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

THUPPAKKI

THUPPAKKI

Theatre : TVM SreePadmanabha
Showtime & Date : 8.45am, 18-11-2012
Status : Housefull with terrific atmosphere

After hatricks - Kavalan, Velayudham & Nanban, ILAYATHALAPATHY VIJAY is back with his new film THUPPAKKI - written & directed by A R Murugadoss after not so well accepted 7am Arivu. This time he created a movie that is fresh screenplay and execution, executed through not the star VIJAY alone but through the actor VIJAY too.

Story
Jagdish(Vijay) - DIA specialist in Indian Army comes to his home in Mumbai for leave. By coincidence, he catches one of the sleeper cell, who made a blast in a bus. Rest of the story is how Jagdish intelligently tracks the whole team.

Performances
Ilayathalapathy VIJAY takes the character to next level with his awesome performance. This time he's not rendering any punchlines, but the simple lines he speak in the movie makes the whole audience clap. Thanks to his immense screen presence, voice modulation & style which took the superb screenplay to a great level. The scene with retired army men was superb. A VIJAY SHOW all the way.

Kajal Agarwal as Nisha was fine in first half where she had something to do. In second half, her role was limited. She was good in her with emotional scene in restaurant. Jayaram in his brief role will make us laugh, Sathyan too. Vidyut Jamal as baddie was fresh and convincing in looks. Rest of the cast did their parts well.

Songs & BGM
Harris Jeyaraj disappoints this time. Google Google sung by Vijay & Andrea was foottapping. Vennilave, Antartica, Kuttippuli were fine with visuals though lacks the punch of usual Vijay movie songs. My pick is POI VARAVAA in climax. Awesome lyrics, superb & touching picturisation. Vennivale & Google were speedbreakers. BGM was awesome, especially the theme music was adrenaline pumping one on screen.

Technical
The whole team was superb. Considering the technical perfection from Santhosh Sivan, cinematography lacks the magic though a set of scenes looked good & the final railway station scene was awesome. Editing by Sreekar Prasad was superb. Art direction by Sunil Babu was cool. Action by Kecha needs special mention - another Peter Hein on the way I think. Hope we can expect fresh action seq from him.

Script & Direction
Both departments handled by A R Murugadoss. Though the oneline seems to be simple, the screenplay was awesome with fresh sequences - especially Interval and one in second half. SUPERB!!! Though Vijay-Kajal scenes & songs in second half were speedbreakers, we can easily forget that negative considering the whole movie. After JULAI, another movie with villain with intelligence. Direction was topnotch. Even simple things were made special with his direction.

On the whole - a great entertainer movie for those who love their nation.

Verdict : GO FOR IT!!!
BO Verdict : BLOCKBUSTER

A R Murugadoss had made not only INDIAN ARMY proud but also their families. Really great and wonderful!!!