Billa 2 - My Exclusive Movie Review [from Kerala]

Directed by Chakri Toleti 

Produced by Sunir Kheterpal Suresh Balaje George Pius 

Written by Era Murukan Jaffer Mohammed 

Screenplay by Chakri Toleti Sarath Mandava Jaffer Mohammed 

Story by Chakri Toleti Eric Felberg 

Starring Ajith Kumar Parvathy Omanakuttan Bruna Abdullah Vidyut Jamwal Sudhanshu Pandey 

Music by Yuvan Shankar Raja 

Cinematography R. D. Rajasekhar 

Editing by Suresh Urs Studio Wide Angle Creations IN Entertainment 

Distributed by Aascar Films (India) GK Media (USA) 

Release date(s) 13 July 2012  

Running time 129 minutes 

Country India 

Language Tamil 

Expectations

Don is one one mos the most loved gangster movies of all time [both the old version & new one]. The 2007 release Billa was the remake of Rajnikanth's Billa which itself was a remake of Don. Billa (2007) was a smash-hit, so the expectations regarding Billa 2 was sky high, plus the fact that its a PREQUEL made me all the more interested in the project. The much hyped Don 2 turned out to be a damn squib, so expecting a great movie from Chakri Toleti worthy enough of satisying my thirst for a Don sequel

Story

"Everybody has a past but a Don a History" - Billa 2 is the story of David Billa, before he becomes the dreaded ruthless underworld King. How he started from the bottom, and marched  to the top of the underworld with brawn & brain.


Billa 2 is not a worthy successor to Billa. The movie is not entertaining, it drags big time & tests your patience through out. But that doesn't mean its Class, its neither Class nor Mass. Chakri Toleti is the main culprit here [also the co-writers]. The Direction took the average script into deeper depths. Editing was bad, felt as if its 3hr long [actual lenght is 129 mins]. Yuvan Shankar Raja disappointed big time, his BG & Music were one of the big plus points of 'Mankatha', here he simply failed to deliver.

God only knows why the makers opted for Parvathy Omanakuttan [may be coz she is a Malayali, as Nayans was a Mallu too]. Brunah Abdulah looked Old & 'Cold' even in those bikinis. Both had short roles, shorter clother & even shorter expressions that u need a magnifying lens to read them from their face. All villains are wasted [Poor characterization is there throughout]. Billa character lacks consistency, it swings both ways.

The movie started positively, but failed to pick up, even in the second half. Action choreography was bad. The movie has some good one liners. The climax looked ridiculous [just like Sagar Alias Jacky].

Even die hard fans of Thala will be disappointed. Don 2 looks a classic compared to this, even though it was a sequel. A Colossal disappointment considering the excessive baggage & hype it carried.

Positives

Ajith
Actor who played Hotel Owner

Camera
'Sin-City' like video for 'Unakkulle Mirugam'
Some good One-Liners

Negatives


Chakri Toleti 
Screenplay
Editing
Music & BG
Heroines
Villains gets no scope
Over Hype

Rating

2/5

Verdict 

Die hard Thala fans, watch it for him, other don't even bother watching

Box Office

Took an above average opening in Kerala & Andhra & 100% in TN & Overseas, but should fall from Monday - Totally Average or Above

'Three' - My 'KOlaveri' Movie Review - Why I Fell in Love With It

Theatre: Perinthalmanna - Preethi Chithralaya 

Status : 80% [First Show]

For me the kolaveri had literally died down , plus the sudden unpublicized release of movie made me not much interested in watching the film FDFS like i usally do for good, hyped movies. But ever since the reviews started coming in eventhough mixed i wanted to watch the movie, and at the end of it all i think it was a good decision

'3' refers to the the three stages in the lives of Ram [Dhanush] and Janani [Shruthi Hassan] - School, College & Post marriage]

The Movie begins itself with a complete shocker, Ram in a casket ! Bang on target with the very first visual.

Then comes the light hear-ted breezy romantic tale of Ram & Janani, the part every one unanimously liked in the movie. Most of those scenes were screamer, performed exceedingly well by Dhanush and Shruthi and not to forget Ram's side kick  Kumaran [Sivakarthikeyan]. The second stage deals with the two getting married and starting to get a life. The 3rd part coming in the second half deals with life after marriage and the turn of events which leads to Dhanush Committing suicide.

Positives

 

1. Direction - Excellent Debut, know what she was making, did'nt try to infuse the usual masala ingredients, also didn't try to spoon feed the audience [which is what i liked the most]

2. Perfomances of Dhanush [who proves that the national award wasn't a fluke or a one time wonder] & Shruthi Hassan [impoved a lot, excelled in most of the scenes except 'emotional outbursts]

3. Music - 'Kolaveri' took away all the lime light from the album which comprises of few of the best tracks of 2011-12

4. BG - Excellent

5. Camera & Editing

6. The 2nd half was very well written and convincing

7.The social message it conveys

8. The way they used the success of 'Kolaveri' song for Brand placements & Promotions without providing a hindrance to the viewers.

 

Negatives

1. Few scenes in which diff characters emotionally bursts out where over performed i guess, esp shruthi hassan who failed miserably in such scenes, its high time she learned the act of underplaying such scenes from her DAD who is a master in that

2. Similarities with 'Mayakkam Ena' [the story, senthil character and even the horrible way the heroines perform during emotional scenes]

All in all a wonderful film, a film one should never miss watching in theaters, preferably watch it alone or with your better half.

Its Emotional, its heart breaking, its ligh hearted, it conveys a message - What more do u want !!!

Rating: 7.5/10

Verdict: Just Go and watch it

Box Office: Should be a Super Hit

Ps. Please forgive all the typos and grammatical errors ....Thank you very much for Reading

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