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Saroja
Movie Review and Stills
Banner: Amma Creations
Cast: S.P.B. Charan, Siva, Kajal Agarwal, Premji
Gangai Amaran, Vaibhav, Vega, Prakash Raj, Jayaram
Direction: Venkat Prabhu
Music: Yuvan Shankar Raja
Website: http://www.sarojathemovie.com
Fun, frolic and mayhem were in abundance in Venkat Prabhu's
first directorial venture 'Chennai 600028'. With his second
film 'Saroja' the director dutifully follows the same pattern
despite having the backdrop of a thriller featuring a kidnap,
gun totting desperados and characters with malicious intent.
Even with a no-way-out situation that four friends get
themselves into, and with the events unfolding in a real time
sequential order, there is still scope for laughs. Premji
Amaran's good-for-nothing attitude in the film amalgamated
with silly remarks, 'Mirchi' Siva's ever so casual comic
remarks, the intense demeanor of Sampath as a bad guy,
Prakash Raj as the doting father of a kidnapped daughter,
Vega as the kidnapped girl Saroja and Jayaram as the
Assistant Commissioner of Police impress in their respective
roles. One of the movie's strengths is that all these
characters are introduced quickly in such a way that
audiences easily understand the roles played by them except
when the twists in the film happen.
Major strengths for 'Saroja' are in the form of some
breathtaking and spectacular background score from Yuvan
Shankar Raja (probably one of his bests so far), slick
editing from Praveen K. L and Srikanth N. B (they have a long
way to go) and excellent cinematography by Sakthi Saravanan.
Four friends with diverse natures but similar interests
decide to travel to Hyderabad from Chennai to watch a cricket
match. A huge tanker lorry heads towards South India from the
North and a vicious gang has kidnapped a rich girl and holds
her for ransom. All these events are narrated sequentially
with the backdrop of the Chaos Theory.
The tanker lorry capsizes creating a complete traffic jam
that has the makings of an all night stand-still. Our
protagonists stuck in traffic decide to get to Hyderabad
through a short cut and eventually get lost. They end up in
the den of the vicious gang who hold the daughter of the
millionaire captive.
The capsizing of the tanker lorry and the vibrant adventurous
nature of the young protagonists make all these three events
that should have been isolated amalgamate with each other.
The butterfly effect is at work here.
Ajay (Shiva), an actor in television serials, Ganesh Kumar (Premji
Amaran) as a funny good-for-nothing who falls in love with
every passing girl, Jagapathi Babu (SPB Charan) as the senior
of the team, married and has a young daughter and Ram Babu (Vaibhav
Reddy) as Jagapathi Babu's brother fit into their roles with
ease. Their interactions during all the events stay true with
doses of humor never running out….no matter what situation
they are in.
The kidnappers headed by Sampath are in talks with the
millionaire businessman for a huge sum of money. An Assistant
Commissionaire of Police is on the case. Most of Sampath's
goons appear to be mechanical with their approach and are
stiff all through, even in fight sequences. Sampath however
is perfect for the role and his companion Kalyani, played by
Nikitha oozes with glamour (probably the only reason she is
part of the script).
Vega seems to have understood her character (Saroja) in the
film very well as she pulls it off with perfect ease. Prakash
Raj has been at his usual best.
How this whole issue get sorted out forms the rest of the
story.
The movie is a neat entertainer for audiences who want fun in
their dosage of cinema. However, audiences who love
true-blood thrillers might be a touch disappointed as too
much of comedy is part of the proceedings thereby bringing
down the intensity a bit.
'Saroja' tickles the funny bone with tremendous technical
brilliance and proves to be a roller coaster fun ride. Venkat
Prabhu….one gets the feeling has come on the scene as a
director to stay. His understanding of entertainment has all
the potential to work wonders with Tamil Cinema audiences.
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