This is not a review. I liked the film. DOT. If you are looking for bashing Kochadaiiyaan, then you are in the wrong page.
Most of you wouldn't have seen this film, because of the armchair film critics reviews. So I’m just revealing few aspects of the film which I liked without spoilers. I wont speak about animation, cause those armchair film critics who doesn't even have an iota (Kadu’galavu) of knowledge in animation had said “it's disappointing”.
This is a tailor-made film for Rajini. Heroism at its best. He jumps like a Spiderman, he dives like an X-Men, he stabs like a 300 warrior, he fights like Ong Bak warrior, he rides the horse like a legendary cowboy, he dances like Shiva, he punches the punch dialogues. Idu than da heroism. What else you need from a hero.
The story seems to be like a MGR-Shivaji starring historical line, but the screenplay is racy. KS Ravi Kumar keeps the tab on the characters, as no character is wasted. There is a subtle Baashha type suspense. Twists in the story kept me guessing “what next”. After all the twists and turns the ending was a surprise. A grand opening should have a grand ending, but it's a open ending!, which was justified by the voice-over.
AR Rahman stamps his authority in back ground score and songs. The background music when Rajini & Deepika fights is a complete off-beat, which synced well with the film. Backed by Resul Pookutty sound design, which is always “one-decibel” up in providing the environmental sounds. Couldn't have asked more from Valle and Vairamuthu in lyrics. Maattram Ondrudhaan Maaraadhadhu is best of the songs. This song is a kind of Ra Ra Ramiya from Baashha.
Cinematography always tried to capture the grandeur of the graphics. The camera was frequently swinging top. left and right. It was like a roller coaster. This prevented me to focus on any particular thing. Also, sometimes the characters were smaller in stature compared to reality.
Action sequences were conventional, even though they were fighting with swords the action was more leaned towards martial arts. Again in Rajini & Deepika fight the usage of props were optimum.
Choreography should be the probability bravest thing to put into the film. It needs a perfect way to execute the classical steps. I think the filmmakers were too ambitious in this.
Recreating Nagesh was a innovative thought, but ethically I can't buy this since it’s done without the consent of Nagesh. Some current actor should have been given the role.
The problem with Tamil cinema is more the time it takes in production, it then has less chances to release or bad reception. They can't have 10 years of production as it was done for Avatar.
Looking forward to the sequel.
**Above pic from the official website www.erosnow.com/movies/kochadaiiyaan/
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