The beginning of the movie was really good and showed varansi very realistically. I thought the movie would go somewhere.But till the end I could find what the exact story line was.My guess is that neither could Bala :) The movie is just a fleeting account of Nagas/Sadhus and their way of life(no details whatsoever) and reasonably good slice of life of beggars with some dry wit thrown in when dealing with the latter.
The primary problem with the movie is that the characters are not very well defined.Except for the character of Murugan(who is the coo of beggars inc) no other character has been etched out fully. Especially the lead character of Arya , which could have had some more background detail and dished out with little more subtleness.The way chittan's was in pithamagan. The second main problem is lack of any credible plot.The movie seems to flow on its own random tracks towards nowhere.
The fist good point of the movie is its casting. I have to praise the Casting crew's work especially for assembling such a large bunch of incredibly odd people for beggar Inc.The second point is the acting. Both the lead roles (Arya and Pooja) have given it their best shot considering that they have not worked on such pure skill based riles. Arya's getup and physique is excellent and fits the role of the Naga to the T.But he has been limited to emoting just a few expressions over and over again during the whole movie.Totally deglam Pooja has put in her best performance to date.
Although I should appreciate Bala for breaking out of the formula scheme and trying new things, I also need to caution him. Bala needs to be reminded that a semi nude Arya resting in a head stand position and deglam pooja does not help a movie succeed. To succeed, a movie requires a cohesive and compelling story/screenplay.I also pity Arya as he has got very little scope to perform.He keeps repeating just 2-3 expressions.Overall very disappointing.
My Score - 1.5/5
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