By Francis P Barclay
Published in The Hindu's Ergo, Chennai, on August 17, 2008
Satyam is rather a muddled composition of individual scenes than a movie, with strenuous but thoughtless efforts. For the first few minutes, you feel like you are watching Kaaka Kaaka again. Four cops are assigned an ‘encounter’ job and they dart out on their mission.
The hero is introduced, ACP Satyam, similar to ACP Anbuselvan. But there is a twist: he prevents his colleagues from carrying out the ‘encounter’. A series of punch dialogues follow, including a dig at Vikram’s Samy: “Naan porikki illa police,” the hero clarifies.
The racy action then paves way to the child stars and for a while you think you are watching a kids’ film. Deiva (Nayanthara), a reporter, becomes their sworn enemy. Vishal sheds the khaki robe and dons superhero costumes to dance with the kids.
In Home Alone style, the kids torment Deiva. Satyam and the heroine are portrayed as enemies for sometime. But suddenly you find out that they have become lovers.
Only, you don’t know when and how. Similar abrupt cuts in the storyline mar the flow of the movie, leaving you confused all the way. A sudden flow of punch dialogues and song sequences in the most unwarranted places add to the muddle.
In the intro, Nayan is said to be a television journalist. For a few moments, you find her around Satyam with a camcorder. Otherwise, she is an idler. Her role is not clearly portrayed, though her screen presence is overwhelming.
Vishal, too, looks stunning with his six-pack abs. He is attractive, and his stunts, though with explicit graphic intrusions, are appreciable. But again there is a volleyball stunt which closely resembles the one in the Rajinikanth-cropper Baba. It is evident that Vishal has put in a lot of effort but the script leaves a lot to be desired.
It seems Vishal liked to don the khaki robe and the film just fulfils his wish. The children and Nayan’s accomplice, Prem G. Amaran, manage to evoke laughter at some places but he could have been used a bit more. Upendra too.
The Kannada superstar makes his entry into Kollywood but under easy-to-forget circumstances. People could have at least kept this on their minds while etching his role. After a hyped introduction, the strength of his role wanes steadily.
Comedian Senthil reprises his role from Kamal Hassan blockbuster Indian as RTO Pannerselvam. Harris Jayaraj, in his 25th movie, ends up creating noise more than music. In short, Satyam fails to live up to the hype it generated.
Published in The Hindu's Ergo, Chennai, on August 17, 2008
Satyam is rather a muddled composition of individual scenes than a movie, with strenuous but thoughtless efforts. For the first few minutes, you feel like you are watching Kaaka Kaaka again. Four cops are assigned an ‘encounter’ job and they dart out on their mission.
The hero is introduced, ACP Satyam, similar to ACP Anbuselvan. But there is a twist: he prevents his colleagues from carrying out the ‘encounter’. A series of punch dialogues follow, including a dig at Vikram’s Samy: “Naan porikki illa police,” the hero clarifies.
The racy action then paves way to the child stars and for a while you think you are watching a kids’ film. Deiva (Nayanthara), a reporter, becomes their sworn enemy. Vishal sheds the khaki robe and dons superhero costumes to dance with the kids.
In Home Alone style, the kids torment Deiva. Satyam and the heroine are portrayed as enemies for sometime. But suddenly you find out that they have become lovers.
Only, you don’t know when and how. Similar abrupt cuts in the storyline mar the flow of the movie, leaving you confused all the way. A sudden flow of punch dialogues and song sequences in the most unwarranted places add to the muddle.
In the intro, Nayan is said to be a television journalist. For a few moments, you find her around Satyam with a camcorder. Otherwise, she is an idler. Her role is not clearly portrayed, though her screen presence is overwhelming.
Vishal, too, looks stunning with his six-pack abs. He is attractive, and his stunts, though with explicit graphic intrusions, are appreciable. But again there is a volleyball stunt which closely resembles the one in the Rajinikanth-cropper Baba. It is evident that Vishal has put in a lot of effort but the script leaves a lot to be desired.
It seems Vishal liked to don the khaki robe and the film just fulfils his wish. The children and Nayan’s accomplice, Prem G. Amaran, manage to evoke laughter at some places but he could have been used a bit more. Upendra too.
The Kannada superstar makes his entry into Kollywood but under easy-to-forget circumstances. People could have at least kept this on their minds while etching his role. After a hyped introduction, the strength of his role wanes steadily.
Comedian Senthil reprises his role from Kamal Hassan blockbuster Indian as RTO Pannerselvam. Harris Jayaraj, in his 25th movie, ends up creating noise more than music. In short, Satyam fails to live up to the hype it generated.
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