Just like most weekends, the last one was also spent watching movies & sporting events. To our dismay, Saturday saw the Proteas make a strong back into the ODI series with an authoritative win. However, thanks to the impressive "Padman", I was still very much in good spirits & that's when "Kalakalappu 2" caught my attention. Though I havent watched the prequel, the feedback of it being an all out slap stick comedy added fodder to my eagerness to check it out. But it turned out to be a decision I regretted.
The politician Dharmaraj (Madhusudhanan Rao) had amassed obscene amount of wealth through unlawful means but the long hand of the law caught up with him. However, before the justice system could lay hands on the evidence, Dharmaraj had it handed over to his auditor. But the latter used it as an opportunity to blackmail Dharmaraj & demands ransom to be handed over to him in Kasi in exchange for the evidence. At the same time, Raghu (Jai) also lands in Kasi to claim his ancestral property which unknown to him was in the hands of Seenu (Jiiva), a small time fraud. Though Raghu gets duped by Seenu initially, they become good mates later on. Into this mix, enters Ganesh (Shiva) a conman who happened to cheat both of them in the past. How all these sub-plots and characters are linked to each other & how it finally pans out is what this movie is all about.
Sundar C has been in the business of directing movies for more than two decades & though I havent seen most of them, there are two which actually stands out. One of them is the fantastic "Anbe Sivam" & the other being "Arunachalam", both of which I had really enjoyed. However, the same cant be said about his latest venture, which just had a handful of genuine humorous sequences. The rest was nothing more than utter nonsense that tries too hard to make us laugh but all it manages to do is give a throbbing headache. None of the technical aspects deserves mention except for Senthikumar's cinematorgraphy which captures the vibrant colours of Kasi pretty well.
There is an army of artists in the movie starting from the protagonists Jai, Jiiva & Shiva. All three of them have done their parts aptly, with Shiva being my personal favourite. Both the lead ladies, Nikki Galrani and Catherine Tresa were just for eye candy while the rest did whatever was expected of them.
Verdict: Even slap stick comedies could be well made & keep us glued to our seats. Unfortunately, this one fails to interest me as it barely had anything worthwhile. In short, avoid it for sure!!!
Rating; 1.5/5
Regards...Ben
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