Thalaivaa Movie Review

Cast : Vijay , Amalapaul , Sathyaraj , Santhanam

Direction : AL Vijay

Music : GV Prakash

Producer : Chandra Prakash Jain

Release by : Vendhar Movies

Vijay and Amala Paul starred Thalaivaa directed by AL Vijay released today.

GV Prakash Kumar has given fresh set of tunes for the film and the Thalaivaa music album has acquired rave Thalaivaa music review with positive word of mouth. Vijay fans are gazing up to the screens of Thalaivaa with high energies to watch their Ilayathalapathy on screens as a dancing doll and especially for the song sung by none other than Vijay himself.

Story:

The movie begins with 1988 background, where a south Indian community is attacked by Marathi community at Bandra/Darawi to quit Bombay/Mumbai. Sathyaraj turns ‘Thalaiva’ (savior) to save people and handovers his son to Nasser who moves to Australia

Vijay is a professional dancer in Australia, His entry as dance competitor under a dance group, Accidentally Amala Paul meets Vijay and joins his dance group and stages the competition to win the show, which leads to their love. He travels to Mumbai to meet his father (Sathyaraj) along with Amala Paul and his Father in law (Suresh) to fix his marriage.

Vijay understands that his father is in trouble and leaves a shock message to Suresh and Amala Paul. Sathyaraj tries to meet Suresh &Amala Paul to lighten his son’s love interest, which makes a twist to interval. The Twist is Suresh and Amala Paul are Crime branch Police officers who map Sathyaraj through Vijay in the name of love and marriage.

Sathyaraj gets arrested and on his way back to Police station, he is torched inside the Vehicle, which leads Vijay to take his father position in course of time. He finally ends the Villain with a Twist.

Performance:

Vijay’s character in the film goes through two phases, one as typical lover; other as leader. He is good as lover with his usual charm, dance & romance. But he is brilliant as leader. Unlike his previous films Thalaiva don’t have much action scenes. Less action and more acting. Amala Paul gives extra sheen. She gets a role to prove her talent and her more than lives up to the expectations. She is super confident and registered a strong impact. Her dancing skills and expressions are her added benefits. However her role is limited in the second half. Santhanam has once again proved that he is unbeatable in comedy zone. Satyaraj is truly outstanding in Thalaivaa character. RaginiNandwani is gorgeous in small role. Abhimanyu Singh is ok. Naasar is wasted.

Technical:

Music by GV Prakash in the film is a letdown and the placement of songs are wrong, Action part is also not impressive, Cinematography is average,Nirav Shah’s camera failed to capture the content. Screenplay is good,editing is good.

Analysis:

Thalaiva’s story may sound predictable resembles Kamal Hassan’s Nayagan, Most of the scenes are copied from Nayagan and Vijay tried to enact as Rajini in Baasha. But film is filled with many twists and turns, two great suspense, one just before the interval and one just at the right time, climax The run time of the film is almost 3 hours. First half is fast paced with romance, dance, funny scenes like Chemistry between Santhanam- Amalapaul is glorified better than Vijay-Amalapaul in the movie and second half is good with twits and revenge drama. Overall, Thalaiva can be watched one time.

Verdict : Thalaiva can be watched one time