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Review: Parattai Engira Azhagusundaram |
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Parattai
Engira Azhagusundaram Movie Review
Cast: Dhanush, Archana, Meera Jasmine, Nazar,
Livingston, Santhanam
Direction: Suresh Krissna
Music: Guru Kiran
Production: Yogesh KR |
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How
do we begin? Okay… The billing was great,
the build up was greater; it arrived with a bang
but will go with a whimper. This sums up the first
day reactions to Parattai Engira Azhagusundaram.
A story chosen by the Superstar especially for his
son-in-law, with great care after a lot of thought.
Yet after watching this movie one cannot help but
wonder as to what made the Superstar (no disrespect
intended) choose this story for Dhanush.
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The story begins in a village. A picture perfect
family, father, mother and son. The son (Dhanush)
is almost his mother’s shadow, never moving
out of her sight; it’s a happy content
life. But, the death of his father leaves the
family in tatters. Driven by compulsion and
emotion (for which you have to see the movie)
Dhanush leaves for the city to find work. There
he meets Nasser who employs him in his tea shop.
As he is picking up the pieces of his life,
fate hits Dhanush hard again and this time he
finds himself as the prime accused in a murder
case which actually was the result of a fight
between two gangs. This time too Nasser helps
him out of the lock up after a lot of explanations.
But fate is not prepared to let Dhanush live
a peaceful life.
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It drags him into trouble again, forces him into violence
and before he knows he is a member of one of the gangs.
Now, carrying the knife is mandatory for his survival.
Unwittingly and unwillingly, Dhanush is now a goon.
He is unable to go back to the village to meet his
mother. But what he does not know is that she is already
in the city looking for him. Here again fate gives
Dhanush a raw deal. His mother never finds him, they
never meet (in spite of coming within touching distance).
Do they meet, do mother and son reunite? The film
has all the answers. |
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Okay, so the story has lots in terms of substance
(just joking). Now it is left to the execution
of the script to make the movie a superhit.
At the helm of affairs there is Suresh Krishna.
The execution has nothing to write home about.
It is just plain ordinary. But then a director
can only shoot what is there in the script and
the script is a reflection of what the story
is and the story as we had discussed earlier
is exceptionally uninteresting.
The artistes do not have much to perform, its
just plain sailing for most of the film. Dhanush
goes through the motions, Archana is convincing
as the mother, nothing special. Meera Jasmine
is neat in a role that is limited by any standards.
Nasser’s potential has been wasted. The
only actor who leaves any impression is Ajay
Rathnam who appears as a policeman, but he has
just a few scenes and so the impact here too
is limited. |
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The
Tamil that Dhanush and some other characters speak
in the name of Thirunelveli ‘slang’ will
make the natives of Thirunelveli squirm. The attempt
looks so half baked. The technical aspects of the
movie are better off not being discussed, but this
being a movie review we decided to give a few lines
to the technical crew of Parattai. |
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The
camera handled by Velraj.R looks amateurish
at best. The images are not clear, they fade
and glare alternatively. He has placed his credentials
under the scanner with this movie. The camera
work need not be splendid or breathtaking, but
at least it has to be face saving. Compare the
standards of camera in Parattai with some of
the other recent releases and one would stop
short of calling Parattai’s camera work
pedestrian, even then one would have been generous.
Then we have the editing that seems to have
complemented the camera work. Both the worthy
technicians seem to have been in a battle of
supremacy of ‘who’s the bigger dud’.
But, they have some serious competition; Guru
Kiran with his music has shocked everyone. Leave
the songs alone, let’s discuss the background
music. Actually, there is not much to discuss,
just one final word- deplorable. |
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All
factors combine to make Parattai an experience that
you have to endure rather than enjoy in theaters.
It has proved to be a costly mistake. Dhanush’s
career will sure take a setback after the success
of Thiruvilayaadal. |
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This
is the fourth big dud in a row for Suresh Krishna;
can he come back from here? Another interesting
point. Dhanush was so impressed with Velraj’s
work during the making of Parattai that he recommended
Velraj’s name for Polladavan. Now Velraj
is handling the camera for Polladavan too!
In conclusion, this is what we have to say.
Mistakes do happen, let them not be repeated.
Fate does not play havoc in anyone’s life
as shown in Parattai. Everyone controls his
own destiny. So, Dhanush better control his
own and choose stories carefully. Otherwise
he will become the ‘Polladavan’
of the industry.
Parattai: when everything goes wrong. |
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