sivaji or shriya'ji..watever....-the review..!!!!

After many days and months of painful wait for a good movie,its finally here..shivaji-the boss.You know who has produced,directed,casting blah blah,so i dont want to get into it(refer wikipedia for such details...)yeah and coming back to the review-as any movie,this one also can be divided into two-the 1st half and the 2nd half.Since its a rajini movie,it can be split up into "riches-to-rags-rajini" and "rags-to-riches-rajini".!!
So there i was in the movie hall-punctual,went there even before the titles rolled in.As soon as everyone saw the name in bold letters "super star rajinikanth"..the audience just erupted with whistles all over the place and some idiots screamin-well..atleast i did..
The opening was an awesome one where they'll be taking a masked guy into the jail with many protesting the act-you need not be einstein to guess that hez rajini.From there on the protagonist explains to his neighbouring cellmate why is he in jail..!!
Thus the story starts....and so does the painful 1st half......
The first half is pretty much lame and dumb.I'm really beginning to wonder if it was the same director who gave sane movies like gentleman,anniyan et al.I mean the very first half,you can find rajini going behind girls as he wants a tamil girl.All that is pardonable and humourous,but only to a certain extent!!.Later on as the movie progresses,you start sleeping only to wake up in the middle for songs.And speaking of songs,beautiful..simply wonderful sets,mind blowing music,grandiose in every frame.This guy doesnt know how to take the low budget ones-who cares,afterall its the producers money,whatever..lets not get into the monetary details of the movie as i'm terribly poor with large numbers..!!Anyways in the first half,you can actually guess the sequences,replete with just two things-shriya and educational project.Its either that or this.In one scene you find rajini and vivek doing the stupid things for shriya(was shankar drunk while directing?!!!) and the very next scene you find him in corporate buildings fighting for his rights.And as usual shankar lays emphasis on the corruption and all that.All that was good alright but too much of anything is bad.The first half would be boring if it were'nt for shriya.WOW-that was the only word that i had for this female.They should've equipped the hall with more fire extingushers-she was HOT?!!She scorched the screen with her presence and in the songs i was speechless and dumbstruck as i was caught helpless in deciding what to give importance to-rahman's score,thotta tharani's set,rajini or shriya.Rajini made the heads turn as he was awesome,young and rejuvenated,its as if he had found the fountain of youth,refer the pic for more details.To say the least his acting and comical stuff was great,reminded me of the old "muthu","veera" days-good ol' rajini.Speaking of comedy,till date i'm unable to understand the role of raja and solomon pappayya.The whole concept of "pazhagalaam vaanga" was ridiculous,so much so that after some time you forget how to smile-as in my case.I mean shriya's pretext is too lame,according to her-how can unknown people marry.All that makes sense,but they simply overdo that.All you can do is to sit helplessly as vivek-raja-solomon trio slaughter you with thier so called antics and comedy-such a pain in the ****(i meant head..!!)..Obviously there has to be someone to challenge rajini and for him to show his power,so you have suman just for that.The yester-year veteran was apt for the villain,the usual "powerful-but-pleasant" kinda villains that you see regularly in the movies.Clad in white dhoti and shirt,he was good and those coolers,its better that he doesnt take them off,for your sake,better hope that he doesnt.!!And speaking of veterans,there was raghuvaran-may be he just signed up for a guest role,you can just see him here and there-rarely,just like comedy in the movie.!!After being gullible enough to lose all his property,thalai comes to the streets,so as usual,its payback time.Finally some relief,no the movie isn't over,the first half just did and i woke up.!!.My sincere advice,you can as well sleep through the 1st half..and then wake up coz the movie begins only in the 2nd half.
Just as i was about to sleep after the snacks that i've had,i decided to stay awake and see if there was any story left-atleast in the second half..!!
I was not disappointed,there was some story and may be shankar started his direction only from the second half..The 2nd half was as usual nice with rajini's fight sequences making look matrix's "neo" like a kid.The stunts went overboard but the mindless crowd loved it,i aint exceptional.Rajini's punch dialogues were good,worth applauding,though some seemed like sms forwards..!!,Since its a rajini movie,its better to stop thinking and appreciate them.As for shriya's acting,who cares,as long as shez hot.She plays a dumb girl who actually falls for a equally dumb plot of the CBI..you'll actually get pissed off at her stupidity and you feel like killing her for giving in thalai..darn that girl..uh...i still hate her for that..!!
And this blog aint complete without actually talking about the "oru koodai sunlight.." song.It seems he spent crores and a year for that-some colour super-imposing stuff.Instead of wasting both time and money-he could've as well refined the script and screenplay further.Whats the point in spending crores just to make him look like an albino or a guy suffering from anemia,he looked ghostly white and pale..seesh hope they stop doing it in the future,its better if he is black.I was glad that they confined that complexion to just a song,may be the producer had enough and shankar was considerate to have left us and the producer.As if spending crores on songs was'nt enough,the cruel director actually threw the producers money all over the place and let students pick it up-how bad of him!!The climax saw the hero's victory excluding the directors defeat-stupid stuff that none actually noticed a six footer suman lying on the ground and he died coz of a stampede,how dumb can you get..!!..
In a "diamond studded" nutshell,it dint live upto its hype.Too much hype...I must watch it for the second time,its time for the show,i gotta leave,but its okay,i'll watch the movie only from the second half..!!