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When a director decides to launch a high profile youngster as an action and romantic hero with a typical and clichéd ‘masala’ film, there is little that you could expect from the film in terms of finesse and content.
Director A. Venkatesh, who is known for formulaic masala flicks, has come out with a story that is split in to two parts as romance and thriller. While the first half deals with the romantic track, the second half is dedicated to the thriller element filled with abduction drama and the bomb threat.
The story has nothing new to write about. A happy-go-lucky youth (Sivaji, the grand son of Sivaji Ganesan) wants to become an SI in police department. Since the first scene itself shows you that he has become an SI, there is no suspense or drama in the run up to reach the position. Yet the movie tries to hold your attention by telling you in the beginning that the hero, heading to his home town Madurai after getting the appointment order, is in for a big danger in Madurai.
Instead of going ahead to narrate the danger, the movie goes back to the past of the boy to tell you his background.
It is a typical lower middle class family in Madurai, with a mother (Saranya in a familiar role) and a sister pouring affection on the protagonist. The mother wants him to become a police officer and the boy is on the right track to make her dream a reality.
Meanwhile he gets into trouble by seeing a beautiful girl (Gowri Minjal) but end up winning over her heart after some heroic fights. He even gets the nod from the rich father of the girl but his mother wants him to get married only after becoming an SI. Then he goes to Chennai where he gets his appointment order after completing an adventurous mission. He is now heading to Madurai as a happy person, who has fulfilled his mother’s desire.
When everything seems to be alright, a new villain emerges and makes the life hell for the hero. The hero is put into a disastrous mission by the villain. He cannot refuse to do that, as his mother, sister, and the lover are in the clutches of the villain, who seems to have a well knit network.
The rest of the movie says how the protagonist succeeds in saving his family and millions of people.
Though there is no point in pointing out the loopholes and flaws in the script, as the director has made it clear that he wants to make a masala and nothing else, certain absurdities cannot be left without being mentioned. The scene the lovers go out for an outing, in which the girl is found ‘missing’ is ridiculous. What happened to their cell phones, through which they could have sought help from others? How come the father takes his daughter without the knowledge of the boy, who was sleeping near by?
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