I saw it on the first day …couldn’t review it then coz had other stuff going on but heres the thoughts
I didn’t read the novel nor had much idea abt the story …I just read up on the chola family tree before going in and read a character synopsis of ps ….
As for the movie
Didn’t like it
Gr8 source material, shabby and rushed execution
Firstly there is in information overload ….several things that need time to vest are rushed over ….and unnecessary time is spent on comedy scenes or chases or badly choreographed action ….this is meant to be a drama ….gimme the drama bro
Sundara chola and his 3 kids are established but it is never setup for us to invest in or root for them
Poor karthi keeps swinging from one place to the other conveying messages introducing himself for the 500th time it gets tiring after a point ….granted he’s the protagonist but the scenes go by so quick there is no development or characters …
Kundavai is intelligent we are told …we barely see it
Ash is beautiful we are told ..ok gr8…where is the expression on the face ?
Ash and kundavai have tension we are told ….there is one scene between with long winded dialogues abt beauty and that’s it
Their rivalry isn’t established properly ….sundara chola and his fam aren’t setup ….sobita has a 4 min song that adds no value, and neither does her character …like I literally don’t care abt the songs ….they weren’t shot or choreographed in a special way or weren’t part or the narrative (except ponni nadhi)
Jayam Ravi is a wrong choice for the title role ….should have given it to a charismatic young actor like dulquer or Nivin pauly
He brought no screen presence
Ash and Trish are pretty …let’s leave at that coz there isn’t much else
Vikram is usual vikram …I’ve seen him do this and so this better a 1000 times in the past …
Karthi is the star here tbh …he carried this thing and he’s the only one I ended up caring abt when he was drowning in the sea ….
Arr score was disappointing ….except the boat song nothing struck…and the score sometimes was borderline like a tv serial (dhoom tanananna dhoom tananana when ash comes on)
It’s like mani ratnam dragged it but also rushed it ….dragged it with his lack of emotional connect and random stringing of scenes which are more like a series of events …like don’t care at all for anyone really
And rushed it by dumping so much info in there in exposition which sure needed more time to marinate …
This would have worked better as a tv series ….the screenplay or rather the adapted screenplay here is shabby and dosent work for film based story telling (which needs highs and lows, pace and tempo )
What a frustrating movie …uggh
Edited by pathaka - 2 years ago
Box Office – PS-1 (Hindi) adds on over the second weekend, would cross 20 crores inside two weeks ( Photo Credit – Facebook )
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