Mithran Jawahar-Dhanush combination worked out once again in Uthamaputhiran (as usual to some reasonable extent). I would rate this movie 2nd after 'Yaaradi Nee Mohini' in their combo.
Dhanush... We have to appreciate Dhanush for having realised quickly (after Sullan) that heroism and image driven movies are not his cup of tea. He is consistent in delivering casual acting. In Uthamaputhiran also he has maintained his consistency. But Dhanush, we are expecting Pudupettai kind of performance also at times from you.
Genelia.. I have always considered Jenelia's cuteness as over dosage. But she has kept things within limits in this movie. Surprisingly (may not be surprising for her fans), she looks gorgeous in this movie. Be it the wedding Saree in the initial scenes or the jeans-Tshirt during their travel to pudukottai or half-saree in Dhanush house, wow! Beauty!!! But it is sad that we could not see her much in 2nd half.
Vivek.. This can be called a 'kind of come back' movie for Vivek. I was able to see people continuously laughing throughout the second half (because of Emotional Ekambaram). This is a response which Vivek didn't get for quite some years because of Vadivelu's replacement. But definitely, I wont call this is a great comedy work by Vivek. Though there couple of quality humour scenes, others were only for people who tend to laugh even for the simplest of comedies.
Star cast is huge in this movie with K.Bahgyaraj, Karunas, Ashish Vidyarthi, Sundarraj, Rekha, Ambika and the list is huge. One person whom I would wish to mention is that telugu actor (Jayaprakash Reddy). Over acting! This Jayaprakash, Brahmanandam etc might be great comedians in Andhra, but that too much of reaction is not what we at Tamilnadu are looking for.
Songs of
Vijay Antony doesn't show signs of becoming big hit as his songs usually are.
Mithran Jawahar. He has successfully managed to give another decent remake. But I have a question (for both him and Raaja). Whatever movies they have remade so far are not very different or trend setting movies from other languages. All these are very casual entertainers. We have the potential in TN to give better entertainers. Of course, remaking is not something wrong but when it is believed that tamil film industry has pool of creative people, why do so much of remakes?
Uthamaputhiran is like a happy and easy drive in highway without bothering about route (here I relate to logic). It can be a nice feel to see this movie together with family in theatre (or at home with a decent print of DVD. Sorry for promoting piracy).
@Karthik : I dont think the director has used the perfect touch of Genelia in this film.I hope Genelia has done better in other languages than in tamil. This is my opinion.
ReplyDeleteOn the whole movie was a good entertainer. But the story line up was not a different one. And also these Villan characters replicates the same as the previous movies(Padikathavan).