Whenever a festival season comes across, all of us eagerly look forward to some big banner releases & it was even more evident this year as we have been eagerly waiting for the theatres to open up. It has finally did & what better way to celebrate Diwali than Siva's "Annaatthe" that features our one & only Superstar, 'Thalaiva' Rajinikanth. A couple of hours from now, the Men in Blue will take on the Scots & hope to win it with a sizable margin to keep their WC dream alive. So will "Annaatthe" rake in similar humongous numbers at the box office for Kalanithi Maran? Hmm...it remains to be seen as the trailer was pretty mediocre & the sequences looked like a mishmash of "Petta", "KGF2", "Padayappa" etc.
Annatthe (Rajini) is the village president who is an epitome of goodness & virtue for whom his sister's happiness (Keerthy Suresh as Thanga Meenakshi) meant the world to him. The siblings seemed inseparable but destiny had other plans as it took them to an alien land & left them to the mercy of some dreaded gangsters.
Well there isn't much to write about the storyline penned by Siva (along with Savari Muthu, Antony Bhagyaraj, & Chandran Pachaimuthu) & that is exactly the biggest flaw with this movie. After a series of flicks (all beginning with 'V') with Thala, Siva decided to collaborate with Thalaiva & created a venture that would undoubtedly rate as one of the latter's most mediocre ones. It has taken on the subject of brother-sister relationship that has been explored innumerable number of times but where he falters miserably is the inability to provide a fresh perspective to it & picturize it in an engaging manner. The whole movie felt so outdated be it the tale it conveyed or many of the sequences performed in artificial sets (as in "Darbar") giving it a 80s & 90s feel. None of the technical aspects particularly caught my attention except for D Imman's music though the BGM was a pain to the ears.
Despite handicapped with a pathetic script, Thalaiva does his best to carry the movie on his shoulders with his unmatched charm, agility and screen presence. None of the other artists had a credible role to play including Keerthy Suresh who was supposed to have an equal footing as Rajini as per the thread. Nayanthara was fine even though she was merely in it as a translator, Soori was bearable while the others like Khushbu, Meena, Prakash Raj etc. were wasted.
Verdict: Surely a massive disappointment especially since it was a flick that most of us were eagerly looking forward to. What is expected in a Thalaiva movie is a celebration of his style and understandably most of us dont look for logic. However, it should have an entertainment value like "Petta" to cash in on the Superstar's charisma. But Siva failed miserably & barely manages to eject an ounce of unbridled entertainment. In short, a huge letdown!!!
Rating: 1.5/5
Regards...Ben
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