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Starring:
S.P.B. Charan, Siva, Premji Amaran, Kajal Agarwal, Nikitha,
Prakash Raj, Jayaram
Direction: Venkat Prabhu
Music: Yuvan Shankar Raja
Production: Amma Creations |
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ordinary day, four ordinary men, one extraordinary occurrence.
This is the tagline of Saroja. A story packed into one day
in the lives of four men, Tamil cinema rarely has attempts
that are this different. But then, what else do you expect
from the team that gave us Chennai 600028, not a run of the
mill commercial mix. Saroja has been in the news ever since
it was launched for all the right reasons, and if the movie
even partially lives up to the expectations generated, we
are surely in for a good time.
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Most
of the Chennai 28 team is back together for Saroja,
headed by Venkat Prabhu carrying an enormous responsibility
in only his second movie. The cast consists of Premgi
Amaran, SPB Charan apart from a few experienced hands
like Prakash Raj and Jayaram. Kajal Aggarwal, Nikitha
and Vega play the female leads. The story connects four
totally unrelated men who find themselves drawn into
a mysterious murder. Random personalities being connected
by one event, doesn’t that ring a bell- does it
sound a bit like the randomness that Dasavatharam was
made of? Well, there is randomness but it is not inspired
from Dasavatharam, parallels have been drawn with the
internationally acclaimed Babel where one story connects
people in different continents. But Venkat Prabhu has
categorically stated that there is nothing beyond the
concept of one event and unrelated people that is common
to Babel and Saroja. Saroja is completely original.
Yuvan has scored the music, and as always, he has done
a good job. The interesting thing to watch out here
is how the composer and director have worked together
to make songs fit neatly into a script with such a short
time span, a tough job even for veterans. |
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we said earlier, Saroja has been in the news for a long time.
Much of the credit for that goes to Chennai 28. But there are
certain highlights like the huge traffic block scene that was
shot at a high cost that belong entirely to Saroja. Memories
of Chennai 28 have definitely helped Saroja gain attention.
But, as Venkat Prabahu said, that apart from the team behind
the movie, Saroja has no similarity to Chennai 28 and once the
movie releases, it will have to stay on its own merits. And
we are sure that the young team has ensured that. |
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