This weekend promises to be one of the most exciting for sports lovers like me as we have the Laver Cup, PGA Tour Championship & Asia Cup. With the first two events reaching it culmination on Sunday along with the Indo-Pak match, it promises to be one hell of a day. Since I didn't have much work to do on Saturday apart from the usual groceries, I decided to watch Vikram's "Saamy square"; the prequel of which I had absolutely loved. Can Hari recreate the magic of Aarusaamy???
Almost a year has passed since Perumal Pichai (Kota Srinivasa Rao) had been announced missing & his sons were adamant that they would unearth the truth behind their father's disappearance. Soon after, Raavana Pichai (Bobby Simha) & his brothers finds out that their father was killed by DCP Aarusaamy (Vikram). They avenge the death of their father by murdering Aarusamy & his wife, but Saamy's son miraculously survived the attack. For the next quarter of a century, Raavana & his brothers build their empire through money laundering activities for the political parties. In the meantime, Raamsaamy (Vikram) grows up into a fine IPS officer & as destiny would have it, Raam & Raavana crosses paths.
When "Saamy" released in 2003, Hari was a relatively unknown name in the Tamil film industry after all this was his second project. But the success of "Saamy" followed by the "Singham" series made him a household name. So when "Saamy square" was announced there was both excitement as well as apprehension. The biggest challenge in front of Hari who had penned the script as well was to make it distinct from "Singham" & make it engaging as well. Unfortunately, he has failed miserably as the story offered nothing new with the first half being pathetic (the Anniyan type expression scenes, mailing the President & he takes action in a matter of mins...OMG) & the comedy sequences being the WORST that I have come across in many years. Though the second half was comparatively better, it still didnt showcase anything that we havent seen in other flicks. None of the technical aspects deserves mention as it ranged from average to mediocre.
Vikram was the only saving grace in the whole movie, but what can a talented actor like him do if the script itself is so weak. He could have done the smart thing & rejected it like Trisha, who foresaw that she was about to board a sinking ship. Since Trisha had backed out, Aishwarya takes up the guest role & did what she could. Bobby Simha was average as his character seemed to growl more rather than do some serious planning. As for the rest of the cast, Keerthy Suresh (expected her to be more judicious in picking roles after "Mahanadi") , Prabhu etc, were ok.
Verdict: The film will take an excellent initial due to the effect of its prequel but I dont believe it will be able to sustain it as there isn't anything unique in the story. It's the same old police story that we have watched innumerable number of times. In short, watch "Saamy" if you haven't watched that or else forget it!!!
Rating: 1.75/5
Regards...Ben
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