The week of festivals is here & that essentially means harvest time for big banner movies to kick up a frenzy at the box office. This time around we have two movies vying for the top spot & I seriously doubt whether it can get any bigger than "Beast" & "KGF-Chapter 2". Nelson's "Beast" hit the screens on Wednesday which understandably had a great deal of expectations riding on it with Anirudh's music already being the talk of the town for quite a while now. The trailer certainly showcased an expected stylised mass entertainer, but did it deliver what it promised???
Veera Raghavan (Vijay) was one of the premier RAW agents who decided to call it quits when his action led to the death of a civilian kid. After a year or so, his girlfriend Preethi (Pooja Hegde) enrolls him into a security service company. Incidentally, the mall that they were in charge of gets hijacked by terrorists with their demand being the release of their leader. Yet again the Government seeks the help of Veera & how he saves the day forms the crux of the movie.
When Nelson threw his hat into the directorial ring with "Kolamavu Kokila", he was the cynosure of all eyes for the quirky sense of humour that he executed effortlessly on celluloid. Even "Doctor" made sure that his graph was on the rise; however it's likely to nosedive in all probability with his latest outing. The basic theme of the movie is the typical mass masala but the problem here for which he himself is to be blamed for is the manner in which he has penned the script. The aura of a hero is elevated depending on how well the villain is etched & that aspect was completely neglected as the terrorists makes such hare brained plans that was pedestrian to say the least (at times, I even wondered whether it was a spoof). To add to the woes, it had a run time of close to 162 minutes which surely tests our patience. On the positive side, Anirudh's music was fine with the Arabic Kuthu being the pick among the lot, Manoj Paramahamsa's visuals was good while some of the action choreography was cool.
Well Vijay has a done a decent job but the script does not offer much scope for him to try something different with brawn taking centre stage over brain which in itself reduces the excitement significantly. As for the rest of the cast, VTV Ganesh's one liners does evoke laughs at times while the others such as Pooja Hegde, Yogi Babu were merely there for the numbers.
Verdict: It will have a bombastic initial but seems unlikely to sustain that for more than this weekend. Without a doubt, largely disappointing from a promising director who seemed like got lost as to how to marry the stardom of Thalapathy with his style of film making!!!
Rating: 1.5/5
Regards...Ben
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