Fictional Story of the popular Tamil drama artists and their troop who lived before and during the Indian Independent movement. The story is as close to the novel or real with the minor cinematic touches.ACTING: Not a big fan of Prithiviraj. But, he has done one of the best acting performance in this year in Tamil. If awards ceremonies have supporting actor category, he would bag all the awards including the National award (possible). Siddharth have done equal justice with his performance as the lead. Nasser, Vedhika and the troop has really done well.TECHNICAL ASPECTS: Cinematography gives the mood and settles down all the small glitches in the film. Color, tone, angles and execution is something close to astonishing ( par best to the Indian level). Art direction is outstanding (awards are knocking the door). Editing is good. Choreography is good. Dialogues are the best at any standard.Music is soulful and admirable. This album and BGM would be considered for National awards or even it will win South Indian Filmfare.Direction is good would have been better. NEGATIVES: Screenplay is mediocre even the good editing doesn't help it. The film have some problems at the finishing line is dragged before the climax. The climax sequences are like stereotypical Tamil film. Still, I would say this as a better film than my words1st HALF - Masterpiece. Pure cinematic experience. 2nd HALF - Could have been better but good.Music, cinematography, Art direction and Dialogues will bag the awards.Send this picture to Overseas film festivals would get honored from the real movie criticsThis would be a Tamil Amadeus or Tamil Prestige8.4*/10 for an International movie 9*/10 as a Indian/Tamil movie

The trailer was promising but the movie wasn't. There are many loopholes in the movie. For the first time when siddarth tell vande madhram the police arrest him. But later he do many dramas against British. Then where do the police have gone. Also the story of vengeance that is portrayed in this movie i dislike very much. Prithiviraj shoot siddarth for silly reason. Then if the gun trigger is fired accidentally for second time.....then why prithiviraj want to die at the end....siddarth did not die when prithviraj shot at the first time....so there are many confusions.... i went with much anticipation and came back with much disappointment

"Kaaviya Thalaivan" as the title says, its is truly a head of acting excellence from Prithivraj & siddharth & nassar sir.. it's is the story about two drama actors set in the pre-independence Era of India. It's portrays some real cultural art & drama's of late Indians.The movie start very good from the beginning to the end by some brilliant acting from siddharth & Prithivraj but their some predictable climax makes less impact to the audience. As of the Music, A.R.Rahman's sir did his wonderful sounds in the background as well as songs are very good. The Cinematography was great as we some excellent sets which portray's real drama's like in early 1940's. The dances shown in the film are really super, some acting scene's are extraordinary. never scene such acting before. Great movie with great artists. Thanks to vashandabalan sir for making such wonderful movies which portrays tamil culture.

Siddharth's much awaited Kaaviya Thalaivan has finally hit the theatres today. The film, directed by Vasanthabalan is Tamil, Malayalam as well as Telugu. Our reviewer Subramanian Harikumar is watching the film at a theatre right now and has sent his first impression of the film.Hari says, "The story revolves around a theatre group in pre- independence era run by ace veteran actor played by Naseer who takes in two young boys in his company – Kali and Gomathi played by Siddharth and Prithviraj respectively. Though Gomathi eyes to be Guru's favourite, it is Kali who charms him with his brilliant histrionics. This leads to jealousy swelling in the heart of Gomathi. Meanwhile, Kali falls in love with zamindar's daughter and Vadivu, who joins the theatre catches the eye of Gomathi. When Gomathi comes to know about Kali's affair, he informs it to the guru who in anger asks Kali to take pledge of never seeing the Zamindar's daughter again. Fearing their lives from Zamindar's wrath, the theatre group flees to an another town. But Gomathi becomes Guru's new favourite and Kali is sidelined. Soon the Guru passes away and differences crop between Kali and Gomathi, due to which Kali leaves the group.