I waited for a month to get over so that I could write a review on this movie, as everyone would’ve watched it by then. But now I realize that it has been two months since I watched this movie – Sivaji. I remember going with my friends – one who doesn’t like tamil movies, another one who doesn’t like super-heroism in tamil movies and another one who is so selective in watching tamil movies. The one who doesn’t like super-heroism had already watched the movie and was telling me before the movie that it is an average movie and watchable once. Alright, lets get to the plot!
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Plot:
Sivaji (played by Rajini) returns from America to make his dream venture into action – a venture to uplift India’s economy. A don Adhiseshan (played by Suman) who thinks that Sivaji’s venture would put all of his business to an end opposes him. With 
his political influences, he tries to stop Sivaji and finally succeeds in doing so and also by doing so, Sivaji goes bankrupt. Meanwhile Sivaji had wooed Tamizhselvi (played by Shriya). But she, being brought up by an orthodox family, believes in an astrologer’s bidding that if she marries Sivaji, Sivaji’s life would be in grave danger. And hence after the downfall of Sivaji, she refuses to marry him.
Sivaji starts off once again from where he was in his childhood – with no money. With one rupee in hand (given by Adhiseshan to add insult to his injury), he goes opposite the direction of wind, thrashing whoever opposes him on his way. How he takes revenge on Adhiseshan and how he wins back Tamizhselvi forms the rest of the story!
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Su
perstar magic:
Rajini’s trick once again worked. He is enthusiastic, cheerful and energetic throughout the movie, as he had portrayed the character of a youth returning from America. This film is a treasure for Superstar’s fans. The flipping of coin and the whole Athiradee song portrays Rajini’s style. Rajini’s bald get-up and cha
nge of style is a treat for fans and also for the ones waiting for some excitement.
Shankar’s touch:
The plot is clearly Shankar’s, with the story going against black money and corruption in India. As with the rest
of the part, he need not even involve as whatever he may do, Rajini would overshadow him.
Other ch
aracters:
Shriya has played the female lead role of the movie (You can find he
r in the songs and the scenes around the songs). Her role comes to an importance only in the second half.
Suman has played the villain of the movie.He was perfect for a don – fat, wearing dhotis, with rude expressions
(I dunno why. The sunglasses made him look rude)
Vivek plays the comedian of the movie. Along with Rajini, he has done his job well. But in this movie, he had to control his tongue and stop bullying the hero, as the Superstar is the real boss of the movie.
Music:
The songs are great. The visualization of the song is absolutely great. Everyone who watched the movie wouldn’t go without commenting about the song sets (especially Sahana). The background score is well done (ARR is doing great with BGM these days). A.R.Rahman never fails with his job.
My opinion about the movie differs. Though I like the movie, I felt that the movie did not have enough of Shankar’s formula. Something was missing. The part of me being a fan enjoyed the movie whereas the movie was a disappointment for the other part of me being a Shankar fan. My rating would be
Story : 7/10
Music : 8.5/10
Overall : 7.5/10
A must watch for all Rajini fans. Picturisation was superb. The movie sets and the song sets are the best so far of Shankar’s.
