Good Bad Ugly: A Great Celebration
An Ajith-driven film where character writing doesn’t matter, yet celebration is made amongst the fans. There is no requirement for story, screenplay, and screenwriting as the story only focuses on Ajith. Every single scene would either have Ajith in it or will be about and around Ajith. A very basic plot which we don’t even care about at the end of the film. An Adhik-style film which uses a lot of retro (not the Surya movie) songs in the film. This Adhik ritual has been followed since Mark Antony, but I feel like it is time to stop this and prevent oversaturation of such methods.
Characters don’t have soul in them, yet a lot of characters are showcased on screen. Talking about characters, in the second half, a lot of characters make unexpected intervening — like the crossover with Don Lee, John Wick, and Professor. All these characters create an awe factor amongst the audience. Simran’s Kill Bill look, even though we don’t feel any significant nature for the presence, yet imbibed with callbacks, makes the audience go wild.
Moving on to music and scores, GVP isn’t at his fullest for the film. OG Sambavam and God Bless You made quite a vibe, yet the background scores weren’t nice for me. I would have loved to witness Anirudh do his magic for this film, yet GVP made a fine music work. The film is packed with retro music — not everything, but a few add value worth celebrating. The whole theatre went berserk while Drakey’s PULI PULI came on during the action. The famous Insta song Panathukaga Enaya Maranthu took place in the film, indicating how our lifestyles are changing towards reel advent.
Before stepping into acting, even the film feels like a reel compilation in the first half, with disjointed and tiring scenes. Arjun Das pulled out a pretty decent acting, given his dual role in the film. It’s hard to find mistakes in Ajith’s acting, even though however the film might be. Vihaan (Son of Ajith) was imprisoned on a false accusation, and the whole film is about somehow finding a way to prove his innocence. We could feel a stain of Vidamuyarchi’s Trisha character in this film too, yet it is more of a less tense one here. Ajith gave a tough fight to Vikram in the film, showcasing a lot of variations in his physical look.
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His son in the film was more of an example for “Athu kadhal illa da kadhool.” Priya Varrier’s character too needed to be done with a greater impact. But at the end of the film, it was fun!
This is created by an Ajith fan, for the Ajith fans, composed of the Ajith fans. Don’t expect too much of screenplay and great writing stuff, yet have a mind ready to go crazy with the fans and feel the vibe. This film is not fit to be watched on TVs, so prefer theatres instead to embrace the vibe!
A Film Review by
Sri Anirudh Krishnamoorthy (CoconutInk)
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Originally published at https://coconutink.substack.com.
