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| Chennai
28 - Special Visitor Review |
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Hi
Behindwoods,
The following is my review on the recent blockbuster
Chennai 600028. I hope to get it published in the
visitor's review section.
Chennai 600028 – Best entertainer of the year
If Tamil movie buffs and critics start to think
of the most impressive and off-beat films released
this year, the line up of films would be Paruthi
Veeran, Mozhi….! For them, my suggestion would
be…Folks! Please put Chennai 600028 on top
of the list.
As a critic, it has been a very tough job writing
review for this movie as I have already enjoyed
watching this movie more than 5 times. Debutant
director Venkat Prabhu has done
a fabulous job in making this film look realistic,
subtle, interesting and what not. Producer S
P Charan needs special mention as it requires
lots of calculated risks in producing a film based
on Tennis Ball Cricket and that
too after burning his fingers badly in the movie
Mazhai. Don't worry Charan, hope you've got ten
times the amount you had lost in Mazhai through
this wonderful movie Chennai 600028.
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The entire plot of the film revolves around
the cricket team SHARKS belonging
to the locality Visalatchi Thottam(actually
Sandhanai Kalvai) in Chennai 600028. Do they
have the potential and talent to beat Rockers
CC of Royapuram in 2006 Tennis Ball
Cricket tournament is what the film is all about.
SP Balasubramaniam begins the
movie introducing all the team members in SHARKS
in a very innovative manner though not a new
attempt in Tamil Cinema.
Raghu of Rockers shifts to Chennai 600028 as
his Dad has got transferred to R A Puram Police
station. Now the obvious thing is how Raghu
handles the gang SHARKS residing in Visalatchi
Thottam. R J Shiva (Karthik) who is the Captain
of SHARKS team and a brother to a local Goondah
has done the job so perfect that his dialogue
delivery and expressions in all the scenes are
so subtle and realistic that we have a feel
there are many such characters in the society
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Seenu(Premji Amaran), owner of a petty shop in the
locality and the so-called all rounder has done the
role of a comedian to near perfection whether it is
timely delivery of 'Enna Kodumai ..Sir' or patching
the team members when there is a rift, he excels in
all scenes. Premji Amaran has handled the tough job
of composing the comical background score for him
and also for the entire movie. The background score
has been tremendous whether it is cricket match or
an action sequence or a romantic scene, Premji has
performed really well.
Real tough job in making these movies would be writing
the screenplay and Venkat Prabhu has proven that he
is one among the best upcoming script writers in the
industry. Venkat Prabhu and his team have worked really
hard to make sure that each and every frame in the
film looks so real and interesting. Kudos to Venkat
and his team!
Yuvan Shankar Raja has been very instrumental in giving
his best to this movie. The title song is good. 'Jalsa'
is already a chartbuster and 'Saroja Saman Nikalo'
rocks and once it hits the small screen it is bound
to rule the state at least for few months. SPB's Yaaro
is a real pleasant number.
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Also
Charan's version of Yaaro can be applauded.
The duet for Arvind Aakash( previously Harvinder
Singh) and the newcomer Christine has been very
well scored by Yuvan and captured by Shakthi
Saravanan. Composing the song 'Natpukkulle'
is an effortless job for Yuvan as he has already
mastered that art given his previous record.
All other artistes in the film have done a neat
job right starting with Ilavarasu, Nithin Sathya(Pazhani),
Jai(Raghu), Ambulance driver Ezhumalai, Mechanic
Gopi, Prasanna(Shan), Ranjith( Body Builder
Imran), characters Arivu and Uday. Director
Agathiyan's daughter Vijayalakshi makes her
debut in this film as Selvi (sister to Nithin
Sathya in the movie). RJ Shiva falls in love
with Selvi and there are many interesting sequences
when they meet. |
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As
it is already said that screenplay is the key to this
film, there needs to be a special mention about events
happening on a single day. The day starts off with
Jai getting ready in the morning and goes eagerly
for playing cricket and gets dejected after having
found that he is not in the Rockers' team. Adding
to the wound is the quarrel with SHARKS team after
Imran breaks the photo frame in Jai's house. SHARKS
team after having spoilt their mood with Jai, decide
to booze and realize that none of them have bucks
for boozing. They decide to make money through a bet
match (idea given by Ilavarasu's assistant) and finally
play a bet match with young school boys. This match
is a real funny and a superb match. These sequences
in a day are so natural and interesting. Good work
by Venkat and Shakthi Saravanan…Keep it up!
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Finally
the tournament arrives, and our boys this time
had to meet ROCKERS in Semi-final itself and
that too with Captain RJ Shiva not playing for
the team as he is in the hospital recovering
from injury. Whether SHARKS beat ROCKERS in
Semi-finals and enter finals to lift the Radio
Mirchi 2006 Cricket tournament Cup is the climax
of the movie.
Venkat Prabhu's debut film is the real summer
treat for all of us. An apt casting, subtle
comedy, natural lighting, tailor-made music,
great background score and a perfect direction
are the highlights of Chennai 600028.
One question that arises in everyone's mind
would be – Venkat, is there any sequel
to Chennai 600028? After Munna Bhai MBBS, this
is one movie that can be thoroughly enjoyed
by people of all generations. |
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Bottomline:
A must watch for all cricket fans and a great entertainer
for all movie buffs and all non-movie goers too!
A Review by
Jagadees
Chennai 600007
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