Singam( 2010) ***



Singam roars,Definitely the movie is a Masala Briyani prepared well.No nonsense a typical Tamil film with out and out Action and Romance Singam succeeds and comes in as a rescue for this summer.Singam directed by Hari looks for the safest bet in all the aspects with very intelligently handled action sequences.

Duraisingam a honest and aggressive sub Inspector of Police at Nallur village is the most respected and beloved Cop in and around the village.Mayilvahanam ( Prakashraj) who is a Mob in Chennai tries to brawl with Singam at Nallur but he fails so badly because of the power and influence Singam had earned in his village,Mayilvahanam returns back to chennai and brings Singam by transferring him to Chennai to take revenge at his fort.Singam is humiliated by the Mayilvahanam by restricting him to take action against the illegal activities of Mayilvahanam ,which Mayilvahanam effects through his link in Police Department.Singam stands against Mayilvahanam after he meets Kavya(Anushka) who started loving him at Nallur.Singam doesn’t give up after it and it becomes a highvoltage action package .

Hari sensibly and intelligently chooses the locality which he knew very well.Hari has regained his masala action adventure which he had given in Samy,This might not be a much complete movie like Samy but surely this would go as a better action movie in the recent.The clear screenplay and the action sequences carry this masala package with racy picturisation.Its a very intelligent idea some of these directors like Hari,Tharani,Lingusamy use ,by fast forwarding the vehicle chases,by kidnap dramas.Though these were there previously these directors handle in a way which would give the feel of a racy thriller.

Surya as Singam is a good choice ,he should have had a very bad throat through out the shoot of this movie.He screams and screams,interestingly it doesn’t go as a punch dialogue .The only problem with Surya in the movie was his Accent,the actor just couldn’t come near the Tutucorin accent.Surprisingly the accent changes when he gets transferred to Chennai.

Hari should not have chosen Prakashraj,he doesn’t look or act as a dangerous Mob who operates Chennai.Most of the time he was literally hiding out from Surya.The characterization and the choice of actor could have been different rather than Prakash raj.People are fed up with Prakash raj of these kind of roles.Anushka is the refereshing package of the season,she doesn’t have to strain so much by acting,I guess people would watch even her frame stands still.Vivek looks very pathetic in the movie ,cant able to bring his magical days,this guy is really struggling.

Music and camera just get a very minimal notice as this movie completely overshadowed by Surya and Hari.It cant be compared with Samy as Samy had a powerful villain and very meaningful script than Singam.But Singam definitely roars for the action and Surya.

Rating :***

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