Hello Good people..
Nice to meet you after a good gap.. (well, actually its bad gap, coz its long ;-) )..
Its been months that i wrote a blog, its been an year that i wrote a movie blog.. I watched more than 15 movies in various languages in the last 2-3 months.. ( you must be wondering what kind of life i'm in - for watching 15 movies .... well..stuck in a winter cum rainy weekend in Germany, with free unlimited internet access, what else can a guy do - apart from drinking Bavarian Beer that is.. lol)
Ok, straight to the matter - i saw one movie today in theater, making it the 16th movie, but this movie made me stretch my Sunday night to sit and write a short blog on it..
The movie is Kathi (Tamil movie), meaning Knife.
Director - A.R. Murugadoss; Lead Actor : Vijay (in dual role).
A Movie with a good social message.
Over the last few months, I've become a fan of RJ Balaji.. so i will phase this in his style..by splitting my feedback into 1) Ada..! ( WOW moments) & 2) Che (Shit! - not the literal one)
The 'Ada' moments:
1) Vijay: I've never been a Vijay fan at any given point in my life (dont ask me if i'm an Ajith fan for that matter.. nope.. i'm just a fan of Quality movies and not any particular actor, which indirectly makes me a Kamal Hassan/Aamir Khan fan most of the time , hmm tk tk pk pk ).
But, I can say that I've never seen Vijay act and emote like this in any of his previous movies..great performance from an experienced artist, that his fans and public were waiting for.. The first time he did a dual role was a pathetic failure. but this time though its double treat. He is the highlight of the movie - though script is good, you need the right person to take it to the public.
2) A.R. Murugadoss
Through the Hindi version of Gajini, people all over India know Murugadoss and his style of film making. This time, he has included a good social message on how MNC's occupy agricultural lands and destroy natural resources like water and spoil the livelihood of farmers.
The detailing that he shown in each subject or event in the movie is too good..
And this guy has made Neil Nitin Mukesh 'act'!! what more..
3) Dialogues & detailing:
To say about this - in a scene in the movie, a village girl asks the hero - what is communism, help me understand in one line, in simple language. The answer is : assume you are eating idli's. Once your hunger is satisfied, the next idli you have, belongs to another person. - wow! Crisp!
There is a scene where he tells about a Beer manufacturer (whom we all know) and compares his loan/bankruptcy to the loan the farmer borrows. Excellent scene.
Lines such as "the farmer's agricultural product reaches the city people's plates, but their problem dont reach " and the list goes on..
In the second half, lot of statistical details on number of lakes, rivers, ponds, agricultural lands lost to MNC's , indirectly poking a few cool drink giants is simply superb.
now, "Che" moments:
1) Samantha -
She doesn't really have any role to play in this movie.. You must be asking me - in which commercial movie does heroine have a role to play? .. yes, i agree.. but atleast the heroine's existence brings out some reactions - like the villain kidnapping her to get to the hero..or trying to misbehave with her.. or following her to know hero's plans etc.,../ nothing of that sort happens here.. she is there, and she is just there..
What this has done to the movie : 3 songs were added just because there is a heroine. Some useless flirt scenes and horrible dialogues and so-called comedies were inserted..making this movie stretch upto 3 hours.. which otherwise would have been a crispy 02:20 movie..
2) Music - mainly songs -
Anirudh - the Kolaveri guy.. has composed several mind blowing albums in the last 6-8 months for many movies most of which were pretty average ones.. and for a good movie like this, sadly the songs are not good enough.. if you remember any one song, one line, after the movie, you should be having exceptional memory power..!
(Double Dhamaka - I happen to watch this movie at Comet Cine center (Mönchengladbach), along with my Srilankan Tamil friends.. happen to interact a lot with them and know more - and realise how big a fanbase Vijay has in Srilanka, and that they do Milk Abhisekham on his cutouts there!. )
Overall:
A.R.M continues his trend of making quality movies, but sadly he also continues inserting commercial elements, which i'm not too happy about.. IMO, directors should grow-up and avoid unwanted characters and situations from the movie..
But, i'm happy that - an actor, who has concentrated mainly on mindless masala movies over the last decade, is finally back to "acting".
Do watch this movie , for Vijay, for ARM, and mainly for the social message it carries.
And don't just stop with that - please try your best to save water at the maximum possible way at your level.. !
a hint - my next blog is going to be based on that message.. coming soon..!
Dankie,
;-)
