I wanted to see this movie last week, but other work delayed it till yday. The expectations were very high for this movie after the success of Polladhavan from the same team. Thank God there are no disappointments. Its a very difficult thing to maintain the same tempo and the same team and yet again prove yourself with a different story and treatment. Vetrimaran and his team - kudos to you all.
I am not going into the story details, but it has everything a commercial cinema should have , say comedy, humor, sentiments, love, romance, fights, violence, almost everything and yet you can still categorize it in the art movie too because of its treatment. Or I think it should be right to say that it is a well balance good movie..I think this would the right word...no commercial or art category..its a good movie.. period. (Remember it ain't perfect... but good..)
To me, personally, the biggest surprise was the Vettaikaran persona. New face, a well known character, but treated so differently... it was amazing and the actor Jayabalan had done it so well, even though he isnt a professional actor... Kudos to him. He brought all the emotions so well, that you have no choice than to appreciate him for his efforts.
Dhanush alias 'K.P Karuppu'...Well except for his Madurai slang is a new one, otherwise to play a very local boy in a small town isnt new. But even though he has done this, his role in this movie doesnt remind you of the other roles he had played as a chennai local boy. That is his success. This is definitely a remarkable performance by him. I always thought he would perform well only with selected directors (earlier that list had only his brother Selva and now I have added Vetri to that too..) but recently he has been doing well in all genres of movies.... Good going.. His expressions and modulation in dialogue delivery in some scenes were awesome... The "otha sollale" dance.. no one can do it other than him.. chance illa paa..sema kalakal..Also the way he says his name 'K.P. Karuppu' and 'Irenenu I am love you' and a few more .. it was hilarious..
Tapsee.. small role, but vital at the end...looks good, smiles nice.. But I still am a little apprehensive of her love to "K.P Karuppu". That was the only cinematic thing in the movie, according to me.
Kishore.. wow.. I didnt recognise him with his wig.. He looked cool..and so young too. why doesnt he have it in other movies...may be he can try for a hero role with that too.. suits him very well.. His character is very naive and down to earth and in no way less important than Karuppu's. No doubt about his performance... as usual very good.. Except that the end is a little abrupt for his role.
The interval sequence.. the cock fights.. wow.. they were shot so so well. That too the close ups show them like two warriors fighting..Nice and superb.. You feel like you should respect those cocks for that.. they looked so majestic.. To shoot a cock to your need..it should have been a tough work.. But it came out very well. Later in the movie, almost near the climax...the fight between Dhanush and Kishore.. the same mood of the cock fight was brought in... After seeing the cock fight.. when these two fight.. you somehow feel that they resemble the cocks..and some one has made them fight each other.. nice analogy there. and well shot too.
The ending was good.. thankfully nothing too cinematic or heroic.. it was a little plain for the general audience but I felt that this was the right ending, except for Tapsee getting with Dhanush in that.. I am not sure if that would happen in real life ...but otherwise it was a near perfect and a sensible realistic movie.
Hope to see many such good movies from the team...
kalakudaa maapilai.. ennnnzoy.
I might watch it again!! Let me see.
