Tamil Movie Review -TM003 - Madrasapattinam (A Delightful Watch)

Movie Title: Madarasapattinam Starring: Arya, Amy Jackson, Alex O’Nell, Carole Trungman &  Nasar Director: Vijay Music Director: G.V. Prakash Ticket Cost – INOX movies, Chennai, 200/- Amy Jackson: Character Name: Amy Wilkinson aka Durai-amma Wow. What a bomb!! It’s been really long since I have seen such a mesmerizing face in a Tamil movie; Amy has such an energetic presence that lit the screen up with beauty and elegance. The Costume designer and Cinematographer need a special mention to get the dress and lightings right to match her skin-tone. It’s hard to believe that Amy Jackson, a former Miss Teen Britain & a lingerie model could actually possess such an immense talent in acting. I predict Amy to steal a lot of young heart in the forthcoming days!!! Ticket Value: 70 bucks Story: WARNING----MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS--- I couldn’t help but notice the likeliness of the movie’s screenplay with that of the yesteryear’s blockbuster LAGAAN like the Costumes of main protagonists, the introduction RAIN-Song, anti-hero’s characterization and couple of screen sequences in the movie…but once you get warmed up to the movie, you stop noticing them and likely to get yourself immersed into it. Also a great amount of research has gone into the making of the Movie, with the foremost intent of getting the looks of VINTAGE Chennai and Director had nailed it however it could have been even more jolly-good if few historical factual errors could have been avoided in the Movie. (Example: The Indian Flag at 1947, Police uniforms, Revolver models, Gandhi’s snapshot etc.,) Having said that, there were a lot of  fine moments of realism in the movie which was an absolute delight to watch like the Airport-Foreigner hijackers and the comical interlude that follows and the fight of Kusthi for between the Arya and Alex and of course the final fight sequences. In the end, Madarasapattinam is a romantic story about a forbidden love, at a time of which was of grave importance to the Indian History. Its neither breezy nor fresh but delivers good performance Ticket Value: 35 bucks Arya: Character Name: Parithi Once again a decent job. All the hard work to get the physique right shows Arya’s dedication to the storyline. Arya is simply too good in the Action sequences and it is really one of the main elements which made the movie quite enjoyable to watch. Kudos the Action choreographer & Arya. The same however could not be said about his acting skills. The emotions are predominantly single dimensional and needs a lot of homework. Some tips in Kolly-wood: 1. Need to look good when RUNNING in slow motion. 2. Romantic look does not mean sad-puppy look. Shouldn’t be hard when you get Actors like AMY to practice on. Ticket Value: 40 bucks Special mention: Alex O’Nell & Carole Trungman Character Name: Robert Ellis &  Aged Amy Wilkinson Maybe because of the characterization but it was a pleasant performance by these two Brit actors, in-fact better than most of their Indian counterparts. Alex’s was FIERCE (performance)& Carole’s was a restrained. A delight to watch. Ticket Value: 50 bucks for the pair Verdict: A Delightful watch. If the Director could have been a little more brave to forego the cliché’s, this could have been a Great movie. 195-200 = -5 Rs. A definite one-time watch, at-least to see the CGI works to depict namma “Madrasapattinam” J