! Unable to resist the temptation, Sugan and Parasu accompany her and after several glasses of alcohol. After a sizzling hot dance with this seductress Sugan passes out, they are totally disoriented and before they know it, only to awake the next day all alone inside his car, in a faraway ground and they are being hunted by the police for the murder of Varatharajan. While trying to piece together the events of the past night, he can only remember upto meeting Maya!

What actually happened in the hotel room and how Sugan and Parasu get out of this mess, forms the rest of the story.

Rating: 6.2/10 (45 votes cast)

Biriyani (2013), 6.3 out of 10 based on 43 ratings