Sigma Movie Review

Produced by Lyca Productions, Sigma marks Jason Sanjay’s directorial debut. The film stars Sundeep Kishan, Faria Abdullah, Sampath Raj, Raju Sundaram, Shiv Pandit and others. The music is composed by Thaman.

Guru (Sundeep Kishan) runs a library in memory of his mother. On one side, he has the debt left behind by his father; on the other, he is faced with the possibility of losing the library he runs in his mother’s memory if he fails to repay it. This forces him to go in search of money.

That search leads him to a casino, where he unexpectedly gets hold of a pen drive containing some secrets. With crores of rupees involved and a gang hunting for the pen drive, Guru’s life turns upside down. The rest of the story revolves around how he manages to escape from this predicament.

Sundeep Kishan carries the film well as Guru. He does justice to both sides of the character — the ordinary young man struggling with debt and the man who suddenly finds himself trapped in a dangerous criminal network. His effort is particularly evident in the action sequences.

Faria Abdullah gets a lively and energetic role, but she could have been used more effectively in the main narrative. Sampath Raj and Shiv Pandit, among the antagonists, attempt to create the required sense of threat, but their characters could have been written with greater depth. Especially when an actor like Shiv Pandit is brought into the film, his character deserved to have more weight.

For his debut, Jason Sanjay has chosen a world packed with commercial elements such as heist, action and comedy. His confidence in taking on a large-scale story right from his first film is evident. The way certain elements introduced in the beginning are connected to the story later is particularly impressive and shows thoughtful planning.

But the problem with Sigma also lies in the screenplay. There are all the ingredients for an exciting game — crores of rupees, a pen drive, a secret key and villains chasing after them. Yet the film does not fully generate the tension and excitement that these elements promise. Some of the developments are also predictable.

The first half, in particular, takes considerable time to establish the characters, which slows down the pace. Though the action picks up in the second half, a few more unexpected twists in the screenplay could have made the game much more engaging.

Thaman’s background score and Kavin Vasanth’s cinematography add to the film’s grand scale. The effort that has gone into the production is also evident in the action sequences.

Coming into filmmaking with the huge identity of being Vijay’s son is both an advantage and a source of additional expectations for Jason Sanjay. Keeping that identity aside, he has attempted to handle a full-fledged commercial action film in his very first outing. Instead of adding unnecessary action sequences, the screenplay could have benefited from giving more space to the heist moments, which would have made the narrative more gripping. The parking-lot action sequence, however, is an interesting and novel attempt.

Overall, Sigma has plenty of fast-paced action, but if it had delivered more memorable heist moments amid all the action, it could have made a stronger impact among this week’s releases.