Pasupathy
is Sreenivasan, the poor but acerbic barber;
Rajini is Mamooty, the mythic star who runs
into his old school chum when he comes to
shoot in the village. Mamooty had an extended
cameo role in Katha Paryumbol – the
movie was really the barber’s story.
If Kuselan retains the best of Sreenivasan’s
witty and intelligent dialogues, it should
work beautifully. Because the strength and
successes of a film based on his screenplay
are always the sharp, mocking dialogues.
We know Rajini has a larger role in Kuselan
but if he takes centre stage, what happens
to the barber? The original told the story
not only through the barber’s eyes
and ears but his wry, cynical sensibility.
The idea to reverse the central character
from the barber to the superstar is actually
interesting, and could make for an even
more fascinating film. One thing we all
know for certain is that no actor is more
moving than Rajini when it comes to scenes
involving old childhood friends meeting
again. We can already imagine how charged
with emotion the scene where the old school
friends- the barber and the star –
meet, are going to be. |
