Rajnikanth, the evergreen hero of the Tamil film industry, an icon in his own right and in millions of minds in India makes a much anticipated return to film in the movie ‘Shivaji’. Teaming up with director Shankar (of Gentleman, Jeans and Indian fame) and music maestro AR Rahman, super star Rajnikanth provides 3 hours and 5 minutes of non-stop entertainment.
The storyline and plot are nothing to inspire. The usual formulaic ideas reveal themselves again. Why else would this be a Rajnikanth movie? Aesthetically pleasing with some unique numbers from AR Rahman featuring Blaaze and his rap stylings. (Blaaze actually grew up with me, so it’s nice to see him live his dream).
The heroine Shriya does an adequate job while Vivek in a comedy role provides numerous laughs particularly at Rajnikanth’s expense as he mimics him on multiple occasions. Suman plays and acts his villainous role to perfection.
The witty dialogues by Sujatha play puns on the movie’s name and the actors of yesteryear, particularly the late Sivaji Ganeshan and on previous Rajnikanth movies.
While I could go into the storyline and the nuances of the movie, to be quite honest, there isn’t much to it. Just another crowd pleaser providing good solid entertainment with plenty of comedy, drama, action and romance along the way. Set to make crores and crores at the box office, tickets have already been sold out for months in advance in India, even at an asking price of 1500 rupees.
Check it out at a theatre near you… and please leave your brain at home. Definitely one of the better tamil movies I have seen recently.
I rate it 5/5 for pure entertainment.
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me and ed saw the trailer to this flick at my place and i was cracking up big time at the scene where his gun roll from one arm to another.
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