Update: Madras Hig Court as directed that JAIL screening be continued after taking into consideration of the producer's problems but asked OTT and TV telecast rights be not sold till an arbitration panel decides on law suit filed by Studio Green a production house. Studi Green claimed that the producers had agreed to give the copyright rights to them but instead sold to somebody else.
Review: Vasanthabalan who directed Veyil-Angadi Theru, comes back after a long gap and he was quite depressed that the film was stuck in the cans and his labour of love was not getting released. Title JAIL gives you an expectation of some good account of life behind bars and a realistic life in Housing Board colonies that have sprung up in outer Chennai as part of relocating slum dwellers from city to own homes.
What you get is the usual aimless youths drinking, fighting and selling ganja interwoven into a tale of friendship and a corrupt cop who is out to make their life miserable and hell. We have seen this many times before and Vasanthbalan adds nothing new . It does not look like he directed it in earnest.
GV Prakash does his best but a script that offers nothing to audience, he is helpless. Heroine Abarnathi does her bit but the director has used her more for 6-7 liplock with GVP. GVP as music director scores with Kaathodu ... already a hit song sung by Dhanush and actress Aditi Hydari Rao (Debut as singer) is a treat to hear but the locations could have been better. Ganesh Chandrra's camerawork is excellent in capturing the housing board locality's feel.
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