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Mar 2, 2015

Kaakki Sattai Tamil Movie Review

Tamil cinema these days is behind organ trade. Close on the heels of Yennai Arindhaal, we have another cop story with the organ racket in the backdrop. Though the background is repetitive, the social issue definitely needs as much awareness as possible to bring out this menace to the eyes of the public. So naturally a serious canvas was required which Kaakki Sattai do not have. The larger part of the screenplay is dedicated to boosting up the hero image through action, romance and songs.
Mathimaran is a police constable aspiring to become an Inspector one day. He always gets some petty cases to solve. Fed up of his superior's compromising attitude towards all the cases that comes before him, Mathimaran questions his superior but his senior officer ask him to get a case that will have a serious impact on the society.
R S Durai Senthilkumar with the sole purpose of giving actor Siva Karthikeyan a brand new outlook and profile has succeeded in that. With punch dialogues and action mixed comedy and songs, director comes out successful in that mission. But what has let him down here is the narration of the film that lacks clarity.
When the writing in certain critical juncture in the movie demanded a serious tone especially in the second half, an out of place comedy or song would spoil the mood. Romance between the hero and heroine who is a nurse by profession was a cliched attempt and not given much prominence beyond the first half.
On screen, Siva Karthikeyan was good in parts. The larger than life hero image given in the latter half was taking a toll on him. At the same time he was in his safe zone in the comic and romantic sequences. Sri Divya looked pretty on screen but she is more or less reduced to the sidelines in the latter half. Still the lead pair's on screen chemistry does went well. Vijay Raaz as Durai, the central protagonist was impressive among the actors. Prabhu, Kalpana and Imman are also part of the supporting casts who did their side quite well.
Direction was okay but the main focus being giving the main protagonist a makeover in terms of role, the other objective of presenting a serious plot backfired. Cinematography and cuts were done neatly while background score was a positive aspect in the movie. Songs by Anirudh were good but their placements especially a couple of them in the first half was a spoiler.
Overall, we might give a masala entertainer tag to Kaakki Sattai but not a convincing one in totality. This is a highly predictable film with a cliched screenplay that become too formulaic once it crosses the finish line. I am giving two and a half out of five for Durai Senthilkumar's Kaakki Sattai.
Rating - 2.5 / 5

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