Tamilrockerz Review: Arun Vijay Stars in a Forgettable Piracy Story

Tamilrockerz is a crime-drama TV series directed by Arivazahan and stars Arun Vijay, Vani Bhojan and Iswarya Menon, alongside other cast members. The series has 8 episodes, each with a runtime of around 30 minutes.

SonyLIV describes the series as:

Piracy has long been a threat to the Indian film industry and the Tamil film industry faces its foe in the form of a piracy website called Tamil Rockerz. These anonymous cyber pirates are threatening to release a highly anticipated film featuring a massively popular star. It’s up to the cop Rudra to find the lawbreakers and bring them to justice.

– Tamilrockerz Review Does Not Contain Spoilers –

Tamilrockerz follows Rudra and the problems that piracy brings forth as he tries to battle the demons in society. The story has several parts to it, and it tries to bring forth how there’s a dark underbelly to piracy; it’s not just about people without the means to watch hit movies at the theatres. Will Rudra be able to stop the elusive criminals before it’s too late?

Tamilrockerz focuses on the problems that piracy creates and caters to the emotions of the common people very deeply. From the first moment of the series, you are only too aware of how it tries to get the audience riled up about infuriating topics. Unfortunately for the series, though, it spells out every last bit of every scene and doesn’t let the audience come to any natural conclusion.

A large chunk of the runtime focuses on breaking down something that it mentioned a minute ago, describing every little detail and why we should be angry or frustrated with said situation. So, technically, there is no thrill in watching a shocking scene unfolding because the series ruins the mystery by over-explaining everything that is happening during a particular scene.

On top of that, the over-explanation tends to end in the dialogues not being natural. As in, you wouldn’t expect a person to talk to another person in the way in which the discussion takes place on the screen. It feels forced and unnatural and takes you out of the experience of watching a genuinely tough crime be brought to justice.

As the series goes deeper into the dark underbelly of piracy, Tamilrockerz’s protagonist Rudra just gets more unlikeable. To be honest, he isn’t a model keeper of the law and does things that would make you question how any of it is legal. Arun Vijay holds on to a sour face throughout the runtime of the show, which makes sense, considering the circumstances, but the fact that he thinks that he’s above the law and that it’s either his way or the highway is a turnoff for emotionally connecting to the story, rendering the watching experience to falter to a fault.

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Anyway, Tamilrockerz tries to create a shocking connection between two pillars of crime in its short runtime and runs with its to find said connection and bring the criminals to justice. The tense background score and the odd colour choice want us to desperately believe that this is a serious and thrilling matter but to be honest; you don’t feel that thrill much. The background music oftentimes doesn’t coincide with the silly jokes being said, which gives birth to an odd and confusing set of emotions towards the show.

Moreover, thanks to the over explanation, the runtime seems too bogged down and drags on and on. In spite of the short 30-minute runtime, you want to skip through several scenes because they don’t really add anything to the story other than to repeat things said previously or not add unnecessary comedy quips. Plus, let’s not even talk about the disappointment I felt when I saw the series use Keerthana as simply a plot device to push the narrative forward and for us to excuse any of Rudra’s misdoings.

Regardless, the women in the Tamilrockerz have hardly anything to do other than explaining stuff to the men or acting as the buffer for the men to shine later on. Be it the members of the police of the cybercrime division; no one really gets a moment to shine.

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However, I must say that the series brings forth the madness of stars in the lives of common people. Regardless of whether or not such movies and their stars have any impact on us and our lives, it’s interesting to see how people can give their all to a cause such as this, even when it comes at a detriment to their own lives and income.

We are all privy to how such things work; we’ve seen the madness that surrounds big-budget movies and their stars. Tamilrockerz brings the madness forward nicely, and we see what happens under the surface of such big releases, people’s madness and how they are swept away by star power and the glam and glitter of tinsel town. Along with that, how those in power use people like them for their own means is also quite an interesting aspect that the show looks into.

But, I think the series aptly captures the madness that is movies as a whole. The love and aspirations that people form for movies, to watch them and discuss them. It’s not even about the stars or the director or producers – there’s something about showing a world where anything is possible that pulls people to them, gives them happiness and creates a situation where even our biggest holes and aspirations come to life.

Summing Up: Tamilrockerz

There’s a lot going on under the surface of Tamilrockerz as it handles various things together at the same time. It feels a bit too long sometimes, but its later episodes have some weight to them and are more interesting to watch. Unfortunately, in the first few episodes, it tries to do too many things and drags the runtime quite a bit. Regardless, it’s watchable, albeit entirely forgettable.

Tamilrockerz is streaming on SonyLIV.

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