Perusu Movie Review: Mourning wood provides comedy that won’t go down in history
Perusu Movie Review: Critics Rating: 3.0 stars, click to give your rating/review,Vaibhav handles his sloshed character with credible restraint, while Sunil holds his own as the more
Critic's Rating: 3.0/5
Perusu Movie Synopsis:
Perusu Movie Review: When Biggus Dickus is less a character name and more a posthumous condition, you get Perusu, a comedy that proves not everything stays down when you kick the bucket. Director Ilango Ram’s Tamil remake of his own hit Tentigo turns funeral preparations into a farcical circus when two brothers discover their recently deceased father sporting an enthusiastic farewell salute that simply won’t quit. Cue the panic as Durai (a perfectly buzzed Vaibhav) and Swammy (Sunil) desperately try to keep dad’s final stand from becoming the talk of their nosy small town.
The film barrels forward like a runaway hearse, rarely pausing between its rapid-fire dialogue and increasingly absurd attempts at concealment. Each new person drawn into the conspiracy — wives, mother, the loyal but exasperated Ameen (Bala Saravanan), and one very confused auto driver — adds another layer to the comedy of errors until the situation becomes as stiff as… well, you know. What makes this mechanism work is that the joke itself becomes secondary to the characters’ increasingly desperate machinations, allowing the film to tap into universal anxieties about family reputation and small-town gossip without resorting to heavy-handed social commentary.
Eventually, even the most enthusiastic anatomical jokes wear thin (there are only so many euphemisms one can deploy), and the pacing occasionally sags under the weight of too many characters juggling the same secret.
Vaibhav handles his sloshed character with credible restraint, while Sunil holds his own as the more composed brother. The seasoned supporting cast, including Bala Saravanan, Redin Kingsley, Dhanalaskhmi, Niharika, Chandini, and Munishkanth act as good set pieces.
Perusu never pretends to reach beyond its raunchy premise or offer profound insights into the human condition. It’s a two-hour exercise in committed absurdity that delivers what it promises — a consistent stream of chuckles punctuated by a few genuine laughs. Comedy’s rigor mortis hasn’t quite set in, but neither has true comic immortality.
Written By: Abhinav Subramanian
Perusu Movie Review: When Biggus Dickus is less a character name and more a posthumous condition, you get Perusu, a comedy that proves not everything stays down when you kick the bucket. Director Ilango Ram’s Tamil remake of his own hit Tentigo turns funeral preparations into a farcical circus when two brothers discover their recently deceased father sporting an enthusiastic farewell salute that simply won’t quit. Cue the panic as Durai (a perfectly buzzed Vaibhav) and Swammy (Sunil) desperately try to keep dad’s final stand from becoming the talk of their nosy small town.
The film barrels forward like a runaway hearse, rarely pausing between its rapid-fire dialogue and increasingly absurd attempts at concealment. Each new person drawn into the conspiracy — wives, mother, the loyal but exasperated Ameen (Bala Saravanan), and one very confused auto driver — adds another layer to the comedy of errors until the situation becomes as stiff as… well, you know. What makes this mechanism work is that the joke itself becomes secondary to the characters’ increasingly desperate machinations, allowing the film to tap into universal anxieties about family reputation and small-town gossip without resorting to heavy-handed social commentary.
Eventually, even the most enthusiastic anatomical jokes wear thin (there are only so many euphemisms one can deploy), and the pacing occasionally sags under the weight of too many characters juggling the same secret.
Vaibhav handles his sloshed character with credible restraint, while Sunil holds his own as the more composed brother. The seasoned supporting cast, including Bala Saravanan, Redin Kingsley, Dhanalaskhmi, Niharika, Chandini, and Munishkanth act as good set pieces.
Perusu never pretends to reach beyond its raunchy premise or offer profound insights into the human condition. It’s a two-hour exercise in committed absurdity that delivers what it promises — a consistent stream of chuckles punctuated by a few genuine laughs. Comedy’s rigor mortis hasn’t quite set in, but neither has true comic immortality.
Written By: Abhinav Subramanian
