It is better to just watch the trailer and then watch the post credits of the movie. Quite honestly, the movie is unwatchable. It seems like the movie is going somewhere, but no, it isn't.
The story is incredibly dumb. The direction was meh. Huma Qureshi was unnecessary in this movie.
Nana Patekar & Rajnikanth acted their parts, but I do say that there were no parts to properly begin with. We can briefly say that Nana Patekar & Rajnikanth just said their dialogues well and acted accordingly. That is it. Nothing more. Nothing less.
The whole movie was stretched too long, wasting the time of the audience.
There's a brief message in the movie about not disrespecting the people who live in slums, but there's no need of a commercial movie for that. This should've been a documentary, that would've made it a better film.
It doesn't live up to its expectations.
People expect a better film from Rajni Sir.
Plot summary
Karikaalan consistently fights to keep the people of Dharavi, a slum in Mumbai, safe from the clutches of mighty politicians and the land mafia don, Hari Dhadha.
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August 06, 2018 at 06:48 AM
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It seems that the movie is going somewhere but, trust me, it doesn't. In short, DO NOT WATCH THIS MOVIE.
A film that promotes and glorifies poverty.
When Kabali was released i was thrilled with the way of its presentation. But after seeing Kaala and when i retrospect Kabali, the director in some way or the other was trying to glorify the suffering of discrimination and poverty of the past and present.
The story is about a politician trying to acquire the slums , in which the protagonist- Kaala acts as a messiah for the people living in the dwelling, for which the politician would up to any extent in achieving it.
The story may be appealing to the viewers, but as the movie progresses it blatantly glorifies poverty and anarchy. As a result it very much seemed as a tool for the director to support his ideology. I would pity, if Rajnikanth joins and if this is his ideology that he envision to promote, then it would be better for the entrepreneurs to pack their bags from the state. (No puns intended)
The single star which is mandatory to be given is for the enigmatic performance of Nana Patekar as the villain, Hari Dada. The performance was such that it would make viewers forget that Rajnikant was at his opposide end in the head- head scene. Before this performance i used to consider Nana as an over-rated actor but this performance removed all my apprehension regarding him and now i tend to understand why people rate him highly.
The director has announced that his next would be a biopic on the freedom fighter Birsa Munda. If the director is hell bent on glorfying the suffering then it is better to be avioided.
Deja Vu or Cliche
-Rajnikanth is the leader.
-One of his family members (wife/ son/ daughter/ grand child) is killed by the villain.
-Rajnikanth fights alone.
-Rajnikanth's character cannot die else people can't digest such a film.
-One of Rajnikanth's son/daughter/grand child shifts loyalty towards the villain side until he/she dies or learns that Rajnikanth is right.
-Concentrate on Rajnikanth's looks and style.
-Have a shot of Rajnikanth walking in slow motion.
-Incorporate the above points in your screenplay and voila, you have a film that Rajnikanth will 'appear' in.
Dhanush is a good producer until he produces a Rajnikanth film.
The moment a 'star' becomes above the story, that film loses it's charm either the whole film or in certain sequences or scenes (be it Tollywood, Bollywood, Kollywood etc,.)
Blindness can be revealed with 10/10 rating depending on the star in the film.
There is no future for literacy with such people.