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Singakutty - Dare not near! |
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Movie Review Board |
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Starring:
Sivaji, Gowri Munjal, Malavika, Suja, Saranya, Vivek.
Direction: A. Venkatesh
Music: Prasanna Shekar
Production: Tamil Screen |
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it's true that a debutante’s fate lies with the director
and the script, it's evident that Sivaji from the veteran
household has made a monumental mistake in both turfs. For
Singakutty, with a story line that is done to death, is a
tedious and barren effort plagued with myriad downers. |
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Sivaji returns home after having been trained as a Sub-Inspector.
The job is hard-earned and is his mother's dream: she
wants her son to continue the police legacy left behind
by her late husband. As soon as he steps out of the
bus, Sivaji gets an anonymous call claiming to have
kidnapped his mother, sister and girlfriend.
The villain – who is the brother of another thug
whose earlier plans in a similar operation are foiled
by the police with the help of Sivaji – is on
a revenge trip and wants Sivaji to plant bombs in prominent
places in the city. After heeding to the villain's command,
now it's left to the hero to try and diffuse the bombs
and save the lives of the three ladies.
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If
the story line doesn't sound tiring enough, there
is lot more lined up for the whole 150 minutes. Like
lackadaisical direction, atrocious editing, tawdry
comedy track, and lame music. Sivaji is quick at stunt
sequences and brisk in songs. However, the director
seems to have let the lad do the work and relaxed
himself, doing a slipshod job. No excuses either for
the on-edge editing done by Antony, owing to which
many song sequences appear from the middle of nowhere.
Also, the irrelevantly colorful frames proclaim the
cinematographer's in-competency.
Vivek's comedy oscillates between tasteless and monotonous,
never once serving the purpose. How long can stand
to see him play the star-crazed fan of some bombshell?
Speaking of which, Malavika plays herself here and
shakes her assets for the remixed version of the famous
Ilayaraja number 'Aattama Therottama' done sloppily
by Prasanna Sekhar.
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Verdict: To sum up, you certainly need a brave heart and
unbounded patience to watch this!
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