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Wednesday, September 11, 2024
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TAMIL POOJAI
EDITOR'S PICK
Gopalakrishnan has written'Poojai' with the mindset that anything that
comes from his camp will be lapped up by audiences, no matter how good or bad it
is. After all, he's the master of commercial entertainers such as'Saamy'
and'Singam'.
If you've followed his films over the years, it's easier to predict'Poojai'
from start to finish with eyes closed. Because of which you realise the director
never tries to innovate with his films and usually sticks to a template he's
done to death.
In his films, the hero is usually very close to his father or mother. In'Saamy',
Vikram was very close to his father, and so was Suriya in'Singam'. Vishal
is very close to his mother in'Poojai', and that's why when his mother asks
him break the hand that slapped his uncle, he proudly obliges.
Gopalakrishnan, known for featuring large families that stay in large houses in
his stories, continues the format in this film as well. Vishal belongs to a
large family and their house is considered the biggest in their city.
There's always a reference about familial and financial status in his films.
Here, Vishal is turned down by Shruti Haasan for the same reason. In'Saamy',
Vikram's father is insulted by the heroine's father on the basis of his
economical status.
Most commercial films are plagued by a serious problem for the need to include a
romantic track. And most of these romantic plots make us wonder if falling in
love is so simple.
In'Poojai', Shruti and Vishal break into a duet song after the former wipes
some gravy off the latter's shirt. At that exact moment, we hear Soori passing a
funny comment (he has won her heart with a drop of gravy).
We're not sure if the director is actually so stupid to be writing these scenes
or he probably assumes his audience to be dumb. It definitely has to be the
former because there are definitely better ways to induce feelings of love or
intimacy between two people.
His films are high on action. It's so high that villains literally bounce off
the floor when they get roughed up by Vishal. Jeeps fly in the air like they are
toys tossed off a table by a kid. There are far too many chase scenes, weak
villains and songs that definitely don't deserve to be mentioned.
Both'Saamy' and'Singam' worked because the heroes were complemented by
great villains. If it was Kota Srinivasa Rao in'Saamy', it was the highly
talented Prakash Raj in'Singam'.
In'Poojai', however, we're tortured with villains who hardly have any
purpose. Our filmmakers need to understand it's perfectly alright to feature a
Tamil actor to play a villain settled in Bihar. Thousands of Tamilians have
settled in Bihar, so what's wrong if you show a Tamil antagonist there?
Both the Diwali releases'Kaththi' and'Poojai' have one thing in
common. It's the terrible roles of the leading ladies. We really wonder if
filmmakers take any interest at all in writing better romantic tracks for
heroines, who are usually used as glam dolls.
'Poojai' should've been more than just the hero flexing his muscles
and fighting.
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