Pa Paandi

Happen to catch this during a recent travel. I was very skeptical to watch the movie initially even after all the reviews. I though the reviews were are over exaggerated for the love of Danush. Even when i sat to watch the movie I was reluctant that i had to watch....But boy oh boy, i was in for a treat. Just like the actor Danush, the story was simple but packed a punch. The movie conveyed some very important things of life in a simple and a lighter way. The way Danush has handled the screenplay and direction does not look like a first timer. Probably its in the genes :)

The casting is really good. The BGMs are just adequate and songs are very nice. Special mentions must be made for Rajkiran , Revathy and the teenage friend of Power paandi in the movie. This is one movie, which has high names and does not rely on any skin show or vulgar dialogues. That is a major plus for the movie. If it is running in cinemas near you do take your parents also, they will enjoy this movie and my parents just loved it. 

Baahubali 2 - Conclusion

Having watched the movie almost 48 hrs later, I am still not out of the Baahubali world. This is one movie, which is beyond any review or criticism. If one says, he/she has reviewed this movie, I am sure that is made just for the sake of making one review. Has the movie lived to its hype? It is something that someone will never be worried about after experiencing Baahubali. It is an epic that has set new standards for movie making. 

Baahubali is just another movie with a son coming of age and taking revenge on the villian. Its a tried and well beaten plot, in all corners of the world and is still a subject that gets dumped on the movie goers time and again. So what sets Baahubali apart? Is it the CGI? Is it the bgm? Is it the visuals? Is it the acting? It is the mix of all the above and above all we have our man of the project Rajamouli's finest story telling blended with the right choice for acting/bgm/visuals that makes it the epitome of all such stories.

The cast rightly chosen have well complimented the tempo of the story, with the expression that is neither overdone or not much underplayed backed by the perfect BGM (from keeravani) and the CGI just enthralls the viewers. There is not a single moment when you can take the eyes off the screen, even if you are watching it the second time in cinemas. 

What stands out is the orchestration of Baahubali epic in front of you with so many things that are well crafted to relate past to the present. The high intensity drama where loyalty, corruption, love, betrayal, sibling rivalry and then finally winning of good over evil, that narration and story telling cannot be questioned. If we thought the interval block of Baahubali 1 was awesome, Baahubali 2 is thousand times enormous than that and also makes a perfect sense as to why Bhallala Deva feels bad after 25 years. There is so many such instances that co-relate and compliment the story till the end and that comes only with the best of narration. 

Even if you watch a 100 times, you will still come out of cinemas wanting more of Baahubali. 

Dhuruvangal 16

Sometimes we catch a movie for the sake of it and find them interesting, sometimes we find a movie interesting for its star cast or the star team behind it and find it - Ok not bad for a watchable. It is really, really, really really really rare you come across a movie recommended with much hype and you get to feel the same as you watch the movie and more rejuvenated once you see the title cards.

Dhuruvangal 16 is one such movie. A class movie that I have enjoyed in years. The acting was at its best, just the right amount of emotions, dialogue delivery as much as the script demanded. The editing was slick, direction and screenplay looked well orchestrated 1000 times before the actual shoot. Cannot really comment on any particular scene, since there was a subtle twist with each frame.

Will I enjoy it again? Maybe yes if I watch it after a long time. One neat product that will stay with you for long as you leave the screens.

Singam 3

So happen to watch a movie in a cinema accidentally and it was singam 3. The story starts with the murder of a commissioner and the super cop singam is deputed to investigate this further. Once you decide to watch this movie from Hari+Surya combo there are certain rules one must follow.

1) do not over think logic
2) expect lot of action sequences
3) there has to be SUVs in every frame of the movie
4) if possible get a high noise cancelling headphones

With all those criteria, is it worth a watch? Absolutely if you can sit through the
1) tedious, what and why on earth these abominations happen in the name of movie songs
2) hari's idea of a comedy track that is just turning to be a melancholic show with each movie

Surya carries the movie throughout, but one wonders whether he is out to prove his mettle as an actor or compete against BGM to prove a point as to who is louder...Sadly we could never arrive at a conclusion till we reach home. At least I cannot see a clear winner between  bgm and Surya's voice modulation. At the same time I must also acknowledge the effort put in to maintain the same physique since singam 1. The plot is good which talks about some social sense, but I wonder how many are really going to carry it home. Anushkha still seems to be in her size zero time frame, but gets the work done. Shruthi hassan has a purpose both in terms of the plot as well as the commercial perspective for the movie. Everyone else from old franchise including aachi gets to have a screen presence at least for few seconds.

All said and done you can enjoy it once if you liked the first two films and is definitely watchable in screens, ofcourse you need to have a high temperament for loudness.