Just a week more for the New Year & one of the biggest Tamil movies to hit the screens in the lead up to it is "Maari 2". Bankrolled by Dhanush's Wunderbar Films, this is the sequel to "Maari" which was released in 2015 & had the audience entertained coz of the vibrant character of the protagonist. Hoping to cash in on the holiday season, Balaji Mohan has brought back the bindaas don once again with the intention of striking gold at the box office. So will Maari make the masses go crazy???
After the demise of Velu (Shanmugarajan), his son Kalai (Krishna Kulasekaran) becomes the boss of the gang on the insistence of Maari (Dhanush) who was his best buddy. The rival gang in the hope of gaining control over the whole region attempts to kill Maari for the 100th time & as always, he manages to escape unscathed. It was at around this time that Beeja aka Thanatos (Tovino Thomas),a hardened criminal who had some unfinished business with Maari join hands with the rival gang. Soon enough, cracks starts to appear in the friendship of Kalai & Maari, which sets the stage for Beeja to deliver the knockout punch to the latter or so he believed.
As in the prequel, apart from calling the shots Balaji Mohan has penned the script as well. There is a marked improvement in the story as more masala elements are injected into proceedings & a worthy opponent in the form of Tovino as opposed to Vijay Yesudas in "Maari". Without doubt, there is a conscious effort to evoke Rajni mania with many sequences being a tribute to the thalaivar. Despite the predictability, it is engaging for the entire duration of the first half. It does falter in the latter half,when there is a marked difference in the character arc of Dhanush & Tovino which blunts the scenes since that was what made them unique. On the technical side, Yuvan Shankar Raja's music was a disappointment & Prasanna GK could have made it crisper while I loved the choreography of "Rowdy baby".
Dhanush absolutely rocked as Maari & reminded me of Rajni in quite of a few of his antics. He was ably supported by Sai Pallavi who as mentioned by her in one of the dialogues wasnt just a 'loosu ponnu' type of character that we are so used to watching in such movies. Tovino Thomas was impressive as the antagonist, something which he has done well in "Style". As for the rest of the cast, Krishna, Robo Shankar etc have all done their parts aptly.
Verdict: As per the latest box office reports, it has got off to a roaring start at all the centres despite the presence of equally big movies like "Zero", "KGF" etc. Well to be frank, it's not surprising to see the reason why the movie is doing well coz it's pretty entertaining for large parts. In short, if watching a bindaas masala entertainer is fine with you, this wont disappoint despite the predictability!!!
Rating: 2.75/5
Regards...Ben
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