Kumki

Great direction, superb re recording and awesome acrting by everyone. Great cinematography.. This is a must watch.. Hardly get to see such kind of quality movies when all stupid movies are grossing 500 plus crores with no content. Even the comedy in the movies awesome and very different.

This is a must watch.. Hardly get to see such kind of quality movies when all stupid movies are grossing 500 plus crores with no content. Even the comedy in the movies awesome and very different.

This is a must watch.. Hardly get to see such kind of quality movies when all stupid movies are grossing 500 plus crores with no content. Even the comedy in the movies awesome and very different.

Kumki was both disappointing and amazing. But If I have to talk about the overall experience, I must say the disappointment over whelms the amazement.

If you are going for this movie expecting that it's a story about a kumki elephant (a trained elephant that's used to scare away even herds of wild, savage, forest elephants) you are going to be disappointed. There was this 5 minute scene where an experienced rider coaches the main character about the bond between the rider and the elephant. About how the will power of the rider fuels the will of the elephant. About how the courage of the rider gives courage to the elephant (sounds avatar-ish, but true). I was so waiting for this throughout the movie. But disappointingly, the whole movie is more about the bond between the main character and his tribal love interest whom he keeps oogling at from a distance while she merrily frolics in the paddy fields.

What's amazing about this move is the cinematography. Many shots in the movie especially those in the songs "ayyayyayyo aanandame", "sollitaale ava kaadale", "soi soi" are breath taking. Gave me goose bumps.

So if want to walkthrough an art gallery of some stunning landscape shots, I mean really stunning shots, go watch the movie, you will be impressed.

Kumki makes you go speechless with its amazing cinematography. It was a spectacular visual treat, the movie is a colorful poem. Directior Prabhu Solomon knows the pulse of the audience and Kumki is yet another feather to his cap. The movie has Thambi Ramaiah making you laugh almost in every scene he is seen.

The lead pair Vikram prabhu and Lakshmi menon have portrayed pleasantly. Its been a longtime since a movie on Elephant and Human friendship was seen in tamil cinema. There are beautiful plots in the movie expressing soft emotions.

The elephant Manickam steals everyone's heart he is majestic and cute. The music by Imman is brilliant, the whole movie hall went crazy for each and every song. A must watch in Cinema Hall for the breathtaking locations.

Kumki has fast become one of the many memorable movies of contemporary Tamil cinema.

Vikram Prabhu has done justice to the role. His 'Bomman' is portrayed with an integrity that remains concrete through the movie. Lakshmi Menon as 'Alli' does not have a huge role to play and is not as impressive as veteran actresses but is acceptable all the same. The comedy track with Thambi Ramaiah does get predictable and grates towards the end of the movie. Manickam does not disappoint!

That said and done the script is handled with surprising brilliance, apart from the comedy actually. The direction, music and special effects are beautiful. The location the film is shot in is very well incorporated into the film and brings to the movie a sense of realism that very few movies can capture.

A definite must watch for connoisseurs of good and worthwhile Cinema. Definitely a feather in our cap!

I am typing this review while the movie is playing. I am that bored. the story line is simple and would have made it good if the movie was around 75 min. too many songs and unnecessary scenes. It would have been better if the movie was based in an old time frame around 1940s. Just saw the climax, the movie sucked. nothing more needs to be said. The site apparently won't let me post a brief review - very much like the movie. The climax at the least could have been done much better. It's too brief and one cannot distinguish which amongst the elephants are winning. I read the other reviews and noticed the praise for the videography. I was not particularly impressed. With the camera technology these days any jackass with half an eye can produce mediocre pics. the music too is nothing to write home about. Having watched the story of pi, I wonder how an English man would have worked the movie. it is movies like these which justify the criticism that English movies are better than tamil ones. so you ask me what I liked best in the movie? That's easy to answer! its the end credits.