Shouts against corruption?? How many times have we seen that before? But a Rajini movie on it?? Should be different! Well, that’s what I thought! AVM, Shankar, Rahman, Sujatha and the star himself coming together ought to be better!! Well, that’s what I thought! The costliest movie ever! The money spent doesn’t impress me, but yeah it is headline news! When so much money is spent it can’t all be that bad! Well, that’s what I thought! The one south indian movie the media country over gave so much importance! The reasons probably are what have been mentioned above! Hype, so much so, that it sparked off comparison as to whether Rajini is a brand as big as Amitabh or probably Shahrukh! When the media promotes I should have known that it is more a commercial showstopper than anything else! Well, I should’ve known!
So I thought now there’s a movie I should not miss! Being a tamilian, I cannot miss a Rajini movie can I?? I saw the movie so late that I became an outcast till then! Finally I thought I need to break the shackles! So I did go see the movie! I’m always called a biased fellow. Biased against bad movies! Unfortunately, a lot of Rajini movies do fall in that category... Though, movies like Annamalai, Baadshah will be in my all time favourite list for a long time!
Sivaji – It’s a movie for Rajini fans - ONLY. A rank outsider will never remotely connect with it, leave alone liking the movie. A good movie watcher (I consider myself to be one :P :P) will forgive the numerous pitfalls in the movie for one and only one reason! It’s a Rajini movie. Even before I take my seat I don’t expect anything! The only reason that Sivaji disappointed me was because of the hype it created! Understandable, coz when one spends so much money making a movie he would want to make it all back and more!
If someone can give u a brief of the first half in 10 minutes, believe me you can watch the second and rest assured you’ve seen the best part of the movie. Though the first lays the platform, I guess its about an hour and a half wasted on general cinematics! I still do not understand why this movie needs a romantic quotient, the resultant of which are incorrigibly shot songs! Am a Rahman fanatic and even a recorded sneeze of his is music to me! So one won’t be surprised to know I loved the music! The first half in a nutshell is the introduction of the hero, villain, heroine, and hero’s intention of doing service and why the villain has a problem about it! This strewn with a few songs, fight sequences and a whole lot of nonsense….
The second half is where the crux is! The renaissance of a man beaten down by the evils in the society! Clichéd? Yeah! But it’s always different when Rajini does it! It sure is! Whether that’s interesting or not is a diff question altogether! But anyways I did enjoy bits of the second half! The original “Shtyle” was back in full swing! Rajini’s second incarnation was a little irritating in terms of the attire, but was an eyeful in terms of the style!! The swing, the venom, the fire, the anger all reflects in his walk! Though some of that is a little “punching” the last 30 minutes is a total winner!
My clincher in the movie comes in the first 10 minutes! I’m totally fallen for this gal! Nayanthaara looks like a million bucks! She’s turned into one of these blinders over the last year! And the presence of Shreya through the movie was pleasing! Some of Vivek’s comedy was really good too! Music of course, particularly in the first half fight sequence in the music store where the instrument of fight was played in the background has ARR class written al over it!! But IMO Shankar could have saved a few bucks from the extravagant sets and his histrionic song sequences! But well, we know what to expect from him too!
The white Rajini is a concept beyond me! It’s like looking at a black swan! Or thinking of a Hispanic Tony Blair! As usual, one can’t understand why songs are there in the first place (That is true of most Indian movies, its now a no-brainer as to why they are there) That said, when its ARR making it, I ain't complaining! Though Rajini’s English vocabulary and accent has improved over the years a little less of it wouldn’t have been too bad… His forte is his tamil dialogue delivery and style and I don’t understand why that needs to be spared! There were very few of his well known for “Punch Dialogues” Some dialogues does show Sujatha’s class in it, but I would’ve wanted more of it from a Rajini movie! This movie will do it for him, what Baba failed to... Statistically and financially!! The fight sequences are taken really badly to say the least! Letting Rajini die is a brave move, but we all know there’s more to come! Suman as the bad guy is good! A sea change from his old bell bottom clad cycling days!
The message though is true and a problem to be tackled! Not too sure what the stars did for charity, but what would’ve been more appreciated was if the amount spent on the movie had been seed money for a college or a hospital! We didn’t need a movie to tell us what’s wrong with the country! I would’ve been happier watching one less movie (losing my sanity a little lesser), when someone elsewhere is gaining more sanity and perspective or when some poor guy’s family is saved! Then again, I could’ve chosen not to go to the movie and donated too! Guess I’m flawed too, but not as bad as the movie! Truth remains the “Rich get richer and the poor get poorer” Stating the obvious?? Exactly what the movie does too! “Hey it’s Sivaji Man! COOL!!!!”
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