September 18, 2010

Boss (a) Baskaran

The usual story line - Care free guy falls in love with a girl, is humiliated and gets transformed into a responsible individual -  presented in an enjoyable manner. 



The real hero of this movie is Santhanam. With the kind of applause he is getting with his intro one can easily tell that he has started eating into the opportunities of Vadivelu and Vivek. His witty dialogues had me laughing heartily so I wouldn't definitely complain. His comedy is a breath of fresh air when tamil movie goers are saturated with the "messages" from Vivek and "Self-mockery" from Vadivelu. But even he had to rope in references to "Thala", "Thalapathi", "Thalaivar" and "Ulaga Nayagan" for grabbing attention. I felt he would have done well even without those. I mean there are scenes which would make you roll on the floor laughing. A job well done.

Ok. Now about the actual hero of the movie - Arya. I find people surprised to see Arya play this funny character to perfection but he had already proved himself in comedy in "Arindhum Ariyamalum". A scene in "Arindhum Ariyamalum" in which he would giggle in a traffic signal. That was epic. 

Nayanthara used to be really attractive a couple of years back. May be she is still to many of you but I beg to differ. In the movie, like most tamil movies, Arya falls in love with Nayan on first sight. She really didn't look like someone with whom you would fall in love on first sight. May be the cameraman who had otherwise done a pretty good job could have tried something different. But Nayan sure grabbed my attention as the movie progressed with her cute smile, blushing and mannerisms. 

Vijayalakshmi (Surya's pair in Friends movie) as Arya's Sis-in-law, Subbu Panchu (Panchu Arunachalam's son) as Arya's brother, Lakshmi (who plays Anushka's mom in Chennai silks ad) as Arya's mother and Chitra Lakshmanan as Nayan's dad have done a neat job. 

Music by Yuvan was ok. "Yaar indha pen" and "Kumbakonam vethala" songs are hummable. 

I don't know if it is good or bad to have scenes in the movie with differentially abled people to evoke sympathy. It worked though in this movie but I am not sure if that is how it should be. May be the director wanted to show that if differentially abled can achieve great things so can we but the question is, isn't it like telling people that differentially abled have a disadvantage? May be it is true but isn't it what we are trying to erase from the minds of everyone? 

The climax is a let down. If it had been more interesting Boss would have been a near perfect comedy movie. :) (I say near perfect because movies like MMKR/Panchathandiram are perfect. Even if the climax had been different and gripping still it will never be in the same league as those). 

After you see the movie you would realize that almost all the plots in the movie are those that have been already tried many times in tamil movies but in spite of all those if it is enjoyable the credit would definitely go to the director, dialogues and to Santhanam. I can't discuss about a lot many things in the movie without revealing the story so I would rather not discuss anything more. 

A feel good movie. A time pass movie. A movie which will make you laugh. A movie you can watch with your family. A movie worth watching in theatre. Go watch.

Few things I enjoyed:

1. Peppy music in the opening credits.
2. In the back drop of "Kumbakonam Vethala" song, they had the famous "KFC thatha" photo with a pottu (Bindi). Looked funny. 
3. A 2 sec sitar bit in comedy scenes which is usually associated with sober scenes in old B&W movies.
4. Jeeva's acting when Nayan's dad says I would complain to your father. Ultimate.
5. Arya's sister's marriage in the movie was shot in "Chandrasekhar Kalyana Mandapam - West Mambalam, Chennai". People who know me well would know why this brought a smile to my face. (If you don't know it doesn't mean you don't know me well. It might be because I haven't told you yet or you forgot. :) )
6. Nayan looked ravishing in a red dress in one of the songs.
7. Endhiran, Mangaatha, VA quarter cutting trailers during the intermission.
8. The roar in the theatre when Endhiran trailer was played :)

One thing I really hated:

1. Foreigners dancing to Indian beat in a song (don't remember which). I get irritated every time I watch "Hey pappa nee konjam nillu" song from Badri just for this reason. 

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