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Movie Review : SANDAKKOZHI |
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Cast: Vishal,
Meera Jasmine, Raj Kiran, Lal
Music Director: Yuvan Shankar Raja
Cinematography: Jeeva, Nirav Shah
Dialogues: Ramakrishna
Producer: Vikram Krishna
Director: Lingusamy
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Sandakkozhi
It is the usual story of an unlikely hero rising
up against the feudal villains. But, what lends
credibility to Sandakkozhi is the manner in which
the revengeful attitude is developed. The screenplay
amply showcases sequences to bring out the transition
from a suave urbanite to a rampaging fighter.
The contrast is striking. |
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The story kicks off from Chennai. Balu (Vishal)
and Karthik are college mates and decide to spend
their vacation at Theni, the latter’s native
village. Karthik has a bubbly sister Hema(Meera
Jasmine) who is always up to some or the other
pranks. Balu falls in love with Hema.
Enter the menacing village headman, Kasi(Lal).
Balu crosses his path on a chance instance and
a hurt Kasi decides to take his revenge on Balu.
Kasi starts troubling Karthik’s family.
Besides, he also comes to know about Balu’s
family. Balu is the son of Durai(Rajkiran), the
head man of another village near Madurai. Kasi
attempts a showdown with Durai but finds little
success. Tired of Lal’s activities, Balu
enters the ring and finishes him off.
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It is the second movie in Tamil for the dark
and handsome hero, Vishal. It is a complete
performance from him whether as the shy city
lad or the searing youngster out to destroy
the villain. Meera Jasmine has proved her mettle
as the effervescent village girl and her innocent
eyes and wide smile are a big plus for the character
of Hema.
The film’s greatest plus point is undoubtedly
Rajkiran who has come up with a stellar portrayal
as the dignified head man who can roll up his
sleeves and cut down the villains like banana
trees. Lal, the Malayalam producer has also
done a good job and his performance in the climax
scene is superb. Full marks to Stunt master
Kanal Kannan for the breathtaking sequence.Camera
work by Jeeva and Nirav Shah has captured the
locations beautifully and Yuvan’s music
has played a complementary role to perfection.
The background score and rerecording are excellent.
Lingusamy, who gave successive hits with movies
like Anandham and Run had struck a lean patch
after the failure of Ji last year. He has bounced
back in style with Sandakkozhi. The second half
of the film more than makes up for the uneven
tempo in the first half. Lingusamy has given
a total commercial entertainer.
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