Movie Name : Samar
Starring : Vishal, Trisha, Sunaina, Jayaparakash, Sampath, Manoj Bajpai
Music : Yuvan Shankar Raja
Direction : Thiru
Producer : T Ramesh
Banner : Jaya Balaji Real Media
Release Date : January 14, 2013
By the end credits start rolling or at the penultimate sequences to climax, you might feel the trace of a famous Spanish thriller, but revealing them would be a spoiler. However, the similarities end with the plot, for the unexpected turns and twists in second half leaves you in complete amazement. Vishal might have made a wrong choice after Avan Ivan by taking up a commercial film VEDI. Nevertheless, Samar becomes an elevation for this star, which completely comes out of the Commercial Hero image and tries something beyond his usual paradigms. And for Thiru, this young filmmaker made a decorous debut with Theeratha Vilayattu Pillai and now arrives with a completely different film.
10 minutes into the film, Shakthi (Vishal), son of a forest ranger (Azhagam Perumal) is spotted heart-broken as his girlfriend Rupa (Sunaina) calls off their relationship and gets settled down in Bangkok. Three months later, he receives a letter from Rupa along with a flight ticket expressing her desire to meet Shakthi again. On boarding his flight, he meets a beautiful girl Maya (Trisha), who helps him to complete the procedures through the security check points. Bangkok surprises Shakthi in an unannounced manner as he gets through a shock when he is saved by a group of people from gangsters, who trigger their bullets on him. He is furthermore shocked to hear his rescuers identifying him as their boss Shakthi, one of the world’s most celebrated entrepreneurs with a bank balance of billion dollars. Unable to deal with the situation, he seeks for the help of Maya, who works as an admin in Hyatt Hotel, Bangkok. Story takes a turn when he is literally discombobulated as he coincidentally comes across Rupa and hears her say; she never wrote any letter inviting him to Bangkok.
Guess what’s next? It’s a roller-coaster ride of more thrills and suspense elements. Who’s Shakthi? Is he really what he is or has a hidden identity? It’s not just Shakthi, who starts doubting everyone around him, but the audience as well.
Revealing more than this would be an ultimate spoiler and we suggest you to go experience the most scintillating thriller all by yourself.
As mentioned earlier, it’s a daring attempt by Vishal as we see him completely moving out of mass image and taking up a film that is dominated by script. Well, before few days, it was Vijay surprising us with a change in dimension and now it’s Vishal. With these mass heroes taking a new route, we can expect more and more unique films coming on its way to screens in Kodambakkam. Vishal as a perplexed individual, who doesn’t have any clue on what’s happening has done a fantastic job. A suspense-thriller would usually have its protagonist found feeble throughout the script until a point and Thiru has thoroughly followed this principle. Be the opening sequence, where he emotes over the break-up of Sunaina and his yearning moments for her in Bangkok, it gains our sympathy. We would say, Trisha has never done such a challenging role before and she can expect her name listed for Best Actress category in many award ceremonies. Kudos to the actress for taking up a different role that stays far away great from her previous movies. Sunaina doesn’t get more footage, but tries to remain at her best. JD Chakravarthy and Manoj Bajpayee (who can forget their awe-inspiring performance in Ram Gopal Varma’s Sathya?) give an enthralling performance appearing in post-intermission sequences. Sampath, Jayaprakash and Sriman do not have more than 10 minutes in the screen, but showcase their best efforts into their roles.
Filmmaker Thiru is the showstopper here for he has penned a gripping screenplay that keeps the audience intact from beginning till end. He doesn’t set separate space for songs, romance and action, but everything is tightly chained with the screenplay. Yuvan Shankar Raja’s Azhago Azhagu is a pleasant experience for the colourful visuals and tunes and background score is pretty laudable. The action sequences are the other highlighting flash points in the film.
On the whole, Samar is a spellbinding taut thriller that shouldn’t be a miss for audience, especially for the ones constantly looking out for a Hollywood-styled thriller.
Verdict: Samar – undoubtedly, the winner of Pongal race.
Samar Movie Review
No comments:
Post a Comment