Watched movie yesterday.This movie strikes me as an average entertainer nothing great. Everyone seems to say that Kamal's hard work has to be appreciated. I do not agree with that statement. If the movie's story line needed 10 characters and if he had taken up these characters then that can be appreciated. But here the case is first he "determined" what the 10 characters he needs to perform and then created a story line around it.
Do not get me wrong the movie is very entertaining if you can tolerate the cartoon like make for the characters of Ian Fletcher, George Bush and Boovaraghavan. My question why did anybody NOT tell Kamal that these makeups look AWFUL. Afraid to shout the emperor has NO clothes? I think Kamal should surround himself with genuine critics not YES men.
This movie does not go anywhere near his classics like Nayagan,Devar Magan, Salangai Oli, Mahanadhi or even Virumandi.
Having said that, the movie is surprisingly entertaining though story line is written intelligently around the 10 characters. I think K.S.Ravikumar has played his role (Thankfully!) in an intelligent screenplay that keeps the movie going and keeping it tight. Thank god there is no lapse like Hey Ram or Kurudhi Puyal where Kamal had a free ride and watered down the screen play.
Kamal's greatest strength is comedy and Naidu role is surprisingly refreshing in its comedy timing that keeps movie going. Punchlines like " He can speak five languages fluently in Telugu" keeps movie going.
Asin has performed brilliantly as an Iyengar girl and the song "Mukunda Mukunda" is great.
There are some intelligent dialogs and Kamal's versatility in dialog delivery as a Telugite speaking Tamil, Tirunelveli Tamil, casual Tamil, iyengar patti Tamil , north Indian Tamil, Muslim Tamil is all very visible. But we go to a movie after great expectations not to see a show of mimic but a great classic.
The film is definitely technically superior in integrating graphics with commercial sets and in Photography (Ravivarman) Yeah yeah Kamal spent hours putting on makeup, 80 crores were spent making the movie, there was great marketing and Kamal has 10 roles.
So what? I need much more than that from Kamal. Hey! some body save Kamal from himself. GET BACK TO ROOTS.
Do not get me wrong the movie is very entertaining if you can tolerate the cartoon like make for the characters of Ian Fletcher, George Bush and Boovaraghavan. My question why did anybody NOT tell Kamal that these makeups look AWFUL. Afraid to shout the emperor has NO clothes? I think Kamal should surround himself with genuine critics not YES men.
This movie does not go anywhere near his classics like Nayagan,Devar Magan, Salangai Oli, Mahanadhi or even Virumandi.
Having said that, the movie is surprisingly entertaining though story line is written intelligently around the 10 characters. I think K.S.Ravikumar has played his role (Thankfully!) in an intelligent screenplay that keeps the movie going and keeping it tight. Thank god there is no lapse like Hey Ram or Kurudhi Puyal where Kamal had a free ride and watered down the screen play.
Kamal's greatest strength is comedy and Naidu role is surprisingly refreshing in its comedy timing that keeps movie going. Punchlines like " He can speak five languages fluently in Telugu" keeps movie going.
Asin has performed brilliantly as an Iyengar girl and the song "Mukunda Mukunda" is great.
There are some intelligent dialogs and Kamal's versatility in dialog delivery as a Telugite speaking Tamil, Tirunelveli Tamil, casual Tamil, iyengar patti Tamil , north Indian Tamil, Muslim Tamil is all very visible. But we go to a movie after great expectations not to see a show of mimic but a great classic.
The film is definitely technically superior in integrating graphics with commercial sets and in Photography (Ravivarman) Yeah yeah Kamal spent hours putting on makeup, 80 crores were spent making the movie, there was great marketing and Kamal has 10 roles.
So what? I need much more than that from Kamal. Hey! some body save Kamal from himself. GET BACK TO ROOTS.