Polladhavan - Review

Polladhavan’s story line is no different from the movies like Dhil, Krieedom, Malaikottai and so on. Its about a guy who lands up in a freaky encounter with the villain and how he ends up running around and towards the ends run behind the villain group – and kills them violently.
And yes, our hero will also have a love interest – so that the viewers can see some catchy duets.

So is Polladhavan yet another run of the mill movie? I wouldn’t say so – the reason being the way in which the movie is taken with some truly great shots. The screenplay is fantastic and director vetrimaran seems to have taken enough precaution about how Dhanush should be shown. Had he not taken this caution, Polladhavan could have well become a disaster like Sullan.

It’s good to see Dhanush pick up movies that will work for him. One only wishes that he had taken this maturity 2-3 years back – in which case we would have all seen him doing movies like Kaadhal. And looks like he had taken serious note about the comments passed on his body type – he seems to have put on some weight and by the looks of it he will get into a six-pack shape by his next movie. As usual his acting in Polladhavan is mind-blowing and has proven again that if given a good script, he can shoulder a full movie with ease.

Divya (erstwhile Kuthu Ramya) doesn’t have anything major to do – but looks stunning in the song sequence (especially Nenjodu song).

Murali has Dhanush father is A class. Karunas and Santham do the usual job of hero’s friends.
One wishes that the director could have avoided the stereo-type north madras based villains. It looks too repetitive.

Though the songs are catchy – it certainly acts as an obstacle – for the otherwise racy movie.
Though Polladhavan does have it share of clichés (like North Madras Villains, usual love interest and songs), watch it for Dhanush and the novel script written by debutant director Vettrimaran!

Om Shanti Om - Review

Watch OSO and get a reconfirmation that Shahrukh Khan is the most clever and shrewd film-maker in India. Its very rare to see someone who is touted as the super-star of Indian Cinema taking up a re-incarnation based story (that is beaten up to death now) and promote as such it’s the best ever movie made in the last 2 decades. After watching the movie, I feel such a promotion is indeed required for this movie – and King Khan has done a very calculative move in terms of promotion.

OSO is a very ordinary movie and if not for King Khan, it would have been a disaster and got back into the cans within a few days run. But King Khan does an impossible act and then support it with never-seen movie promotion by having OSO events all over the place. As he rightly pointed out the only thing he didn’t do is write Om Shanti Om in his forehead.

But when you sit in the theatre and watch OSO – never have me found even a single scene as boring. Ofcourse, you have to keep away from logical thinking for 2.45 hours and what you get by doing this is – you get entertained royally. You have mushy romance, comedy, sentiment, over-acting by Khan, feel good one liners (like sachhi – muchhii) and above all get to see all your favorite stars in a song – that is choreographed in a fantastic manner.

I’m not even going to talk about the story. What is interesting is the backdrop in which the story is told and get into some risky areas by mocking at others in the film industry - and King Khan excel in laughing at himself – which I guess he and his close friend Karan has mastered (laughing at yourself)

Deepika Padukone (as Shanti Priya) is looking awesome and she doesn’t have anything major in the movie. She has all it takes to give a tough fight with the current crop of bollywood actress. Guess a south Indian has finally arrived to take up the legacy of Sridevi.

Farah Khan has proved that she has everything to become a sooper-duper masala movie maker and she doesn’t seems to have put a false face by saying she is here to make a different movie. OSO is a movie that you can watch and come out with a smiling face – as the movie does have “Happpys-endings” – and be rest assured that picture baki nahin hai!!! And yes don’t miss the end credits – one of the most innovative credit rolls seen in Indian cinema!!!