Kanthasamy Vs State of Play

I am a movie buff. i kind of try to watch movies of different genre. This week i got chance to watch 2 movies - Kanthasamy (Tamil) and State of Play (Eng). They didn't have anything is common. I went to watch Kanthasamy with lots of expectation and knowing Susi Ganeshan's other movies like Thiruttu Payyale, I knew that the screen play would be good coupled with some exciting twists. Though Susi has tried to come out with a fast pace movie, he has completely failed in removing unnecessary stuffs from the movie. I think the blame would completely go to Producer who might have asked him to add lots of masala and a comedy track in the movie. The director has tried to justify each and every step taken by Vikram from the start to the end. He has tried to give a logical meaning to the entire movie. Its high time Tamil Industry understands the imortance of not having unnecessary songs in the movie. The best part in the movie is Vikram's acting, camera man's work, excellent settings and directors research work in terms of how the Indian black money is there across the world. The worst part in the movie was in force fitting unnecessary songs, comedy tracks, unnecessary focus on glamour & camera work while in Mexico. I feel Susi Ganeshan could have done a better job in terms of screenplay to bring a better impact on the audience as I felt the first half to be boring and long. Of course, Susi Ganeshan needs to go to an acting school :)
On the other hand, "State of Play" is a movie with very minimum set up. Most of the movie gets over in the reporter's office. I don't want to write the stories over here as you will find them in Wikipedia. But it's high time Kollywood starts focusing on screen play as the real strength lies in the screenplay and the story. I liked the style of Russell Crowe and the way he has delivered his role is amazing. The style, simplicity and dialog delivery is cool. The movie requires little bit of patience as there are lots of twists in the movie. The real power of script and direction can be seen in this movie. Of course this will never beat my all time favorite ones like Shawshank redemption or Taken.
Just thought of typing down my views after watching a political thriller which pens on the power of writer or a reporter.