I do not know what to say. But would like to put it this way.. Imagine watching an intense cricket match and just when you think the next ball would be the decider you are interrupted by a tiring and cliched advertisement. That is what is Vijay's Thaandavam. The director deserves all the credit for whatever "Thaandavam" is.
We all are so confident of Vikram to don any new role with style and with this he doesn't pull a heroic not-forgettable performance. Not that the role is easy, it is not that challenging.
Out of his previous performances, I particularly love Madarasapattinam and Deiva Thirumagal even though the latter was inspired from some other movie. He gives a lot of attention to detail. Every pixel which comes into the frame is carefully monitored. So is with Thaandavam. The movie has an interesting plot which could have churned out to be a 1 hour suspense video but the editing-screenplay duo fails and lets you down. It puts the avid movie watcher down and difficult to lift the senses up.
Amy Jackson has an introductory song and that happens right at the start obviously so the whole mood changes. Anushka delivers a fairly decent yet forgettable performance but she does play a bold female. Someone whom I would be interested in. (Yes, you read it! - 100 points to the people who find the reason why!)
Nasser's usual tamil accent is digestable. In fact that is very much "tamil" and NOT what he speaks in Thaandavam.
Tollywood's Jagapathi Babu plays an important role in the movie. He comes up with quite an "okay" performance.
Santhanam's witty one-liners are actually witty at places but doesn't sustain throughout.
GV's 25th is a let down and so is his background score which was at a very different level in Gangs of Wasseypur. (Yes, for people who didn't know, he scored the background for GOW - I & II) Songs come in at the wrong places just for the sake of it.
Bomb blast graphics are poor! You could actually see vehicles entering into the blast area and exiting unscathed. Serious let down in the start. For flaws, you see cheerlands with USC on their tees dancing while Amy takes Vikram out to show London. (Do they have a branch there? Apologies if they did..)
Overall, Vijay has a good story on paper but fails while spinning the frame. He could have made a TV episode or a more detailed romantic flick. The village scenes were funny and worth remembering.
About the 'stolen script' accusation, I really want to congratulate the person who is accusing UTV and also Director Ameer for resigning his position following this. I mean how stupid can one be! (Ask Ameer)
About the 'stolen script' accusation, I really want to congratulate the person who is accusing UTV and also Director Ameer for resigning his position following this. I mean how stupid can one be! (Ask Ameer)
Watch Thaandavam if you wanna screw your own mood or if you are in a commenting spree - Don't miss it!
Rating: 1.5/5
Thaandavam: Doesn't entice!
No comments:
Post a Comment