The recent trend that caught up after the success of films like Subbramaniyapuram, Paruthiveeran has been a hit with the Tamil audience as a whole. But, not many could reproduce the same magic as these two films with all audiences. Aadukalam falling in the same category of real-to life films, strikes a chord right from the initial narrations to the well-handled character portrayal. Vettrimaran needs all the accolades for his good screenplay and characterisation. Dialogues in the movie were written with mastery, but the delivery from the actors was blurred at places during the initial few scenes.
After Dhanush’s success in Pudupettai, which portrays the rise of a gangster, one would have expected a similar story after initial promos. Gang-wars, ego, revenge, and self-pride put on a single serving is not something new. But, mishandling it could be tragedy. Vettrimaran has used this formula immaculately giving the movie a strong story. The rooster-fights that appear in the movie show the improved animation techniques in the film industry, giving the movie a highlight. Another highlight is the music by G.V.Prakash, with the songs bustling in charts; but, the background scores and re-recording could have been better.
Aadukalam has a rather forgotten storyline. The first half of the movie revolves around the rooster-fight groups of the village, Pattaiyakarar(Jayabalan) and a police man whose family had been into the game for generations. Dhanush, playing Karuppu, is one of the side-lines of Pattaiyakarar. He, as usual, showcasing his versatile acting skills, elegantly merges with the set-up and makes even the stereotypical dialogues look so natural. Kishore Kumar, the other side-line of pattiyakarar, plays a cameo in the first half, but his character, Durai, is one of the key roles in the second half. Not one character exists without any significance in the whole movie.
Pattaiyakarar emerges victorious in all the games he participates, bringing in envy from the other main group. The police man, Rathnasamy, played by Naren, has his pride at stake and winning a game against Pattaiyakarar is like regaining the lost throne for his family. With rooster-fights entangled into their lives, the fight stadium is their battlefield. In between all this drama, there’s an added-in-the-right-amount love story. The heroine,Tapasee Pannu, not surprisingly shares less screen-space. Playing an Anglo-Indian, her character is also artistically depicted and well suited her. It is laudable that the love doesn’t interfere with the smooth narration. The first half ends with Karupu winning Rathnasamy in a rooster-fight tournament using a rooster that Pattiyakarar considered ineligible for a victory. Though this won Pattaiyakarar the final battle with Rathnasamy, his ego is put through test.
Unable to digest the set-back he suffered in judgement, Pattaiyakarar sets off a cold war against Karupu. Blind-folded by his patriotism towards his master, Karupu falls into the trap and suffers a series of mishap. The second half thus is an entirely different plot. The climax is a bit messed up with. Otherwise, all the characters were handled with clarity and gave us a real-to life feel.
Aadukalam-will play wonders at the box-office; can be watched once for Vettrimaran and all the good acting.
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