Cast: Vijay, Kajal Agarwal, Samantha, Sj Suryah, Vadivelu
Music: AR Rahman
Direction: Atlee
“Nee patra veitha nerupu ondru, patri yeriya unnai kekum”
is the dialogue Vijay tells before killing a person and we see montages of
another Vijay. This shows that we are going to witness a revenge story. There
is another Vijay receiving Humanitarian award. So before finding why he is taking
revenge, the director fools around with
audience brilliantly. We see one Vijay receiving award another killing in magic
show and audience are confused whether it’s one Vijay or two characters. The editor has intelligently created this
doubt with his cuts.
Vijay gets arrested by Sathyaraj for a series of murder from
medical background. Satyan plays as assistant to Satyaraj, who calls him ‘mani
ah’ (I loved it as it reminded me of Amaidhi padai). The story revolves around
Dr. Maran (Vijay) who is popularly called as Rs.5 doctor. Vijay as usual a
bundle of energy, the intro scene is longest and he smokes on the screen after
a very long time.
All through the first half, the scenes and songs with Kajal
Agarwal and Samantha were hindrance to the narration. You hear a doctor saying “if
brought 10 minutes before, we could have saved her” to the girl parents who
lost her life in an accident. A scene in the interval block and later in the
flashback has similar 10 minutes scenario like before. I felt a trim of two
songs (roughly 10 minutes) could have avoided the “It’s too long” feel after
the film.
The second half is
where we get to know the backstory of Vijay’s revenge. I really loved the
way it was written. It was a perfect
blend of revenge and social cause. This Vijay is called as Thalapathy and his
son as Illaya Thalapathy. He is being killed by Sj Suryah, who plays a casual
antagonist role. His weak characterization makes the pre-climax and climax
scenes less interesting.
Vadivelu is the first person we see as the film starts, so I
saved him up for the last. His screen space is less and with that limited
minutes he was able to bring laugher. I loved the scene where a robber picks
his purse and finds nothing. When questioned about it, he talks about digital
economy. The dialogues, especially the speech to press which included GST,
Gorakphur tragedy, etc.
Verdict: Intelligent amalgamation of revenge and message.
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