No sooner was I convinced to watch this master piece "Sivaji : The boss", I knew I must be completely "o.o.m.m" (out of my mind!). I think this happens with age :)
Or, maybe I should just give myself that benefit of doubt :) I agreed only because I had refused to watch the last few movies that Pari had identified as completely watchable and entertaining - Pirates.... I thought it too absurd for me, Ta ra rum pum seemed like an endless melodrama, Dharm - too stark, Jhoom barabar....one of the typical Yash Chopra concocted mush. After having bravely refused to be game for any of these,I relented to watching Sivaji - "it would be a complete entertainer" I was told by Pari. I thought I needed that "some mindless entertainment". Next time remind me to not take him seriously!!!
The saving grace ....
Or, maybe I should just give myself that benefit of doubt :) I agreed only because I had refused to watch the last few movies that Pari had identified as completely watchable and entertaining - Pirates.... I thought it too absurd for me, Ta ra rum pum seemed like an endless melodrama, Dharm - too stark, Jhoom barabar....one of the typical Yash Chopra concocted mush. After having bravely refused to be game for any of these,I relented to watching Sivaji - "it would be a complete entertainer" I was told by Pari. I thought I needed that "some mindless entertainment". Next time remind me to not take him seriously!!!
The saving grace ....
- Very mellow crowd - other than the intial round of applause and whistles...no catcalls or dialogue baazi. I can now vouch that the multiplex audience is indeed sober :)
- Took me exactly 5 mins to hit the bed given that the movie was showing at Imax -a stones throw away fm home
- Saucy Ms Saran...hmm shouldnt be long before she is in one of our Bolly flicks
- I actually understood what was happening! (although I donot quite understand Tamil)
- Long unending drama (3 and a half hours or was it four??! I stopped counting after the first 2 )
- Loud!!! I mean literally - the sound was much over decibels that could be tolerated by a normal human aural mechanism.....I might have been a dolphin in my last birth or may be even a fly (I managed to get away without going deaf)
- Incredulous!!!..........Credibility....hey what does that mean? not quite synonymous with a Rajni flick. Sorry!
- And yes...completely O.T.T (over the top) sets and stylised stunts.....I guess all this comes as a part and parcel of a Rajni movie....which I should have prepared myself for well in the beginning.
