Director Nelson Venkatesan is known for his films such as Oru Naal Koothu, Monster and Farhana. And now, he returns with his next venture in the form of DNA, a film that brings us the story of Divya and Anand, a couple who are brought together by destiny and what happens when they go through a very tough and alarming situation involving the birth of their first baby.
The film starts with a needless bar song and has another needless song in the second half, but apart from that, there is not much to complain about as Nelson Venkatesan has ensured that the film has its heart in the right place and also gets busy delivering thrills to the audiences. In the first half, the director rightly establishes the two characters, brings forward their problems and fits them together like a cup and saucer, only to bring in the bigger problem and get us solidly invested in the proceedings. The second half of the film dives deeper into the crime behind the story-line, and DNA ensures that it does not lose the audience’s attention for the majority of its runtime.
Atharvaa finally gets a well written role and he has done well to prove himself as a good performer too. As always, he is very good with the stunts here. Nimisha Sajayan is excellent and she has a tough role which is not easy to play, and she has performed to the best of her abilities again. The film also benefits from the performance of its supporting artists, an aged grandmother has some excellent scenes.
The film is technically neat, with good cinematography and fine BGM (reminding a bit of Ratsasan), but there are some budget constraints that show up at places. Also, if one song has worked out as a hit, it would have helped the film more.
On the whole, DNA is an engaging thriller that keeps us invested in the proceedings and delivers both in terms of emotions and the thrills.