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EDITOR'S PICK
Rating: **
It seems Ganesh was destined to direct his second home production "Kool".
As it happened within two days of the shooting, the film`s director Mussanje
Mahesh walked out of the project citing creative differences. Since the whole
unit was in Ooty for the outdoor shoot, alternative arrangement were made
immediately and Ganesh decided to wear the director`s hat himself.
Ganesh is one of the top stars of the industry and it was a risk he had taken at
that point of time. Nevertheless his fans had a lot of expectation from the
film, mainly because his debut production venture "Maleyali Joteyali"
directed by Preetham Gubbi had become a hit.
Fans thought that the lovable romantic star will not fail this time as well. But
"Kool...Sakkath Hot Maga" couldnt` live up to their expectations.
What is wrong with Ganesh`s first directorial venture? The first flaw is the
story. Before the release of the movie, Ganesh had said in interviews that the
writer, who is from neighbouring Andhra Pradesh, wrote nearly 15 versions to get
the right tone in the story. And Ganesh himself scripted screenplay and some
dialogues.
The story, which has shades of Hindi film "Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai",
does not have a strong platform, the dialogues fail to make an impact and the
screenplay is the weakest part of the movie.
Ganesh made a mistake by agreeing to make a film on a story that fails to engage
the audiences. He has also included some unnecessary sequences to please the
brand advertisers of the movie. The comedy scenes make a good start, but as the
film progresses, they become irritating.
Despite having country`s top technicians like Rathnavelu, who had worked for
Rajnikanth`s "Robot" and Anthony, who edited "Ghajini", the
film fails to garner attention. Hari Krishna has composed some good tunes, which
have been shot well in Jordan and on the sets.
In the movie, Rahul and his group of friends are disinterested in studies. They
hangout in college campus and watch girls there. Rahul gets attracted to Kajal
who is hot tempered. After initial hiccups, the two start liking each other.
The story takes an usual turn when Rahul dies. Following his death Kajol moves
to the serene Hasiru Ghatta to deal with his death, but there she meets Manohar
Jaraganahalli, a Rahul look alike.
Manohar falls in love with Kajol, but the lady says she can not love anyone
other than Rahul. Finally, after several twists and turns it is revealed that
Rahul, who had become a victim of a conspiracy, faked his death to unravel the
secrets behind the murderous attacks on him.
As an actor Ganesh shines, but you miss the punchy dialogues which made him
popular among moviegoers. His comedy timing remains the best in the film.
Bollywood actress Sana Khan doesn`t fit the bill as she remains expressionless
in most of the sequences. Sharan and Sadhu Kokila bring in a few laughs, but
nothing new in it. Other veteran artists do not have much to do in terms of
performances.
The technical crew has done their job perfectly, but nothing can be recognised
much because of a bad story.
"Kool" fails to bring in some cool breeze in this hot summer. At the
most it is just an average affair.