Cast: Vijay Sethupathy, Yogi Babu, Madonna Sebastian,
Sayesha
Music: Sidharth Vipin
Direction: Gokul
After ‘Itharku thane aasaipatai Balakumara’, Gokul is
directing Vijay Sethupathy. In the later film, Vijay Sethupathy was a local
goon and in Junga he is a don. In both the films, the character is note-worthy, but the film lacks the screenplay. The idea of stingy don is unique and
interesting. Vijay Sethupathy nails his performance as a stingy don, Junga. The
problem with Junga is that the idea is interesting, but Gokul fails to explore
it both writing wise and direction.
The film opens with a senior police officer ordering his
junior to encounter Junga. Next, we see the junior police officer and a
constable afraid to wake up Junga is prison. We get that Junga is don, for whom
even the police fears. But, throughout the film he is not portrayed as a
dreaded don rather a don with comic sense.
The stingy don concept and along with Yogi Babu has bought a
lot of hilarious scenes. The scene where Yogi Babu is hungry, but Junga is not
ready to spend money brings the roof down. Gokul wants to travel on this comedy
genre rather than a gangster one. This makes him force comedy in every scene.
Saranya Ponvanan, Junga’s mother, has to over act in order to make the scene
comedy, but it just irritates you instead of making you laugh.
The direction and writing is absurd. Take the scene where
Junga, as bus conductor, get beaten up. I was expected an action block with scintillating
background score, but we get to see Yogi babu introduction. The story deviates
a little and then we get an action block. I mean why after a few scenes? The
screen time is half filled with Vijay Sethupathy’s slow motion walk. The scenes
prior to the slow motion scene is not punchy enough, which makes the walk
awkward.
The only character that stands out in the film is Junga’s
grandmother. She is just amazing and the slow-motion walk of her is way better
and effectual than Vijay Sethupathy’s.
Verdict: An interesting idea went short of writing and
direction.
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