Monday, February 22, 2021

Review: Chakra - makes u dizzy / Kamali : Motivational film sans entertainment

Chakra is a cyber crime cracking tale that  can be watched if you are not the one to ask questions about the charachters and sequences that take place. If u are thinking it could be a blotched up version of Irumbu Thirai - u are wrong. It is an original plot that can get no worse.\ As some one who believes in motiovational films that are taken out of the  real life of those who suceeded despite obstacles, Kamali from Nadukaveri did not instill any feeling of elation when the protaganist wins. For a change u dont have a woman protaganist who wins only coz she has a male goading her. Secondly it is not a sports motivational film where village lads and gals turn national heroes with motivational talk and no sports gear.

Chakra, one can realise was made with the mission to save Vishal's career that has been marked with collosal duds .The director was told that only thing that can be rustled up is something like Irumbu Thirai , a cyber crime story..  Covering up  the weak plot  with national cyber threats and from local neighbourhood thieves and for change make the villain a woman and the protagnist a woman cop. Hero starts out as aide of supercop and then takes over as she is critically injured. Villain woman starts out fine  - A chess player who treats life like a chess game  starts buckling down and even loses a chess game to a novice (hero). 

Mercifully we are spared the half clad heroine and villain songs with hero in some God forsaken locales. To keep us reminded that Yuvan is the music director, the BGM keeps playing out of synch with happenings on screen. Kudos to the cameraman and Editor to retain their sanity.

Kamali from Nadukaveri is in love with school topper.( a chikna guy and not a dark skinned lad) who gets into IIT. She too wants to join IIT to be with this guy. Now all she has is a retired Professor ( Pratap Pothen). From here the film drags to a climax of  a quiz ( not a Crorepati one but inter IIT one). Without Dr Abdul Kalam mention how can a motivational film end ?

Despite no script worth looking at, Anandhi as the protaganist and Pratap Pothen as Prof do keep the goings on.  I heard Blue Settai tell on his channel to patronise Kamali or we will keep getting trash. Sometime back we patrnised a movie on plight of farmers and it was low budget film that made big bucks. What followed is trash about farmers lives in film after film. Latest horror inflicted on us being Bhoomi.

I am going to give my next review of Sneha Marudhu Kannada dubbed) released in theaters. Reason being that I have reviewed first film of Action  King Arjun and want to register my feat of reviewing his nephew Action Prince Dhruv Sarja.



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