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ENGIRA BASKARAN – SMS ONCE AGAIN, COULD HAVE BEEN
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Formula
movies are not a new phenomenon to the
Tamil film industry. Director Rajesh having
delivered success in his first attempt
Siva Manasula Sakthi (SMS) has tried to
deliver the same prescription in a different
capsule this time around, albeit to lesser
success. Boss Engira Baskaran (BEB) follows
very much on the lines of SMS. Right from
the funny way the protagonists of the
movie meet, to the bankable friend Santhanam,
a doting mother and a playful-yet-affectionate
sister everything follows the plan. But
somehow this time, being able to predict
every one of the scenes that is going
to unravel in front of your eyes, does
not give you a sense of boredom that invariably
follows a predictable plot.
Baskaran’s (Arya) elder brother
is married to Chandrika’s (Nayantara)
sister. Boss aka Baskaran who already
has met Chandrika in a
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bus and at his college, falls for her and decides
to ask her hand in marriage. When people from both
families reject him for the same reason (non-bankablity
and lack-of-a-source-of-income), he decides to prove
himself in the next six months. How he accomplishes
the feat and wins Chandrika is the rest of the movie.
Santhanam
steals the show. When he is executing his own brand
of banter, he is the master of comedy, hands-down.
Only in scenes where he tries to attempt the Vivek/Vadivelu
line of comedy does he fall miserably short. (The
scene in front of the theatre, where he gets beaten
by the fans of Thala and Thalapathy was very Vadivelu)
Arya has done his role well. But the cameo appearance
of Jeeva at the end of the film shows the gulf between
the two actors when it comes to body language, timing
and voice modulation. Nayantara has been given an
opportunity to express her acting skills and she
has done well here by doing so, than just trying
to make up for it with her wooing presence and the
movie stands to gain by that. It is a very sad fact
that she does not get roles like these more often.
The music scored by Yuvan is more about enjoyment
than impressive. Unlike SMS (Oru Kal Oru Kannadi…),
there are no songs that you are going to want to
hear before you turn in for the night.
In the last five minutes of the movie, the director
voice-over seems more cheeky than funny. There are
lines a movie-maker crosses at his own risk and
liberties such as these make the movie more like
a comedy series on TV rather than made for the big
screen.
From the days of Chennai 28, Tamil Padam and now
BEB have taken the new formula of reminding the
audience of old movies and evoking laughter to a
higher degree. But then, they need more homework
from their leads if this new genre is to stay in
the movie industry. Even before Chennai 28, veteran
actor Satyaraj had been very successful at this
genre only because of his uncanny ability to stay
on his toes. The newer generation needs to remember
that the leads need a better understanding of the
script. This becomes all the more evident when Jeeva
comes on to the screen and reminds one and all why
SMS was better than BEB. It needs the actor to go
down and depict a better picture as the vagabond.
This was something that SMS bought to the forefront
and Arya is found lacking here.
Director Rajesh may have pulled it off this time,
but only the future knows if this movie shows off
his best works.
User Rating: 6/10
Susindhar Kandan
susitk@gmail.com
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Engira Baskaran, Arya,
Nayanthara,
Santhanam,
Rajesh,
Yuvan
Shankar Raja |
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