Cast: Dhanush, Manisha Koirala, Hansika Motwani, Vivek and many
Director: Suraj
Music: Mani Sharma
Genre: Action Drama
Suraj, not wanting to risk, tries his same old hero-comedian pair from Padikadhavan in his latest film Mappillai. The movie is a remake of the Rajini's 1989 Mappillai, true to the name the lead actor Dhanush is the Mappillai (son-in-law) of the original flick's hero.
The film is all about the ways a hero can express his heroism to his dictating mamiyar (mother-in-law). The movie is about a rowdy like hero falling into love with an equally tough women's daughter, this women also happens to be a rich business magnet. The rest of the story is packed full with clashes between the son-in-law and the mother-in-law.
Saravana (Dhanush), is portrayed as a obedient, regular temple visitor at the beginning of the movie, even the introduction song is a temple festival dance ("Aaru padai" a colourful song sequence). Child Chinna (Vivek) happens to be his neighbor. Vivek has done a childish job as a comedian, people get irritated by the comical sequences in the first half and the style of speech was the worst I have heard. Vivek tries to criticize the present day youth's fashion, by wearing dresses which no one would even dare to look at, this is a over dose of advise to the young, although he manages to get a few claps in the second half where he dons a billionaire Sivaji look.
Chinna asks the hero to help him with Gayathri (played by Hansika Motwani). Just as usual, the hero manages to get the heroin and the comedian looses, yet he remains loyal to the hero in the rest of the film.
At first the heroine's mother Rajeshwari (played excellently by Manisha Koirala), decides to make Saravana her mappillai, falling for his innocent, harmless, obedient and servant like appearence. But, once the actual terror and rowdy face of Saravana is revealed by one of her politician friend with a "Kuthu song" she arranges the marriage with someone else. Knowing this, our hero hijacks the marriage and marries Gayathri, and leaves the marriage hall walking in the side leaving place for the words "INTERMISSION" in the screen. The rest of the story is Saravana's plight to keep his mamiyar from separating the new couple.
The word "Mappillai" comes as often as possible to wake the audience and make them remember the name. The second half gives a lot of scope for punch dialogs, and every situation is seized and a punch is imparted. Our heroine suffers a lot with the language and her struggle to keep her face in accordance with the dialog is very apparent, and when the pushing point comes she either smiles or laughs, which the director thinks the audience won't mind, (so please don't mind). Dhanush has given the best he can, but with a film like this nothing can be done to make the film look better. The rhymes our hero delivers falls in the most unwanted situations, the other face of the hero hardly surprises the audience. Manisha Koirala, does a good job and manages a respectable amount of claps in the story, one can't find why the director tries to make her as young as the heroin, being her mother. The reason for the yellow glow in Manisha's face in the second half remains a mystery. The director has given a lot of questions to think about, for the audience like, "Where does the money come from to do all this?", "When did he prepare for this stuff?" and so on, oops and not to miss the main Tamil commercial movie, million dollar question "HOW DID HE DO THAT?"
Overall the film is worth a watch if your below ten, and for others, better reconsider you choice!
And, the last words,
Never worry dear Dhanush fans , the banner will take the movie, or at least push the movie for a respectable period of time.
Saravana (Dhanush), is portrayed as a obedient, regular temple visitor at the beginning of the movie, even the introduction song is a temple festival dance ("Aaru padai" a colourful song sequence). Child Chinna (Vivek) happens to be his neighbor. Vivek has done a childish job as a comedian, people get irritated by the comical sequences in the first half and the style of speech was the worst I have heard. Vivek tries to criticize the present day youth's fashion, by wearing dresses which no one would even dare to look at, this is a over dose of advise to the young, although he manages to get a few claps in the second half where he dons a billionaire Sivaji look.
Chinna asks the hero to help him with Gayathri (played by Hansika Motwani). Just as usual, the hero manages to get the heroin and the comedian looses, yet he remains loyal to the hero in the rest of the film.
At first the heroine's mother Rajeshwari (played excellently by Manisha Koirala), decides to make Saravana her mappillai, falling for his innocent, harmless, obedient and servant like appearence. But, once the actual terror and rowdy face of Saravana is revealed by one of her politician friend with a "Kuthu song" she arranges the marriage with someone else. Knowing this, our hero hijacks the marriage and marries Gayathri, and leaves the marriage hall walking in the side leaving place for the words "INTERMISSION" in the screen. The rest of the story is Saravana's plight to keep his mamiyar from separating the new couple.
The word "Mappillai" comes as often as possible to wake the audience and make them remember the name. The second half gives a lot of scope for punch dialogs, and every situation is seized and a punch is imparted. Our heroine suffers a lot with the language and her struggle to keep her face in accordance with the dialog is very apparent, and when the pushing point comes she either smiles or laughs, which the director thinks the audience won't mind, (so please don't mind). Dhanush has given the best he can, but with a film like this nothing can be done to make the film look better. The rhymes our hero delivers falls in the most unwanted situations, the other face of the hero hardly surprises the audience. Manisha Koirala, does a good job and manages a respectable amount of claps in the story, one can't find why the director tries to make her as young as the heroin, being her mother. The reason for the yellow glow in Manisha's face in the second half remains a mystery. The director has given a lot of questions to think about, for the audience like, "Where does the money come from to do all this?", "When did he prepare for this stuff?" and so on, oops and not to miss the main Tamil commercial movie, million dollar question "HOW DID HE DO THAT?"
Overall the film is worth a watch if your below ten, and for others, better reconsider you choice!
And, the last words,
Never worry dear Dhanush fans , the banner will take the movie, or at least push the movie for a respectable period of time.
