Nerkonda Paarvai is produced by Boney Kapoor.Nerkonda Paarvai is Tamil superstar Ajith’s second film to release this year after Viswasam. The latter film, which was written and directed by Siva, released in cinemas during Pongal and became a hit despite clashing with Superstar Rajinikanth’s Petta.
If the early trends are anything to go by, Ajith is set to score another big victory at the box office with Nerkonda Paarvai. The film is the official remake of Bollywood film Pink (2016), which was directed by Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury.
Nerkonda Paarvai also seemingly holds emotional value for everyone involved in the project. It was Sridevi’s wish to make a movie in Tamil with Ajith under her husband Boney Kapoor’s production. Even Ajith had promised Sridevi during English Vinglish, in which he played a cameo, that he would do a film with her husband.
“I have managed to fulfil my wife Sridevi Kapoor’s dream (sic),” Boney Kapoor tweeted an emotional response on Tuesday as the film had its world premiere in Singapore.
It is also a timely film in light of the #MeToo movement. The central theme of Nerkonda Paarvai is consent. And the story follows the efforts of a feminist man to save three girls from public character assassination following a sexual assault attempt. It is one of the rare movies that talks about victim-blaming/shaming in sexual violence cases.
Ajith will be essaying the central role of a lawyer, which was originally played by veteran actor Amitabh Bachchan.
Adhik Ravichandran on Nerkonda Paarvai
In an interview with indianexpress.com, Adhik Ravichandran said, "The general complaint is that, normally, big stars don’t accept content-driven scripts like Nerkonda Paarvai. But after this one, all the big stars will do such films. Ajith sir has set a big example for others. Another big surprise will be Rangaraj Pandey sir. He has done a fantastic job, even though this is his first film. He tediously studied his lines to act opposite Ajith sir."
Fans laud Ajith
"Watched #NerKondaPaarvai 4AM Show @ #GaneshCinemas. Wow #Thala #Ajith wat a screen presence. @ShraddhaSrinath u nailed it. I never felt it like a remake movie (Have already watched #Pink) Interval Block Thaaru Maaru. @RangarajPandeyR Sir tharamana debut. Proud to be #Thala Fan," @i_am_arulkumar said via Twitter.
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Mohan Raja on Nerkonda Paarvai
Mohan Raja took to Twitter and wrote, "Best wishes n Big congrats to the whole #NerKondaPaarvai team on bringing a great content n a most important message to Tamil audience #NoMeansNo"
Sivakarthikeyan on Nerkonda Paarvai
Sivakarthikeyan wrote on Twitter, "Best wishes to dear #ThalaAjith sir director #HVinoth @BoneyKapoor sir @thisisysr sir @ShraddhaSrinath and full #NerKondaPaarvai team for a big success."
'Nerkonda Paarvai is easily Ajith’s best work'
Journalist Surendhar MK shared on Twitter, “#NerKondaPaarvai (3.75/5) is easily #ThalaAjith’s career-best work. While he quietly lets others take centrestage in the 1st half, he completely steals the show in the second half with his lionlike performance. Takes guts for an actor of his stature to do a film like this. #NerKondaPaarvai will be a game-changing film for Tamil cinema if it hits the right chord at the boxoffice. It will let other top stars examine their choice of films and open up the market. #ThalaAjith leads the way this time with his choice of #Pink remake. Topical decision"
'Ajith completely owns the film'
Journalist Rajasekar tweeted, “Thala Ajith completely owns the film, easily his career best work. The actor’s baritone voice and majestic screen presence are just wow in the courtroom scenes. Hats off for accepting this film and performed it with great elan, kudos"
'A faithful & neat remake'
Columnist Sreedhar Pillai posted on Twitter, “#NerkondaPaarvai Powerful a reflection on the patriarchal mindset independent women faces in our society. Hats off to #ThalaAjith 4 doing such a daring & difficult role so convincingly, @ShraddhaSrinath fab. Dir #HVinoth a faithful & neat remake with some commercial ingredients.”
'A remake which works big time'
“#NerKondaPaarvai: A remake which works big time. #HVinoth has added a bit of masala to make it work with #Thala fans. @ShraddhaSrinath and the other two girls are super. A well made engaging film in Tamil cinema. @BoneyKapoor,” Journalist Sreedevi Sreedhar said via Twitter.
'Vinoth’s biggest accomplishment is the air of restraint'
Journalist Baradwaj Rangan took to Twitter and wrote, “Vinoth’s biggest accomplishment is the air of restraint. When I saw the trailer, with Ajith’s action scene, I thought he’d amplify the volume and “mass”-ify PINK. But he mostly honours the source material.”