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Film
Review - Marudhamalai |
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By
Jyothsna and Movie Guru |
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Marudhamalai
Cast: Arjun, Nila, Vadivelu, Raghuvaran, Nasser
Direction: Suraj
Music: D Imman
Production: Oscar Ravichandran |
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Marudhamalai
is the latest action flick from the king of action, Arjun.
And when Oscar Ravichandran is backing the project the expectation
and curiosity naturally soars. |
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The
story is about a young man(!?) Arjun who is trained
by his constable father to become a respected police
officer. Arjun passes and gets posted in a place called
Nachiapuram which is run by a king maker Lal who has
made sure that elections are not conducted there for
sixteen years. Anyone who dares to file their nomination
paper ends up being slaughtered in public. Raghuvaran
who is the election commissioner comes to Nachiapuram
to conduct the long pending election which is naturally
disliked by the king maker. On the day of election
Lal tries to disrupt the peace and Arjun intervenes
and arrests him. The villain pledges to take revenge
and the rest of the story is about whether Lal succeeds
in beating Arjun or whether Arjun has the last word?
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If
the story reminds you of the recent Ajith starrer Kreedom,
it is only natural especially the first half but this movie
is more of a commercial pot boiler. Suraj who directed Sundar
C’s Thalainagaram wields the megaphone in Marudhamalai
too. He has given a fast first half, but romance and action
act as speed breaker in the second half. Please leave your
thinking cap outside the theatres as the director does not
seem to give credit to the audience’s intelligence.
There is a sequence where the villain is in remand for fifteen
days and the related events that happen outside far exceed
the fifteen day mark. There is no synchronization of Nila’s
voice with her lip movement and in many scenes dialogues seem
to continue even after she closes her mouth. |
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In the acting department, Arjun as the action hero
proves yet again why he is called the Action king.
He has acted well and has done the action sequence
with passion. Nila is there for filling the glamour
quotient and is beautiful in the songs. Nasser and
Raghuvaran also have done a neat job. Lal as the villain
is plain average. Vadivelu is actually the real hero
of the movie, he is a complete laugh riot, and his
English usage will surely go down well with the masses.
But sometimes his comedy degrades police personnel
a lot which could have been avoided.
In the technical department the movie has a passable
music score by Imman. Vaithiya and V.K. Senthil Kumar
take care of cinematography and the shots where Lal
meets Raghuvaran and challenges are fine examples.
Dance choreography by Raju Sundaram has nothing special
but his taste in ‘Yennavilai’ song is
a worrying factor for Tamil cinema. The action sequences
are over the top with no respect to gravity or physics.
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On
the whole a good fun filled first half and illogical second
half explains Marudhamalai. B and C Centers may lap it up.
Verdict - Fun filled first half and illogical second
half
Stars -
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