Kumararaja Thiagaraja has thrown an another explosive mix of sleaze, philosophy, suspense, noir and fun at the Tamil audience and challenges them into judging his film. For an audience that has been fed with very simplistic and neat stuff, the heady mix this film offers is going to take some time to find resonance with.
for people who take offence to the sleaze in the movie, one can only imagine Samantha holding a knife to their neck and beaming, if that was all they had to grab in all that was offered.
Four seemingly simple narratives make the film. But It is the way these stories are packed with some interesting twists and promising performances and the way these narratives are knotted together at unassuming junctions, that gravitates the experience this film offers. For quite a long time into the movie, even beyond the interval in the middle, the stories seemed disconnected and i was convinced the director should have made this into a graphic novel, rather than a movie. But once the connections between the story lines start revealing themselves the movie seemed to open so many interesting possibilities and you start realising that the fun has just started.
For me, the fun party reaches its ecstatic climax in the Super deluxe movie that plays within the movie, and a cutely winking Manushiyaputhiran featured in it topped it all..
The early part of the film, when the narratives slowly unfold was a little dreary but some scintilating features help the viewer hold on, looking forward to what was forth coming. It is crossing over this dreary initial phase that might be the biggest challenge to the viewer and the success of the movie.
Some promising signals that this initial part held out, like the cool and casual Qazi ( can't help mention the stylish cat featured on his shirt), the drama and fun he and his accomplices promised to deliver; the interesting projection of the Rasukutti character ( can't help mention the shot capturing Rasukutti from behind, capturing him putting on his shirt and walking upto the edge of the terrace and looking down for his father, holding the frame in all majesty, quite extraordinary for a quaint figure) as holding out a big potential, making you wait to see how this 'little semi colon' of brilliance was to deliver; the little quirky noir part (that eventually fizzles out to nothing) also held out a captivating glamour to the movie; Fahad Fazil's Character that is of someone left to lurch in difficult waters and his performance that is of someone struggling to put up a calm and equanimous appearance held out promise in waiting to see how this character swims to out of trouble; and finally the suspense hanging around Ramyakrishnan's Character all make it worth the rigour in crossing the dreary part of the movie.
But once the criss crosses in the story lines start revealing interesting patterns and exciting possiblities and the narratives are steered to an exciting track and some brilliant performances unfold, namely the charecter of the Police officer, and some impossible twists to the tales like that of the alien Charecter appear, you know that the fun in the Party is out of hands and has reached hallucinogenic levels and you are just left asking for more..
the picture frames of the movie remind one of frames from a graphic novel. There are Windows with interesting designs, floors with interesting patters, Block houses that appear the same all over and dull. Vijaysethupathi is very convincing in his portrayal of the Charecter of a transgender. His costume and appearance add a lot of colour to the movie.
Some of the dialogues in the movie sparkle with a freshness and timelessness. Many of Fahad 's ramblings though grossly out of place and context make one sit up, like when he quips, why condone only caste sentiments, when any identity related sentiment like nation, language are celebrated and revered. The brilliance in Rasukutti charecter signs of with the moving words, 'i don't care if u r man or a woman, just stay with us'
There are no songs in the movie but popular tracks have been used to elevate the effects in the movie. The movie signs off in a very sprightly mood helped by the track of 'I am a disco dancer' ..
It is easy for an audience that tends to pick on logic and reason to be disappointed by this movie, but for those who are happy to play along with the director this movie offers exciting stuff.
for people who take offence to the sleaze in the movie, one can only imagine Samantha holding a knife to their neck and beaming, if that was all they had to grab in all that was offered.
Four seemingly simple narratives make the film. But It is the way these stories are packed with some interesting twists and promising performances and the way these narratives are knotted together at unassuming junctions, that gravitates the experience this film offers. For quite a long time into the movie, even beyond the interval in the middle, the stories seemed disconnected and i was convinced the director should have made this into a graphic novel, rather than a movie. But once the connections between the story lines start revealing themselves the movie seemed to open so many interesting possibilities and you start realising that the fun has just started.
For me, the fun party reaches its ecstatic climax in the Super deluxe movie that plays within the movie, and a cutely winking Manushiyaputhiran featured in it topped it all..
The early part of the film, when the narratives slowly unfold was a little dreary but some scintilating features help the viewer hold on, looking forward to what was forth coming. It is crossing over this dreary initial phase that might be the biggest challenge to the viewer and the success of the movie.
Some promising signals that this initial part held out, like the cool and casual Qazi ( can't help mention the stylish cat featured on his shirt), the drama and fun he and his accomplices promised to deliver; the interesting projection of the Rasukutti character ( can't help mention the shot capturing Rasukutti from behind, capturing him putting on his shirt and walking upto the edge of the terrace and looking down for his father, holding the frame in all majesty, quite extraordinary for a quaint figure) as holding out a big potential, making you wait to see how this 'little semi colon' of brilliance was to deliver; the little quirky noir part (that eventually fizzles out to nothing) also held out a captivating glamour to the movie; Fahad Fazil's Character that is of someone left to lurch in difficult waters and his performance that is of someone struggling to put up a calm and equanimous appearance held out promise in waiting to see how this character swims to out of trouble; and finally the suspense hanging around Ramyakrishnan's Character all make it worth the rigour in crossing the dreary part of the movie.
But once the criss crosses in the story lines start revealing interesting patterns and exciting possiblities and the narratives are steered to an exciting track and some brilliant performances unfold, namely the charecter of the Police officer, and some impossible twists to the tales like that of the alien Charecter appear, you know that the fun in the Party is out of hands and has reached hallucinogenic levels and you are just left asking for more..
the picture frames of the movie remind one of frames from a graphic novel. There are Windows with interesting designs, floors with interesting patters, Block houses that appear the same all over and dull. Vijaysethupathi is very convincing in his portrayal of the Charecter of a transgender. His costume and appearance add a lot of colour to the movie.
Some of the dialogues in the movie sparkle with a freshness and timelessness. Many of Fahad 's ramblings though grossly out of place and context make one sit up, like when he quips, why condone only caste sentiments, when any identity related sentiment like nation, language are celebrated and revered. The brilliance in Rasukutti charecter signs of with the moving words, 'i don't care if u r man or a woman, just stay with us'
There are no songs in the movie but popular tracks have been used to elevate the effects in the movie. The movie signs off in a very sprightly mood helped by the track of 'I am a disco dancer' ..
It is easy for an audience that tends to pick on logic and reason to be disappointed by this movie, but for those who are happy to play along with the director this movie offers exciting stuff.
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