SURAA-MY REVIEW

Yesterday (2 weeks back) our ILAYA THALAPATHI’s (dunno if he is still worth that title!!) 50th movie released here….we all thought that Vijay wudve learned some lessons from his previous outings and wudve chosen a good story for his milestone release but instead he chose to follow the same path and this time he managed to better his previous flops (compared to this movie VILLU and AADI are classics!!)

The movie is abt a youth from a slum who opposes a minister who wants to take over the slum and build a theme park there…I have lost count of the number of movies that has similar themes…but many of them were entertaining coz it had some good performances and plots but SURAA fails to impress us in any front….it has been told that Vijay wanted his 50th movie to be a big hit and he wanted a good director to direct it and I am still clueless why he chose S.P.RAJKUMAR who doesn’t have any HITS to his credit…maybe Vijay was too much impressed by the story (he wudve dreamt that this will be an Indian version of SUPERMAN/HE-MAN) and wudve given the dates without applying COMMON SENSE.

The movie starts with a news about a group of fisherman disappearing in the ocean after a storm…..their family and friends were given assurance by the district collector that the navy and military is searching the area thoroughly and they will surely save the people…..and as promised by the collector the navy manages to bring back everybody….everybody was happy and then suddenly they realizes that SURAA is still missing (it wudve been better if he went missing forever!!!) and they all gather around the collector and starts telling the heroic/selfless deeds of our great SURAA…i.e. it was becoz of Suraa that they managed to escape and without him they all wudve drowned and that Suraa went missing trying to save them…… Collector tells them that their prayers will protect him and before he finishes the dialogue there is a cheering and suddenly something shoots out of the sea…for a second I thought it was a DOLPHIN but I was wrong it was our SHARK (SURAAA)….he swam from the deep sea (a threat to KUTRALEESWARAN’s throne!!) and still he acted as if he just had 2 laps in his backyard swimming pool (now that’s what we call STAMINA!!).Then like a typical Vijay movie we are treated with a title song which glorifies Vijay (He is no MGR and he should know that!!).His mom is worried that he is not agreeing for a marriage and she asks the local priest (Radha Ravi) to advice him…Radha Ravi asks Vijay why he isn’t getting married and for that Vijay gives a lecture about the plight of the family in the slum and tells that he will marry only after making sure that the people of him slum gets a good house which doesn’t leak during the rains and which won’t burn during the summer (there wudve been claps if the same was mouthed by MGR,RAJNI or even VIJAY KANTH but I could only hear BOOOs from the crowd)……Radha Ravi tells Vijay’s mother that only one in a million(actually he told 1 in 10 million) will think like Vijay (I don’t think even the worst nutcase will think like Vijay!!) and that he has the willpower to fulfill his dream (DARE TO DREAM!!)

There are many scenes (actually in all scenes) where Vijai tries to emulate MGR and RAJNI KANTH (I don’t think somebody should try portraying Rajni Kanth when he is still around….Rajni is a class apart) but without much impact…..Now we have 3 more important characters in the movie…Tamanna (Vijay’s ladylove – nothing more),Vadivelu (Vijay’s friend – worynfew laughs….not a big role),Dev Gill (the VILLAIN…he played villain in the telugu block buster MEGADHEERA and in this movie he still acts like he is just out of a telugu movie set).Dev Gill wants to throw the people out of that slum and make an amusement park there but all his efforts are spoiled by our brainy hero…..there is a court scene and I am sure that if any JUDGE sees that scene he would surely issue an arrest warrant against the makers of the movie for mocking a court room (comedy scenes are okey but this was supposed to be a serious scene!!).The story is about how Vijay beats Dev Gill in his own game…..

My opinion…..

1) If Vijay continues doing such type of roles then I don’t think even RAMA NARAYANAN will give him a role……

2) Ajith,Surya,Vikram etc are trying to add variety to their roles by changing hair style,voice,mannerism,Physique etc but Vijay doesn’t even bother to change his leather jacket!!

3) Vijay should stop imitating the Super Star and should start creating an image that is his own…

4) Poor becoming rich overnight…..ordinary person becoming DON overnight etc are stories of the past (there are exceptions but such movies had some nice plots and performances..wholesome entertainment and a hero who could carry such a role singlehandedly)..now a day’s people want some realistic stories

5) Vijay’s movies are too predictable….MASS SENTIMENT + DUET IN FOREIGN LOCALES WITH FTV COSTUMES+KUTHU SONG+4 FIGHTS…..even his hardcore fans cant digest this anymore…..Vijay is insulting their tastes and senses..

6) SURAAA is a complete disaster….

NB:GOD SAVE VIJAY