BOX OFFICE #Kaththi #Review - A commercial sharp entertainer.. The fans would automatically expect too much if a successful pair joins hands once again, and in the case of Vijay – A.R. Murugugadoss it has gone a step ahead. When A.R.M mentioned that Kaththi will be better than Thuppakki, many questioned it, and started to think what would be in store this time. But, the pair has delivered what they promised, and scaled a new peak. Let’s see how they did it in detail. #Story : Jeevanantham (Vijay), a social communist and a campaigner from a village is fighting for a group of villagers. Their agricultural land in a small village is being illegally taken over by a multinational corporate head (Neil Nitin Mukesh) and meanwhile we see Kathiresan (Vijay) and his friend (Sathish) are small time petty theives leading their own life for daily bread and butter. On one interesting incident, we see a substitution for Jeevanantham in the form of Kathiresan who leads the fight. So do they win over the corporate company on the land issue or not follows the rest. #Cast_Performance: Vijay as Jeevanandham & Kathiresan has delivered a lifetime performance, and showed a brilliant variety in both the roles, albeit not even a great makeover between both the roles. Samantha is cute and complements really well with Vijay for 3 songs, and her smile demands the viewers to take a note out of her as well. Sathish’s one liners do not make us to ROFL, but it was enough to evoke much needed laugh in this social drama. Neil Nithin Mukesh deserves a special mention for delivering the dialogues beautifully, and he fits the bill perfectly as a chairman of an MNC. #Direction_Screenplay: It will be an understatement to say that, Murugadoss has mastered the skills of commercial film making. He has raised the bar once again, and mixed the colorful elements in the right proportion of a social drama, and penned an excellent screenplay. Though there are some logical loopholes; those have been brilliantly plastered by cinematic liberties. It will take another Murugadoss’ish effort to shadow ‘Kaththi’. #Technical_aspects: George Williams, the man behind the lens does a commendable job with a top-notch camerawork as he successfully translates the beauty of locations on the big screen, while capturing the frenzied atmosphere of Chennai and Kolkata to perfection. The vision on the wide canvas with his lighting and night effect shots are extraordinary! The young sensation - music by Anirudh, his work only gets noticed in the background score with his terrific theme music of Bad Eyes and Sword Of Desitiny being used effectively as the songs only end up breaking the flow of the narrative albeit being peppy hummbale numbers. Aathi Ena Nee and Selfie Pulla take the top slot for the rich visuals and sets. Editor Sreekar Prasad does a decent work but otherwise could have used the scissors better for the sluggish pace in first half. Stunts by Anal Arasu is breathtaking and art direction by Lalgudi Ilayaraja is praiseworthy. The VFX team has worked hard but yet the clumpsiness never went in some scenes. What worked Murugadoss has made use of Vijay’s potential and delivered a powerful social drama with a few twists in both the halves and the AR’s dialogues r good. The editing is taut, and the decision not to include ‘Paalam’ song clogged few more kilometers to the racy screenplay. The stunts are believable, and the director has succeeded in delivering what he wanted to with the help of a tremendous cast and crew. Dialogues on corporates, globalisation, 2G, sarcastic remark on Vijay Mallay make it interesting.
Posted on: Wed, 22 Oct 2014 15:36:54 +0000
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