POOJAI

POOJAI

Theatre : TVM SreePadmanabha
Showtime & Date : 2.30pm, 22-10-2014
Status : Housefull

Vishal after a break is doing a mass masala entertainer with Hari who delivered some racy entertainers in Tamil Cinema. Did the movie works??? Lets see

Story
Vasu(Vishal) is doing small time financial business who is staying in a market. We have a villain who is a contract killer underplaying his role on society as a financial company head, an honest cop Sathyaraj after him, a heroine Sruthi Hassan for romantic scenes and songs. And as expected a family drama with twists.

Performances
Vishal as always is supercool in these type of roles. His emotional scenes were good. And in action, as always he shines. Sathyaraj was fine. Sruthi was just for songs and romantic scenes. Her dubbing and certain expressions in certain scenes were horrible. Villain was fine. Lot of stars Jayaprakash, Thalaivasal Vijay, Sithara, Radhika, Kousalya, Renuka... to play family members as they did their part well. Soori simply shines in his role

Songs & BGM
Yuvan Shankar Raja disappoints in songs, BGM was fine

Technical
Cinematography and Editing were perfect for this mass masala entertainer

Script & Direction
Both departments handled by HARI was just rehash of Hari's own SINGAM, THAMIRABHARANI, ARUL movies. Still the packaging, the way plot unfolds maked the show interesting. Interval punch was superb. Second half was fine, but side track comedy though enjoyable didn't fit to the plot much. Also the climax ended as ordinary one. The fresh element I could see in this was the way the villain does his job, their planning and all

Overall if you like HARI films and mass masala entertainers, this won't disappoint you, but don't expect something fresh.

Verdict : MASS MASALA ENTERTAINER

KATHTHI

KATHTHI

Theatre : TVM Anjali
Showtime & Date : 9.45am, 22-10-2014
Status : Double Housefull, people were sitting even on floors

Ilayathalapathy Vijay and A R Murugadoss unites again after THUPPAKKI, what else needed to watch the movie on first day itself. Did the movie succeed in meeting the expectation??? Lets see

Story
Kathiresan(Vijay) escapes from Calcutta jail and tries to board Bangkok. At Chennai, he accidently meets Jeevanandam(Vijay) who is on his mission to save his village from land acquiring by corporate companies. Yes you guessed the rest. A in B's place. Thats it. But what makes the difference is the awesome screenplay and fresh proceedings and a hard hitting socially relevant plot.

Performances
VIJAY VIJAY VIJAY
What to say??? AWESOME PERFORMANCE
CLASS & MASS, ACTOR & SUPERSTAR
 You can't think of another actor in this movie. What a performance!!! I'm running short of words to explain his performance as many may act as spoliers for those who haven't seen the movie. That includes the smile to villain in climax

Samantha had nothing much to do. She looked a bit old too. Satheesh once again shines. Niel Nithin Mukesh was fine with good lipsync. Rest of the characters were apt in their roles.

Songs & BGM
Songs were good and picturisation was rich and had high production values. BGM - NO WORDS TO SAY - AWESOME AWESOME AWESOME especially title cards music when used in climax ADRENALINE PUMPING ONES

Technical
Top class in cinematography, editing and art direction

Script & Direction
A R MURUGADOSS definitely deserves a standing ovation.
The people who may hear the oneline or so called story may doubt about how this will work on bigscreen. There he stands tall. IF SCREENPLAY IS THE BACKBONE OF THE MOVIE, THIS ONE HAS A DOUBLE STRONG ONE. A plot which would have become a routine masala tearjerker with unwanted heroism blending one was neatly presented in a cinematic realism way which is a really tough task. Direction by him too stands out. If I'll point out any negatives, it'll be the starting of Interval action block and climax song picturisation in between.

OVERALL A GREAT MUST WATCH INDIAN MOVIE WHICH SPEAKS TAMIL LANGUAGE

VERDICT : GO FOR IT!!! DON"T MISS IT
BLOCKBUSTER WRITTEN ALL OVER IT

HOMELY MEALS

HOMELY MEALS

Theatre : TVM SReePadmanabha
Showtime & Date  : 11.00am, 03-10-2014
Status : Balcony around 15 people FC 6 people

After Jawan of Vellimala, director Anoop Kannan is back with HOMELY MEALS written and lead character done by Vipin Atley, who shot to fame years back with a film based programe called INTERVAL on Jeevan TV and later Kairali TV.

Story
Its about a person who wants to be part of TV or Cinema field, his struggle, betrayal, experiences, family experiences, friends played by Vipin Atley. We may feel like its his personal experience while making the programme INTERVAL for the TV channel.

Performances
Vipin Atley was natural and given a sincere performance. Srinda is surely an actress to stay here. Manoj K Jayan's SharathChandran character could have been better which went overboard. Kailash, after Neelathaamara performed well in his role. Neeraj Madhav was superb. Sudheer Karamana proved in his cameo that he's one of the best character artist in this generation. Babu Antony as himself in his cameo though exaggerated was superb. Nedumudi Venu did a fine job. Jugru, the Monkeypen kid rocked in Interval portion.

Newcomers were too good. The one who played Josappan is sure to stay in Malayalam Cinema, his eyes speaks a lot.

Songs & BGM
Both suits well with the movie. Bhoomiyil Theme song was a superb one which is the anthem of the movie. BGM FOR LALAN - "Lala Lala" from Vandanam simply rocked.
Technical
Art direction was good. Cinematography was good in songs sequences. Editing could have been better especially in first half.

Script & Direction
Script by Vipin Atley which we may feel like its his biography. Scenes were natural, dialogues to. First half wa a tad lengthy till he second epsiode making. That one was one brilliantly executed item - especially Babu Antony's and Shakeela's crying scene. Second half was a above first half especially Neeraj episode and climax portions were well written and executed. But there are scenes which we may find out of the box or forced ones especially poorly written Manoj K Jayan's characterisation and some comedy scenes. And those who have no idea about the programme INTERVAL may find a bit difficult to adjust with the movie as everything starts all of a sudden than taking its own time to introduce and start the plot.

Anoop Kannan made a product which looks far superior to his debut venture. He did a good job. Interval and climax portions were neatly exeuted.

Overall eventhough negatives are there, the movie never disappoints and being a newcomer's venture in script area, its a commendable work.

Verdict : Enjoyable