Tamil director Nelson Venkaten has been in the industry since 2016. Almost a decade in Kollywood, filmmakers are just three films old, and all three films have made a noise for their subjects and filmmaking style. After a low ‘Farhana’, he returns with his fourth gift, ‘DNA’, starring Atharva and Nimisha Sajyan.

Anand (Atharva) is a braiding fluffy drifter that is struggling to come up with life after a breakup. Divya (Nimisha Sajayan) is a naive woman who has been diagnosed with borderline personality disorder, which often gets branded Pathyam (A derogatory Tamil word for someone with mental illness). A man who does not do a good-a woman is not entitled to a woman with a condition-it is what the two families have decided because they come together for the wedding wedding.

But, Anand and Divya navigate through this and find love in each other. She is a person who makes life easier for Divya, while she is a woman who brightens her life. When they get pregnant and get ready to step into their lives as a new parents, the tragedy attack – Divya knows that the baby is not her child assigned to her. Anand, who initially suspects Divya, eventually believes in her and seeking police help to find her missing child.

Director Nelson Venkatsson’s ‘Oru Nal Kuthu’, ‘Monster’ and ‘Farhana’ are all vested in realism. This is a recurring subject in his films and ‘DNA’ is no exception. The film works with an accident that contains a callback post-interval. The characteristic of Anand’s life as a Buding Man is difficult to sit through the initial stretch of ‘DNA’. Once the song, several scenes to prove that a route of bliss is going on, and the family finally pushed her into the marriage of convenient narrative options.

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It is only after Anand and Divya’s marriage that this ‘DNA’ actually stops and attracts your attention. The film is full of small touchs that connect the audience with it. By discussing post-portum depression, psychosis and how a new father struggles to identify his newborn child, there is a lot for ‘DNA’. When Anand and experienced policeman Chinnaswamy (Balaji Sakathivale) start investigating the missing child, the script has a speed.

The investigation is cleverly written and highlights organized crime with fast writing. Like all Nelson’s films, the characters shown in the film are black, white and brown shades. An elderly woman who participates in an organized crime involving children, justifies her action through her monopoly, and you cannot help but also understand her attitude. Such small examples provide a lot to the film.

But ‘DNA’ also suffers from Clich. This starts or having a breakup scene of unwanted inclusion of a start or TV serial-style climax or unwanted inclusion of a special song, it makes some unwanted rounds that rob the high audiences who intend to give it. For most parts, ‘DNA’ is largely loyal to the thriller trop, offer a lot of cool and adventure that sit on the edge of the seats.

The Atharva, as Anand, is perfect in his role as he displays the stages of his treatment journey to become a new father. Sleepwalk through this role through Nimisha Sojayan, who has proved her subtlety in films like ‘The Great Indian Kitchen’. As a woman suffering from BPD, she scores in emotional scenes, especially after becoming a mother. Atharva and Nimisha praised each other with their balanced performance.

Despite his short run-time, ‘DNA’ could have gone away with two songs that did not add anything to the story. With a decent background score by Gibran and with great supporting acts from Balaji Sathivale and Ramesh Thilak, the film makes a well -produced crime thriller in which you have enough meat to entertain all.

While the climax may have a touch of melodrama, they will do a good job among the family audience. ‘DNA’ also packed in some surprise during the investigation scenes that are written with nuances and wishful thinking. If you are a sticker for the thriller, Nelson Venkaten’s ‘DNA’ may be your weekend watch.