PERFECT POINT –BLANK THRILLER
What
makes a good cinema....? Whether a good story or a tough screenplay or a
grandeur presentation? A sensible cinema
should be a perfect gourmet with all the above ingredients cooked up in
balancing proportions. Vijay starrer Thupakki
is made up with the similar recipe which ultimately stands out to be a perfect
meal for the cine goers. Movies on the
Indian Army, terrorism are not novel in their way of depiction in the Indian
cinema; but what makes Thupakki a
preferable watch? There were many things
that kept the pace of the movie pushing throughout its length. Every craft was
just more than being perfect.
Thupakki is the story of a captain Jagadish (Vijay) of the Indian army. The story sets up in Mumbai while the
protagonist visits his family for a vacation.
Story races up when the hero suspects some terrorist activities
happening around; and finally the movie wraps up with the good winning over the
bad. Though the story has no novelty on a whole the director injects the concept
of “sleeper cells” into the script which appeals to be fresh.
From the beginning
the director ensures to keep his narration crisp and taut enough. After the debacle
of his previous (7am arivu) Murugadoss seems to be back to his
senses and handled the project with utmost care. Not forgetting the havoc
created at the box office by the poor screenplay of 7am arivu, this time he tightened up the laces of the screenplay
and weaved it tight with a couple of knots (twists). His effort made the
narration nail biting for the audience to glue their asses to the cushions for
165 minutes.
In spite of being
introduced by a stalwart like Shankar,
Vijay couldn't establish himself in
Tollywood with his former film. But this time he ensures to make a better
market for himself. As a young and charming army officer he did a convincing
job. Kajal was restricted to a pool
of scenes and songs that added humour and glamour respectively. Vidyuth Jamwal who played the role of
clever antagonist is just ok. He hasn’t much to offer. The important aspect of
the film is its high technicalities. Icons like Santhosh Sivan (cinematography)
and Sreekar Prasad (editor) cultivated the movie to look
more grand and gripping enough.
Harris jayaraj rather delivered some peppy
numbers this time than sticking himself to melody. Except a couple of songs
most of them were party numbers. They were just average. Choreography was not
extra ordinary. It just filled in the space. But Harris offered a hair raising BGM
for the movie. Throughout the movie the BGM
constantly evokes our interest and easily pulls our attention into the
happenings of the story. Exceptional work it was.
Despite
being a perfect watch the movie has a couple of flaws of its own. To be candid;
1) The climax appears to be
unpleasing when the ruthless terrorist asks the hero to share his “last wish”
before killing him and proceeds to drag on sometime with an unnecessary fight.
In comparison with the wit and intelligence of the narration from the initial
stage, the climax appears stupid.
2) The movie lacks good music. Songs
are mere waste. For a power packed thriller like this one a couple of songs can
be freely chopped off.
In
spite of its minor misfits the movie still remains to be a point-blank action
thriller which out stands one’s expectations. It’s certainly a tribute to the
Indian army. To deliver the ending note I would say “I am waiting.....” for more sensible and gripping thrillers yet to
come in the Indian cinema like Thupakki.
Three
and a half stars for the point-blank thriller.
P.S:
Paisa
vasool is an understatement here, go find some time and watch this flick.....
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