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FILM REVIEW: Jailer

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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