Kuselan reviews

Rajini's much hyped movie has hit the theatres today in India and abroad
Any of you who has seen the movie, can share your views here. From the reports that I did hear that the climax is what makes you sit up. Do write in here about what you liked and disliked in the movie.

My Dearie

Iam waiting for you to take me to that movie..............hey iam not kidding, really waiting, tell me, when will you take me

Sure whenever you wanna go. But in the first one or two weeks we will not be able to hear any of the dialogues. Eppo pogalam???

hi u all,
I'm going for the movie tonight....will let u know how it is tmorrw.....i read the review and sounds ok....,
cheers,
Uma

Dear Uma

Iam feeling jealous of you for watching movie tonight , that too first day itself........but ENJOY and share with us

By Moviebuzz

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 to 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, based on friendship between an ordinary barber and a superstar. It had none of the dramatic and mostly exaggerated stuff we're used to seeing, Watched Kuselan? Write your review here | All about Kuselan 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 the Sunder Rajan character pins down the elusive Rajinikanth and provokes him by needling him with questions on 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 an edition of "Everything you always wanted to know about Rajinikanth, but were too afraid to ask!" The film tries to work on a new theme Mata Pita Guru Nanban and to eulogise 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 like Santhanam, Livingston, M S Bhaskar, Brahmanandam and Chinni Jayanth are there to keep the laughter pot boiling. Prabhu, plays the role of an irrelevant security guard to the superstar. Meena and her three kids would appeal to women audiences. It is 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 plays voyeur on Nayanthara. She looks cute in the Chaaral song, but the song sticks out like a sore thumb -- 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 the human emotions are well etched out. Pasupathy has a pained expression throughout. Meena just repeats her performance in the Malayalam version. Vadivel has his moments in the film, though at times his scenes with Sona are a bit crass and below-the-belt. Kuselan is quite an enjoyable watch and is different from previous Rajinikanth films. The star appears for roughly 36 minutes on the screen, which may not satisfy his die-hard fans. The film has to be seen from a different perspective and its touching climax will leave a lump in your throat. You're going to hear different reactions to this Rajinikanth movie. Many are going to love it, while for some others, it will inevitably fall short of expectations. Verdict- Above Average

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I saw this movie yesterday.

I liked the movie.. because it was not the usual rajini style... they should him for who he is. A simple man who never forgets his roots.

Pasupathy is the hero in this movie. A very good justice to the character , a honest and simple man trying to make his family get the basic stuff.

Director did a good job of spreading scenes of Rajini thru out the movie...

Dont expect to see this movie deliver a Rajini style movie. Enjoy him as an guest appearance actor. climax was good.. Rajini really did a good job.. Not the usual rajini movie climax with fights .. It was different...

Vadivelu's scenes were a bit of stretch. They could have shortened it.

Nayan rocks.. Wow.. I shud get a tummy like her.. Let me hit the gym now

I would rate this 4 out of 5.

I too saw the movie last night........the story was good.....but there were too many comediens with bit roles for each one of them.....prabhu was wasted in a bit role.......the climax is the highlight...nayan is just inserted for the front benchers.....meena is plain.....pashupathy is alright.......rajini fans will be disappointed coz they wont get to see much of him in the movie.....songs are good.....have to see the original to get the true essence of the movie!here in the bay area,since it was 1st day,they were giving away rajani image imprinted M&Ms and free sarkara pongal to everyone!

Originally Posted by vidhukumar

here in the bay area,since it was 1st day,they were giving away rajani image imprinted M&Ms and free sarkara pongal to everyone!

dammit ....Oh sakkara pongal there? we got M&Ms, CD and Tshirt...

hi everyone,
Well I am a Rajini fan .I went to see the movie last night and i was dissapointed becoz i didn't expect this.It was quite boring.....too many scenes for comedy which we didn't feel like laughing.....and there were unwanted songs(not related to story in any way).....and Rajini was just shown as a simple man(which he is in real life) but we need to see some style and lots of punch dialogues..which were absent....i could go on....
the nice things were...Vadivelu doing the scene of meeting Rajini ..that was very well done by him.....and ofcourse Nayanthara was looking stunning...(i never saw any stuff in her ever)...and the climax was also just ok.all expected in the end....Meena was presentable..kids were cute.
On the whole..it was just bearable....we could see it only once...ofcourse with the whole family.

I would rate it 6 out of 10.
cheers,
Uma


P.S Here in Singapore we never got M&Ms and neither did we get Sakara pongal..How sad.....