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Pa Pandi Review


Cast:           Rajkiran, Revathy, Prasanna, Madonna Sebastian
Direction:   Dhanush
Music:         Sean Roldan

Pa Pandi, the multi-talented Dhanush’s directional debut. Its surprising that Dhanush could write a new  refreshing script. A 60 year old Pandi (popularly called as Power Pandi played by Rajkiran) takes his bike in search of his first love. Pa Pandi is probably the first film where Rajkiran acts in urban based film and this one reason for this film to be refreshing. The film starts with Pandi’s relationship with his son. Though some scenes are staged artificially (Where Pandi does not get a auto despite of standing in a main road) they are able to connect with audience.

Pandi is a popular stunt master in film industry and to get rid of boredom in his retired days, he works in a gym. After a certain problem the gym manager scolds Pandi “Satharana cinema fight master thana nee, unaku enna gym training pathi theriyum?” (You are just a ordinary fight master, what you will know about gym training?). Pandi replies every job is equal. This statement is proved in the subsequent scenes where he terribly fails to deliver a small dialogue in a film but perform a stunt sequence in a single take. Such scenes are delight to watch.

When someone like Rajkiran who is known for his rustic stunts, the stunt sequence in the film could have to choreographed properly. His potential was wasted. Anyone can easily notice that ropes are used in the stunts losing the authenticity. The same applies for casting of Madonna Sebastian. She was not right for the part, nothing more to be said. The flashback portions starts by Pandi telling “It’s a usual old love story”. But that cannot justify a redundant boring half an hour. But Dhanush is clever enough to follow the boring scenes with a romance of two 60 year old people, which is new in Tamil movies.  Sean Roldan’s songs and background music is backbone for the film.

Verdict: A refreshing film.

3/5
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