Joot

<p>From a small rural village, Eashwaran goes to the bigger city of Chennai with his father, seeking medicine to treat an illness. While in town, they live at the home of Eashwaran’s brother, who is caught up in a dangerous web of corruption involving a thug called Aditya. As Aditya continues to head dirty deals with local officials, Eashwaran is in over his head and may need his brother’s help. Music is composed by . wrote, “The story of is as stale as yesterday’s bread, as the plot is clichéd and seen in umpteen mass films in the same genre. The first half when the hero comes to the city from a village and gets into a fight with local goons for no fault of his, reminds you of .” Malini Mannath of praised Srikanth for performing his first action oriented role “with the same sincerity and credibility as he had performed his earlier roles” while also praising the fight choreography of Fefsi Vijayan and concluded “He’s [Azhagam Perumal] handled love stories ( ) earlier, and now Azhagam Perumal proves that he can handle an action film too with equal conviction. Only if there hadn’t been a sense of deja vu throughout!”. Visual Dasan of wrote that for masala films which are known for entertaining audiences, story has always been secondary, and this film was no exception. He said the director’s talent for asking what is next shines through in both visual settings and screenplay. wrote “ON THE lines of “Dhil” and “Dhool” comes Sree Lakshmi Productions’ “Joot” and in keeping with the trend, Srikanth has opted for a change of image. Though racy for the most part, except the song sequences that are the usual spokes in the wheel, the story (M. S. Ramesh) is typical of the innumerable actioners you’ve been watching over the years”. wrote “There are no unnecessary sentiments, social messages, and boring advices in the film. It’s a straight, fun filled film”. wrote “It’s a shock to see such a masala film from the director who had given us the poetic love story like ‘Dum Dum Dum’. But, it’s nice to see that the director didn’t opt for the easy route to masala success as in films like ‘Dil’, ‘Saami’ and ‘Dhool'”. wrote “The film has shades of many offbeat Hindi films that came in the 80s. Good music by Vidyasagar, Srikanth’s performance and Perumal’s narration are strong points. Meera Jasmine is okay”.</p>