‘Dikkiloona’ movie review: Santhanam’s comedy asks us to suspend disbelief, and our sense of humour

Karthik Yogi squanders an excellent setup for a madcap comedy with ineffective writing and some problematic social commentary

Props to the director Karthik Yogi for coming up with an apt title for his film. It’s from a game that Babloo (Senthil) invented in Gentleman. When he tries to play ‘Dikkiloona’ (where you have to move backwards and collide another person’s butt with yours; if you know, you know) with Mani (Goundamani), he gets a kick in his rear. Yogi, in his film Dikkiloona, also talks about the ramifications of a guy who moves backwards… in time. . Unfortunately, there’s little else to applaud about the film apart from its title. The setup is excellent for a madcap comedy: a man, who’s frustrated with his life (especially with his wife) gets an opportunity to go back in time to stop his marriage. The resultant absurdities and conflicts are supposed to spark, burst, and produce brilliant flashes like fireworks in the night sky. But they merely flicker like a tube light on low-voltage electricity.