Chennai Express - First Bollywood movie completely shot in south India with lot of Tamil co actors which attracted Tamil audience mostly because of this reason. Bollywood super star Sharukh with Deepika made kalakkal lungi appearance in this Express along with south stars Priyamani, Satyaraj, and others directed by Rohit Shetty.
Evening Release - While Thalaiva has stuck up in release issues, chennai express was released on Thursday evening itself inspite of its official august 9 release date. Theatres have seen decent crowd due to the long weekend starting from this evening.
Good Beginning - Chennai Express starts with proper introduction of Sharukh, his grand parents, their interests, sentiments and travels quite meaningfully till interval. Sharukh expressed his usual comedy skills and made the first half fast running. Deepika who comes in to Sharukh's train travel comes through out the movie. Her make up and costume selection lags but she expressed better acting in few scenes. From the moment Deepika (a tamil girl) was introduced, movie travels bilingual (Tamil and Hindi) with most of the scenes requiring subtitles especially for bollywood fans.
Huge Tamil Crowd - As the complete express travels in Komban village of Tamilnadu, entire casting including Deepika's dad, cousin brothers, relatives, police officers, villain, everyone was chosen from Tamil cinema industry. Sathyaraj was not given full freedom to go with his natural acting because he looks restricted in lot of areas.
Outstanding Cinematography - Hats off to the cinematographer for showing Kombam village, Rameshwaram and other South India beautifully with his camera throughout the movie. Though lot of coloring filters were applied in most of the scenes, it looks attractive and makes us to simply say 'vow' to the photography. Editing was equally good and location selection also added its part.
Slow second half - Screenplay struggles in second half and moves very slowly making us feel like first half is far far better than second. 3 songs were part of second half when only one featuring Priyamani was part of first. Priyamani looks little slim when compared to her previous movies and even her costumes made her look not so good.
Masala Copies from Kolly/Tolly/Kannada Woods - Scene where all lovers assemble at store room is copied from "Super Stars" Muthu. Scene where Sharukh keeps knife at Deepika's neck and escapes in Gypsy resembles "Okkadu (Gilli)". Scene where Sharukh lifts Deepika and climbs temple steps resembles a Kannada movie. But all were perfectly fitted in appropriate places making a perfect masala outcome.
Mass Less, More Reality - Nowhere in the movie hero was portrayed as mass hero - Sharukh did not speak any self boosting punches and did not kill all rowdy vilains. The only dialogue repeated all through the movie "Dont under estimate a common man". Even in the climax fight, Sharukh was made to fight and struggle like a common man except where he comes back after a heavy blow.
Nothing Special Shetty - Rohit Shetty as a directory did not tell anything new in Chennai Express. Rajni's cutout was used in promo song "Lungi Dance" to attract Tamil audience towards theaters as like Ra One. Even though there lived a story in the film, it was not told in an interesting way with right screenplay.
Verdict: Chennai "Express" gives a travel experience as in a "Passenger" Train!!!
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| Chennai Express Bollywood Movie Review |
Good Beginning - Chennai Express starts with proper introduction of Sharukh, his grand parents, their interests, sentiments and travels quite meaningfully till interval. Sharukh expressed his usual comedy skills and made the first half fast running. Deepika who comes in to Sharukh's train travel comes through out the movie. Her make up and costume selection lags but she expressed better acting in few scenes. From the moment Deepika (a tamil girl) was introduced, movie travels bilingual (Tamil and Hindi) with most of the scenes requiring subtitles especially for bollywood fans.
Huge Tamil Crowd - As the complete express travels in Komban village of Tamilnadu, entire casting including Deepika's dad, cousin brothers, relatives, police officers, villain, everyone was chosen from Tamil cinema industry. Sathyaraj was not given full freedom to go with his natural acting because he looks restricted in lot of areas.
Outstanding Cinematography - Hats off to the cinematographer for showing Kombam village, Rameshwaram and other South India beautifully with his camera throughout the movie. Though lot of coloring filters were applied in most of the scenes, it looks attractive and makes us to simply say 'vow' to the photography. Editing was equally good and location selection also added its part.
Slow second half - Screenplay struggles in second half and moves very slowly making us feel like first half is far far better than second. 3 songs were part of second half when only one featuring Priyamani was part of first. Priyamani looks little slim when compared to her previous movies and even her costumes made her look not so good.
Masala Copies from Kolly/Tolly/Kannada Woods - Scene where all lovers assemble at store room is copied from "Super Stars" Muthu. Scene where Sharukh keeps knife at Deepika's neck and escapes in Gypsy resembles "Okkadu (Gilli)". Scene where Sharukh lifts Deepika and climbs temple steps resembles a Kannada movie. But all were perfectly fitted in appropriate places making a perfect masala outcome.
Mass Less, More Reality - Nowhere in the movie hero was portrayed as mass hero - Sharukh did not speak any self boosting punches and did not kill all rowdy vilains. The only dialogue repeated all through the movie "Dont under estimate a common man". Even in the climax fight, Sharukh was made to fight and struggle like a common man except where he comes back after a heavy blow.
Nothing Special Shetty - Rohit Shetty as a directory did not tell anything new in Chennai Express. Rajni's cutout was used in promo song "Lungi Dance" to attract Tamil audience towards theaters as like Ra One. Even though there lived a story in the film, it was not told in an interesting way with right screenplay.
Verdict: Chennai "Express" gives a travel experience as in a "Passenger" Train!!!
Rating:
Above Average
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