STR still seems to be in a frenzy of wanting to impose his freakish Tamil hero mannerisms on the viewer who has been trying hard not to keep their minds pre-conditioned with clichés and stereotyping and to embrace realism and grey shades in characters. In fact, STR seems to promptly ask his audience to hail him as a 'Superstar'. Why? Because he's apparently executing superstar duties in a film that doesn't have a clue what its purpose of existence is.
Adhik Ravichandran succeeded in entertaining us to an extent in his debut directorial 'Trisha illana Nayanthara' due to its unabashed portrayal of lust. AAA has a terrible screenplay replete with star worship, virgin-guy references, a couple of (acting-free) heroines placed simply to admire the antics of the hero, shoddily written songs and scenes spoofing other films. The only time I (genuinely) laughed was on seeing Mottai Rajendran replicate 'Thalli Pogathey' from STR's previous film.
The movie opens in Dubai but a flashback quickly shifts the scenario to 80s Madurai. Shriya plays Selvi, the love interest of Madura Michael(STR) who is a local thug. She wants Michael to quit being a rowdy and move to Dubai. But things don't fall in place as they expect and Michael lands in jail. An unconvincing sequence detailing his escape from prison is narrated by one of Michael's allies (again in a flashback!) that supposedly serves as the 'mass intro' for its titular lead. Damn, these flashbacks are literally all over the place.
The second half sees Michael take on the identity of 'Ashwin thatha' a dreaded don who the audience never gets to see doing any 'dreaded don things' apart from feeding grain to pigeons at his bungalow in Chennai. A 58 year old Ashwin thatha seeks to woo a ravishing 26 year old Ramya (played by Tamannah) and we are again subjected to scenes portraying oldie STR as invincible (yawn!). The ending is exactly the way you think Adhik would conclude the film. A cameo by GV Prakash Kumar reiterating his 'Trisha illana Nayanthara' dialogues doesn't do this film any good. Monologues on male bonding, brotherhood and virginity still seem to clog writer/director Adhik's vision. May the sequel never happen! Sirrappu!
Adhik Ravichandran succeeded in entertaining us to an extent in his debut directorial 'Trisha illana Nayanthara' due to its unabashed portrayal of lust. AAA has a terrible screenplay replete with star worship, virgin-guy references, a couple of (acting-free) heroines placed simply to admire the antics of the hero, shoddily written songs and scenes spoofing other films. The only time I (genuinely) laughed was on seeing Mottai Rajendran replicate 'Thalli Pogathey' from STR's previous film.
The movie opens in Dubai but a flashback quickly shifts the scenario to 80s Madurai. Shriya plays Selvi, the love interest of Madura Michael(STR) who is a local thug. She wants Michael to quit being a rowdy and move to Dubai. But things don't fall in place as they expect and Michael lands in jail. An unconvincing sequence detailing his escape from prison is narrated by one of Michael's allies (again in a flashback!) that supposedly serves as the 'mass intro' for its titular lead. Damn, these flashbacks are literally all over the place.
The second half sees Michael take on the identity of 'Ashwin thatha' a dreaded don who the audience never gets to see doing any 'dreaded don things' apart from feeding grain to pigeons at his bungalow in Chennai. A 58 year old Ashwin thatha seeks to woo a ravishing 26 year old Ramya (played by Tamannah) and we are again subjected to scenes portraying oldie STR as invincible (yawn!). The ending is exactly the way you think Adhik would conclude the film. A cameo by GV Prakash Kumar reiterating his 'Trisha illana Nayanthara' dialogues doesn't do this film any good. Monologues on male bonding, brotherhood and virginity still seem to clog writer/director Adhik's vision. May the sequel never happen! Sirrappu!