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Oru Kal Oru Kannadi, third instalment of Director M.Rajesh and Santhanam duo after their successful SMS &Boss Engira Baskharan(BEB). It is yet again a comedy entertainer with no substance. Right from the initial promotions, Udhayanidhi has clearly set the expectations that Santhanam’s role will have equal importance in the movie. The immense popularity of “venam Machan” and tall expectations from Rajesh- Satnthanam combo have ensured tremendous opening. With no other big release planned for the next few weeks; Udhayanidhi has found himself as a winner in this.
Cast:
Udhay as “saravanan” and santhanam as “partha” play the role of ticket
collector and food dispenser at Sathyam Cinemas. Hanshika plays the role of an
air hostess as “Meera” at Kingfisher Airlines. Saranya Ponvannan aptly fits
into the role of hero’s mother. Azhagam Perumal plays the father of
Udhayanidhi. It is odd that he never spoke a word for more than twenty years
with his wife, Saranya, just because her family cheated him during their
marriage claiming that, she holds a bachelor's degree. Aarya; Sneha and Andrea
have done guest appearances along expected lines.
Story:
Story is very simple, Just like any other hilarious movie of Rajesh. It
is all about how Udhayanidhi woos hanshika; the problems that he faces during
the course of it. Udhay will fall in love at first sight in a traffic signal.
Eventually, he follows her, leading to a warning from Hanshika and her father Sayaji
Shinde, who works as Deputy Commissioner of Police, Chennai. As always it
is Santhanam’s witty one liners which makes the film a happy ride. When udhay
settles his problems, Santhanam comes in and spoils the relationship. He does
this spoiler act thrice knowingly and unknowingly at different times. Finally,
what happens to Udhay is the climax
Positives:
The Unique selling point for the movie is Santhanam; Udhay has sensed it
skilfully and he has a keen awareness of what he is capable in his debut movie.
Udhay has done well in his debut, the way in which he converses in English with
Santhanam was hilarious. Timing sense of Santhanam was impeccable, this time
it's not just the dialogues, he woos us with some comic body languages too.
Santhanam is really at his peak of his career. Cinematography by
Balasubramaniem was superb; he has excelled in the song sequences.
Negatives:
When you consider negatives, there are myriads of logic loopholes to
name a few, one between Udhay’s dad who haven’t spoken to his wife for twenty years
will precisely speak on a day, when she went out for few hours without
informing anyone, it doesn’t gel at all with the characterisation.
Talents wasted in the form of Azhagam Perumal. Sluggish dance movements
by Udhay and Hanshika tests our limits of tolerance. Harris’s tracks are
not so fresh and the tunes sounds repetitive.
Final word:
Santhanam is the Hero, Villain and The comedian, it is his comic
relief which makes us forget logical loopholes and shallow storyline in the
film. he just comes in, makes us laugh out loud(LOL) all through the movie.
Director Rajesh has made it clear that you should not expect a serious or message oriented story from him; One cannot
help but appreciate Rajesh’s guts for remaking the same wafer thin story line from
BEB & SMS. It's a movie made for pure entertainment, and it DOES entertain
you all the way, on that basis alone it’s a good movie.
P.S: Maybe you shouldn't be surprised if Rajesh casts santhanam alone playing a Triple role, without any other artists in his next venture.
P.S: Maybe you shouldn't be surprised if Rajesh casts santhanam alone playing a Triple role, without any other artists in his next venture.
Rating: 3/5
My official review links:
Network18 - in.com : http://www.in.com/news/entertainment/oru-kal-oru-kannadi-is-mindless-fun-22804713-in-1.html
Moviecrow: http://www.moviecrow.com/News/846/oru-kal-oru-kannadiokok-review
