Rajni’s swag & explosive cameos make it paisa vasool Cast: Rajnikant, Ramya Krishnan, Vinayakan, Sunil, Tamannaah Bhatia, Vasanth Ravi...
Rajni’s swag & explosive cameos make it paisa vasool
Cast: Rajnikant, Ramya Krishnan, Vinayakan, Sunil, Tamannaah Bhatia, Vasanth Ravi with cameos by Mohanlal, Shiva Rajkumar & Jackie Shroff
Rating: 3*
When it is a Rajnikant film it is basically a celebration time for his fans and moviegoers. Director Nelson keeps Thalaivar in mind and does not miss any trick in the book. From the word go, it is the 72-year-old superstar’s show. The subdued family guy doing mundane household chores to the action king, Rajnikant as Muthuvel Pandian is at his charismatic best. The interval sequence is jhakaas.
The film opens with a group of people involved
in idol smuggling helmed by Varma (a superb Vinayakan). They are tracked by
Arjun (a good Vasanth Ravi) who is the son of a retired but loved and equally
feared jailer and when Arjun gets kidnapped, Muthuvel Pandian (Rajnikant) who
is a doting husband, father, father-in-law, and grandfather seeks to take
revenge on those who have kidnapped and killed his son Arjun. He is helped in
his mission by Singh, Narasimha & Mathew (explosive cameos by Jackie
Shroff, Shiva Rajkumar & Mohanlal respectively). But there is a twist!
There are a few actors like Ramya
(Muthuvel’s wife), Sunil (Blast Mohan) Yogi Babu, Nagendra Babu, Kishore &
Tamannaah (as actress Camina) who have very less screen time. It is a given
that a Rajni film will have only Rajni from the first frame to the last and
Nelson delivers just that. The film also has some similarities with Kamal
Hassan’s Vikram wherein both the films have the father going to any extent to
save their sons even taking on a gang. And by the way, both Kamal & Rajni
play grandfathers too.
There are no questions asked despite
several murders and unconvincing situations and Rajni’s flashback portion. You
just need to go with the flow and sit back and enjoy the 169-minute film. Special
mention must be made of Anirudh’s ‘Hukum’. Spot on!
The film celebrates the film industry to
the core with many superstars and many languages (Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam,
Kannada & Hindi) being spoken in the film.
Despite the definite lags and weary moments
Nelson intelligently brings the Thailavar to the forefront to make it an
enjoyable masala fare.
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