Starring : Vijay, Kajal Agarwal
Director: A. R. Murugadas
Genres: Thriller, Action
Rating – 3/5
Vijay is a huge superstar in Tamil, but has a very nominal market in Telugu. He tried to venture into Tollywod with the film Snehitulu, but to his bad luck
failed to capitalize. Now yet again, he is back with his Diwali release
Thuppakki in the direction of creative genius Murugadas. After some
delay in its release, Thuppaki has manged to hit the screens today.
Let’s see how it is.
Story:
Jagadish, who is a secret agent in Indian army comes to his native place during his holidays.
His parents get him engaged to Nisha(Kajal Agarwal) and the couple
start spending some quality time together. When everything seems to be
going fine Jagish visits Mumbai. During his stay, a huge bomb blast
occurs and Jagdish chases down the culprit and interrogates him
severely. To his surprise, he comes to know that there are many more
bombs that have been planted right through the entire city. Rest of the
story is how Jagdish manages to chase down the other terrorists, and
save the whole city from huge devastation.
Plus Points:
Vijay is undoubtedly the major asset to the film.
Unlike his mass image, he plays a mature character and carries it with
ease. He plays his role with lot of conviction, and is terrific in the
investigative scenes. His body language,
comedy timing and look are perfect in Thuppakki. Though Kajal Agarwal
has nothing much to do in the film, she complimented Vijay very nicely
in the dances. Kajal is particularly good in the Google song.
Vidyut Jamwal is impressive as the bad guy. Scenes
just before the interval involving the killing of terrorists, have been
shot exceptionally well. Interaction
scenes between the hero and the villain and the mind games associated
with them, have been designed exceptionally. Some scenes in the
pre-climax are worth a mention and make you stick to your seats.
Minus Points:
Chemistry between Vijay and Kajal is completely
lacking in this film. All the scenes, songs and romantic track sometimes
cause a big hindrance to the film. Timing of the songs is also not up
to the mark. The mass masala elements which the regular movie goer associates with a hero like Vijay is missing here.
Technical Aspects:
The music of the film is pretty average. As the combination
of Murugadas and Harris Jayraj are known for some foot tapping music,
it is completely missing from this film. Background score is pretty good
and is exceptional in all investigation
scenes. Santosh Sivan’s camera work is good. Screenplay is nice. Some
scenes between Vijay and Kajal could have been completely chopped off to
make this film more gripping. Vijay’s dubbing is apt and suits the
nativity well.
Verdict:
On the whole, Thuppakki is one film which has
everything going right for it. A stylish Vijay, some exceptional
thrilling moments and edge of the seat
action makes this film surely worth a watch. Finally, one can say that
yet another Tamil hero has successfully managed to capture the hearts of
Telugu audience.
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