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| SINGAM
MOVIE REVIEW |
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by : Behindwoods review board |
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Starring:
Suriya, Anushka, Prakash Raj, Vivek, Manoramma.
Direction:
Hari
Music:
Devi Sri Prasad
Production:
BIG Pictures |
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The
much-awaited Hari-Suriya combo is back
in this landmark 25th film of Suriya.
The story was initially narrated to Vijay
for his 50th film by Hari but for some
reasons Vijay could not do it and Suriya
lapped it up.
Throughout the career graph of Suriya,
the actor has diligently worked towards
balancing the niche and the mass and this
time around he has proven once again that
he can deliver a commercial masala flick
with as finesse as he can deliver a performance-oriented
film. It is Suriya all over; the guy stumps
with some gravity defying stunts, mouths
a few intense sentimental dialogues, floors
his lady partner passionately and challenges
the baddies and cleanses the society from
obnoxious elements.
Durai Singam is the SI of Nallur police
station who is into the police force mainly
to satisfy his father. His ambition is
to expand his provision stores |
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business
to a super market. All the same, he is sincere in
his work and is the darling of his town as he settles
many disputes in his town amicably. Mayilvaganan (Prakash
Raj), the fraudster from Chennai, involved in criminal
activities, gets trapped into a police case which
requires him to sign in Nallur police station for
a period of 15 days. There is a proxy who comes to
do this job in the police station which triggers an
encounter between Prakash Raj and Suriya that leads
into a series of events between the two which form
the rest of Singam.
Meanwhile, an offshoot of this plot is the love angle
between Anushka and Suriya, the former comes to the
village to her grand parents place for vacation and
bumps in to the latter. Thankfully, it is not love
at the second meeting but something that happens gradually
with believable events.
Vivek as Erimalai takes charge of comedy in Singam
as Suriya’s subordinate and acquits himself
well. The comedy scenes do bring the intended effect
and the lorry scene which results in Vivek’s
suspension tops the list. There are many such enjoyable
instances which are sure to get into the comedy channels
soon.
Anushka looks good and acts too. When she is on the
phone with Suriya and gets caught by her father Nasser,
the instant play of expression to get out of the situation
is noteworthy. The lady does have a good future. She
rides on twin horses with glamorous costumes in the
song sequences and a homely demeanor in the rest of
the film. Radha Ravi and Sumithra as the parents of
Suriya do a convincing job. The other supporting cast
members are satisfactory.
Music by Devi Sri Prasad is nothing to rave about
except the En Idhayam number. However, the morphing
technique adopted to cover a few frames in this number
is unwarranted. Background score is also ordinary.
True to the name Singam, the film is dominated by
action sequences but there is no blood and gore. Cinematographer
Priyan has done a decent job.
Director Hari has stuck to his genre and has delivered
a crisp film. Although the events and the premise
are not something new in Singam and the formula of
one scene each of ‘action-romance-sentiments-comedy',
is strictly adhered to, he should be credited for
rendering an engaging and entertaining product. He
succeeds in holding the interest of the audience to
a larger extent and satisfies the viewers.
However, in the second half, the interactions between
the villain and hero get a bit drab and seem to drag
on. There is not much of an intelligence displayed
by the villain to counter the hero except in the climax.
On the whole, Hari has concocted and packaged his
masala contents in the right proportion and has served
a tasty dish.
Verdict:
Engaging masala
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Review, Suriya,
Anushka,
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Devi
Sri Prasad,
Vivek,
Prakash
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