Thursday, January 12, 2023

Thunivu: One hell of a guts to direct this !!!

 Director; H Vinoth

Cast; Ajith Kumar, Manju Warrier, Samudrakanni, John Kokken, G M Sundar, Bhagwati Perumal

Music; Ghibran

Camera : Nirav Shah

Producers; Zee Studios and Boney Kapoor.

When Manju tweeted no Guts no glory , she meant it for the director for putting his name to a film that beats all illogical films that have come so far in Kollywood. 

Story; A bank located in Mount Rod Chennai has a team of robbers break in. they find that already a guy with same motive is inside and he is AK.Now this AK guy is a bank robber because he wants siphon all the money that the bank milked from the unsuspecting customers. Will he successfully complete his mission is the film all about.

Performance : AJITH KUMAR all the way and director H Vinoth has realized that a screen presence of AK is most important to smokescreen the lows in storytelling and over look the illogical super human actions of the hero and Manju Warrier. So add the AK do a moonwalk to give fans a kick and looks like it worked as this is trending soon after the 1 AM show.

From Vaali to Mankantha  AK excels in a role with shades of grey and Thunivu just gives him more space to do it. As far as Manju Warrier is concerned, I think she has got footage in a Star film and that too in a role that she has not done before is one big bonus for her and for viewers she is no disappointment. Most of the others have their roles well defined and give their best.

Technical aspects of the film are just about average. Art Director has created sets that can be blatantly  recognized as one. Nirav cinematography is one big plus and when it comes to music ,Ghibran does deliver his best but what happens is that the placement is at the wrong time. Here again how do you differentiate from gunshots- bomb explosion and BGM ?

Narration : From what you get to see in Thunivu trailor, the film gives an expectation and to a great extent it does deliver the heist factor. After all the fireworks – shoot outs and bombs exploding in the first part, you are taken in the second half to a portion where H Vinoth wants his film to be known as not just a heist film but also an expose on how private corporate banks make their balance sheets profitable by manipulating the public who do not read the small print in the forms that they sign.

This self-indulgence by the director affects the film pace and he did this in his previous film with AK and had to later cut it out. After the slow pace, the film takes it own time to shift to fast gear and this is one hell of a problem for a film backed by an electrifying AK screen presence. White  suit- white hair – mesmerizing smile and a machine gun in his lap, it is AK all the way.

Verdict : A one time watch for  those who are lovers of superhero genre films apart from  AK fans

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