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| Masilamani
Movie Review |
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| Review
by : Behindwoods review board |
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Starring:
Nakul,
Sunaina
Direction:
R N R Manohar
Music:
D Imman
Production:
AGS Entertainment |
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Looks
like there is no respite from
the dry spell cast by the lack
of new releases at the box office.
And lesser said the better about
the ones released. SUN Pictures’
Masilamani gives you an instant
hangover of having watched too
many movies over a very short
period of time. The script feels
like a medley-mash of movies
released over the past decade.
And it wouldn’t be possible
for us name each of them since
the list runs to pages.
Masi (Nakul) is college student,
who is also a social activist.
For example, if there is a block
in his street’s open water
drain he would run up to the
MLA’s house and wreak
havoc. And if there is an eve-teasing
incident on the buses that run
in his area, he would bash the
miscreants to armor the innocent
girls. Sunaina, however, mistakes
his so-called social activism
to anti-socialism. On the other
hand, Nakul has fallen for her
hook, line and sinker and realizes
that she’s his ideal girl.
So to win her heart, he wins
her family’s first. Under
the disguise of Mani, who is
Mr. Deeds. The whole world and
her family, of course, know
Mani except Sunaina. And when
she finds out that both Masi
and Mani are the same, she has
to decide whom she has fallen
for.
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With a brittle story like that, director
Manohar treads the script with aides in
the name of comedy, only to abruptly leave
it after a certain point of time. The comedy
track, handled by MS Baskar, although inadequately
written, provides comic relief. Baskar’s
different getups from famous movies including
Sivaji, Alavandhan and Ghajini manage to
bring smiles, if not a hearty laughter.
And Baskar has Karunas to company.
Nakul – Sunaina looks an item. Everything
from their chemistry and acting has considerably
improved ever since their first time together.
We only wished the movie had little more
substance to sustain people’s interest.
Imman’s score is largely passé
except for the Dora Dora song, penned by
Pa. Vijay. The Kavidai Gundar song Odi Vilayadu
fails to recreate their usual magic.
While the movie starts off promisingly,
20 minutes later, we find ourselves shifting
in our seats counting the seconds and scratching
the seats for the interval to come up. The
second half gathers momentum, but only to
culminate into a banal climax.
Thus, Masilamani is necessarily targeted
for the B and C centers, for people who
have long forgotten the Tullada Manamum
Tullum days.
Verdict:
Only if you are a die-hard Nakul & Sunaina
fan
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