MANKATHA
Ajith hits the jackpot with his 50th movie. The days of the always good, up right Samaritan Tamil hero is over. Ajith shows that a character that is not a heroic can win him more applause than any other character he did. He did something that resembles a Mad Hatter or a Joker in Batman. The movie is out and out fun fare with the lots of unusual twists at the most unlikeliest situations.
The story is the robbery of 500 cr during the betting of IPL final match and the how the spoils of the fortune turn each member against each other. Well the movie gives fresh perspective of a story not the usual good guys fights bad guy.
Within the first 15 mins into the movie you know the director is a Ajith fan. The movie fairly rests on his antics, his punch dialogues (everyone's fav 'Money Money Money') , and also his sophisticated peppered hair. The 1st half keeps you glued at the edge of the seat except for the ill placed duet and the garish background changes that goes with it. The 2nd half is all about the chase, mind games, betrayals . When the first death happens you get the feeling that everyone involved is gonna die. Arjun, a contemp
orary of the previous decade, complements the bad boy image of Ajith very well. You expect the usual Good cop Vs Bad cop sequences and the action between them does the trick.
This movie has all the ingredients of what guys like: girls, car chasing, booze, cricket, smoking. There is of course gonna be a increase of youngsters trying to ape Ajith's style of smoking and his mannerisms until his next movie.
The climax tends to be a deja vu . For a Non Ajith fan this movie can entertain you with all the references about previous movies each character has made. With everything said
background music is so awesome. But with all the hoopla, songs dont match that hype except the title song.
Mankatha , a bold attempt that breaks the cliches of Tamil movies... Bravo Venkat Prabhu and his team.
awesome review!
ReplyDeleteGotta see it..