kaya_natarajan

Before I write this review.. I'm an out and out Rajnikanth fan.. He is a brilliant actor but unfortunately caught in this image and unable to break off that mould. Same happens here.. mediocre story, unconvincing plot and rides solely on elevating Rajnikanth's mass image.

I saw all the guns from PUBG mobile / BGMI here. No logic, Why the blazes would someone run with his sniper rifle towards a guy having an automatic rifle?

Pointless cameos in having Shivaraj Kumar, Jackie Shroff and Mohan Lal. The villain was utterly unconvincing.. if that guy was in business for forty years how wouldn't he have not know anything about Jailer!! No logic.

Ok movie.. Rajnikanth has better movies from in the past and they are a better watch, for one watch Thillu Mullu.

Before I get into the review.. I watched the trailer, sometime back, and found it quite interesting..it also brought back memories of my grand mother wearing these.. but then I forgot about the movie until my mum said she was watching it.. so that made me look it up on OTT

Now, the movie's plot about a (pair of) thandatti missing from a dead woman's corpse, a cop getting involved in this and the development is perhaps a neat one-liner. I actually enjoyed the movie but somehow was not very convinced with the story telling. No offence to the the director / producer, applaud them for the subject, the story, the intricacies but definitely could have been a tighter, gripping presentation.

The cast did a fantastic job. Literally everyone. They delivered their roles to a T. Not just the main cast but the extras also. The music and background score was good but could be better.

End of the day, a good movie to watch (but would have stayed in memory if the treatment was better).

My review for the first movie was titled "Purists will be upset". This should have been titled "Purists will die".

I have immense respect for Mr. Maniratinam as a film maker. Technically, I do not have any qualms. The cinematography, the costumes, the art design etc. Are fabulous. The actors excel in their craft and deliver what is required of them. But I seriously wonder how many among these actors have actually read the book and thought what is happening here?!!!?

If you haven't read the book you wouldn't mind it. Unfortunately, I have and this book deserves better. This movie (and the first) should probably not have been named after the book by Mr. Kalki Krishnamurthy.