Many years ago, I saw the tamil flick called Badri and I have become a fan of Vijay for his next door looks and charm. There was no stopping until his blockbuster Ghilli. Almost, I admired him in every movie. Some are pathetic but mostly he retained his fans for his hit songs and mass hero appearance. It all started in Kuruvi where I totally pissed off with his stereotype performances and didn’t give much of an attention to him. Off late, his decent performances in Kavalan and Nanban showed glimpses of improvisation and finally Thuppaki got me back : ) This post is the review of the recently running super hit movie Thuppaki
Next to Sankar its AR Murugadoss who knows the pulse of tamil movie audience very well. I always liked his narration technique in all his movies from Dheena till 7 aam Arivu. Though the telugu flick Stallin is not up to the mark. Thuppaki story plot is similar to the 1981 tamil movie Ranuva Veeran starring Rajinikanth and Chiranjeevi. Nothing big about it. An army man returns home for his leaves and cleaning up the city from the hands of sleeper cell. It’s the screenplay and the oomph factor called Vijay kept Thuppaki every one on the edge of the seats all over the movie.
Let downs:
Since I wanted to finish the post in positive note, let me list down those that I felt a bit like uhhhhh – cud have been better
Songs : This is a huge let down for such a hi profile movie. Though the producer found the right music man, I felt listening to same jingles for umpteenth time. I always liked Harris music (including Maatraan) just for the fact that it feels nice to hear though repetitive. But in Thuppaki, he didn’t get the attention. Partly because the story itself travels with all the thrills and ooh-haas. This movie will still be wonderful with out songs.
Kajal Agarwal : Its not about Kajal Agarwal, but she took quiet too much time in the movie which dented the pace to an extent. Its perfectly understandable that a movie these days will not work with out a charming leading lady but could have saved some bucks with minimum scenes.
Old age Arm fix technology : All izz well until the climax. The climax fight could have been better if the protagonist fighted with brain more than muscle as he was already beaten up bad. The scene where vijay fixes his broken arm with a twist-shrug action is like WTF…
Lifters:
What made this movie so good though the story is a vintage one ? Vijay did his usual role, what made him stand out ?
Screenplay:
This is the top notch item that lifted the movie. Easily, its AR Murugadoss’ favorite ground too. He crafted the screen play scene by scene. He did good research to justify many scenes. Like how sleeper cell work etc., My favourite scene on this was when captain jagadeesh and co goes on to kill all the 12 terrorist on same time. Understandably, its not the practical thing that happens but this is exactly the cinema, this is exactly the presentation, this is exactly the james bonds or Jason bournes of Hollywood. Infact the Indian version is far better for Indians.
Background Music:
The bgm carries a special mention. The scenes where Vijay and co follows the 12 guys and many other places. The BGM just lifts the excitement. Though songs are let downs, BGM surely lifted it up.
Dialogues:
The famous ‘I am Waiting’ though taken from TAKEN, sounds and gels a lot better when it comes from Vijay. Another sequence was when vijay explains the security guy on his house terrace with the guns on the table. The whole dialogue flow was so emotional and well crafted. Apart from those, the funny instances where Satyan utters ‘Betormax lightayy than venuma’ and ofcourse Jairam’s delivery with his sweet malyalam accent all added beauty.
Vijay:
This is the man who stands out with the help of all other above mentioned factors. Its impressive the way he tuned his body, still retained his charm and most of all acted well with out punch dialogues. This is the vijay any one wanted to see. I believe he understood now that he don’t need punch dialogues to prove his mettle. He don’t need gravity defying sequences to reach the masses. I believe he learnt his lesson and be more matured in selecting future movies. I am sure Waiting : )
Overall, this is a clean entertainment who loves action, thrill, sentiment and a bit of comedy. Don’t try to analyse too much on the logic part. If you do so, then do it for your favourite james bonds, mission impossibles and bournes first ;)
