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There is an old saying in tinsel town- never try to remake a classic. Rajinikanth's Kuselan is a mixed bag but director P.Vasu has been able to evoke the essence of the original Katha Parayumbol from Malayalam a certain extent.
The film tries desperately to glorify Rajinikanth's larger than life superstardom and create a halo around him as a do-gooder and a saint in real life. It loses its focus and moves away from the gist of the original which was a simple story about human emotions with none of the dramatic and mostly exaggerated stuff we're used to seeing, based on friendship between an ordinary barber and a superstar.
Still, if you are looking for a clean family movie with some comedy, gloss and sentiments Kuselan makes interesting viewing. Some of the scenes in the film are really amusing –The scene where Vadivel surreptitiously sneaks into a film set to meet the superstar and after some funny mishaps comes face-to-face with him is brilliantly worked out. The disbelief on Vadivel's face, his body language and the perfect comic timing of Rajinikanth, is a rocker of a scene.
The way Sunder Rajan character in the film pins down the elusive Rajinikanth and provokes him by needling him with questions regarding his personal life, Himalayan sojourns, politics and style has been worked out well by the director.
The sharp and scathing replies of Rajini are a revelation as he answers all your long standing queries with a lot of wit and tact. It looked like a "everything you always wanted to know about Rajinikanth but was too afraid to ask"!
The film tries to work on a new theme Mata Pita Guru Nanban and to eulogize friendship above everything else. The story written by Sreenivasan is inspired by the mythological story of friendship between Kuselan and Lord Krishna.
Vasu has added commercial elements like a glamorous Nayanthara playing herself for the songs with the superstar. She has no dialogues in the film and is there just for the glamour quotient and songs!
Vadivel and an army of comedians Santhanam, Livingston, M.S Bhaskar, Brahmanandam, Chinni Jayanth is there to keep the laughter pot boiling. Prabhu, plays the role of an irrelevant security guard to the superstar and Meena and three kids for ladies sentiments. The idea was clear that Vasu was trying to make the film palatable to mass audiences.
The songs of G.V Prakash are quite hummable, but picturisation of the much hyped Cinema Cinema… is disappointing. Aravind Krishna's camera is serviceable though it voyeurs on Nayanthara's contours. She looks cute in the Chaaral… song but it stands out like a sore thumb as the director has inserted the song which has absolutely no relevance to the story or situation.
Rajinikanth towers above all others, especially in the climax scene where there is a lot of melodrama and human emotions are well etched out. Pasupathy has a constipated look throughout. Meena just repeats her Malayalam performance. Vadivel has his moments in the film, though at times his scenes with Sona is a bit crass and below the belt.
Kuselan is quite an enjoyable watch and different from previous Rajinikanth films. The star appears in roughly 36 minutes on the screen, which may not satisfy his die-hard fans. The film has to be taken in a different perspective with its touching climax that is engaging and leaves a lump in your throat. You're going to hear different reactions to this Rajnikanth movie. Many are going to love it, while for some others it will inevitably fall short of expectations.
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