Sivaji - Review of the movie

Its a very fast paced movie and is without doubt the richest movie I've seen in recent times, in terms of visual content. The sets are mind-blowing. The costumes are simply superb.

Rajni is fantastic in the movie. His presence on screen is awesome. Thanks to the "rope technology", he has performed some of his own stunts and it actually looks good. Needless to say his comedy timing is excellent. Also his attempt at mimicking Sivaji Ganeshan and MGR is good too.

Needless to add, thalaivar's style is marvelous. The cigarette was replaced in Chandramukhi itself, by a bubble gum. This time, the way it pops into his mouth is what makes him special. I am definitely gonna try it. :D

He definitely looks quite young in the movie. Call it excellent make-up and fabulous costumes, but it still comes out good on him. In fact my counter to people's comments that his wig and makeup is visible, is this: If you can accept a guy's makeup to make him look like an old man or someone with issues in his face, then why don't you accept this too?

And Boss' getup in the last segment of the movie is out of the world. The mottai thalai and the single line beard suits him perfectly.

Shreya is GORGEOUS. Move over, Asin. I am now replacing you with Shreya as my Dreamgirl #2. This babe looks beautiful, gorgeous, sexy and I think she can give Shakira a run for her money. Shakira says that her hips don't lie and I will say that Shreya's hips have a similar policy.

Now coming to the story - Forget it, ok. As a one liner, it sounds good. The hero uses the "thorn to be taken out by thorn" principle to weed out black money and corruption from the system. If you analyse the methods employed, you will find that they are often quite childish and even comical at some places.

I think, in fact for this very reason, the movie will not have an extended run. The initial hype is definitely going to get it past the post. But I have my own doubts about it running past 100 days.

In spite of the flaws in the movie, I will still say that I didn't find even one minute boring. That itself is a big plus in the movie.

The combo of Vivek and Rajni is awesome. Talking of Vivek, he has pulled off something that no actor in recent times has done. He has practically shared equal screen space with Rajni. He is there in at least 99% of the scenes featuring thalaivar and is absent only in the songs.

And btw, Nayantara has shed some 20 Kgs I think, She is actually falling under the category of slim, going by the intro song.

All in all, the movie is good purely in terms of time-pass. Nothing else.

But my biggest disappointment was the crowd. I had balcony seats and the crowd here was without any doubt very dignified. The people at the ground floor were shouting and screaming. Not really the case in the balcony. So much so, that I started shouting a little bit in the second half, just to make myself happy!