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Nagarjuna's Payanam works!  Review: Nagarjuna's Payanam works!
February 11, 2011 17:31 IST   After a string of romantic
comedies, director Radhamohan has decided to take a u-turn and
indulge in a gripping drama.  The best thing about Silent
Movies' latest product, Prakashraj's Tamil film Payanam
(Journey) is that it actually works, and even manages to get you
to the edge of your seat at the right moments.   So you have the
following principal passengers, each of whom plays an important
role during the perilous journey. There's Sandhya (Sana Khan), a
peppy software techie; her sarcastic and unlikely friend Vinod
(Rishi); Father Alphonse (M S Bhaskar), always ready to lend a
hand to help and with the voice of God in his heart; Colonel
Jagadeesh (Thalaivaasal Vijay), a ex-army man eager to find
solutions to problems; Subash (Kumaravel) an unemployed atheist
who snarks constantly at his seat-mate,