By:
Settu
Shankar
Monday,
March
26,
2007
In
this
world
of
science,
there
are
still
some
people
who
have
faith
in
supernatural
things
such
as
ghosts,
and
believes
in
exorcism
and
poojas
to
control
such
forces.
Ragava
Lawrence,
the
director-
cum-
hero
of
the
film
Muni,
also
seems
to
be
one
such
guy!
Lawrence
should
know
one
thing.
There
is
only
one
Rajinikanth
in
the
industry.
Aping
or
cloning
the
superstar
is
not
going
to
help
a
growing
actor
like
Lawrence.
His
excellent
dancing
and
acting
skills
went
in
vain
in
this
film
due
to
his
wrong
story
selection.
Compared
to
his
earlier
hero
roles
in
Tamil,
Muni
is
tolerable
to
a
certain
extent.
But
as
a
full-
fledged
action
hero
and
director
in
Tamil,
we
should
say
a
big
'NO'
to
Lawrence.
We
are
not
saying
this
to
upset
him,
but
for
the
sake
of
his
career.
The
story
is
a
mere
Xerox
copy
the
Malayalam
film
Pappan
Priyapeta
Pappan.
Lawrence
is
a
weak
but
mischievous
fellow.
To
keep
him
within
his
limits,
his
father
Vinu
Chakkaravarty
always
tells
him
some
ghost
stories.
After
his
marriage,
they
rent
a
house
without
knowing
its
haunted
background
.
Dhandapani,
the
owner
of
the
house
is
an
MLA
and
the
villain
of
the
film,
who
kills
his
friend
Muni
(Raj
Kiran)
brutally.
Muni's
soul
haunts
the
house.
One
fine
day,
Mini's
soul
enters
the
body
of
Lawrence
and
wants
to
take
revenge
on
Dandapani&co.The
hero's
parents
arrange
an
exorcist
(Naser)
to
control
the
soul
of
Muni.
But
Muni's
soul
tells
about
its
past
mournfully
and
convinces
both
the
exorcist
and
the
hero
to
retain
it
in
his
body
until
the
revenge.
It
promises
to
vacate
the
body
after
the
fulfillment
of
its
goal.
He
kills
the
villain's
henchmen
and
gets
ready
to
kill
Dandapani.
The
villain
gets
to
know
about
this
and
calls
in
another
exorcist,
Masthan
(Rahuldev)
to
tame
Ganesh
and
prevent
him
from
taking
revenge.
The
villain
finally
admits
to
his
crime
and
seeks
pardon
only
to
go
back
on
his
promise.
This
leaves
our
hero
with
no
option
but
to
kill
the
villain.
With
this
the
film
comes
to
a
happy
ending.
While
the
entire
village
believes
that
it
was
Muni's
soul
that
killed
Dandapani,
only
the
exorcist
knows
that
truth
-
that
it
was
Ganesh
and
not
Muni's
soul
that
killed
Dandapani
.
Muni
is
entertaining
in
parts
with
enough
doses
of
comedy,
songs,
glamour
and
stunts.
But
at
times
it
tests
your
patience,
with
its
insipid
story
line,
over-the-top
performance
of
Raj
Kiran
in
a
bit
role,
Lawrence's
unbelievable
stunt
scenes
and
the
manner
in
which
he
acts,
talks
and
copies
every
mannerism
and
style
of
Rajnikanth!
The
audience
at
the
theatre
start
hooting
and
turn
abusive
when
he
tries
to
enact
the
ghost
scene
dialogues
of
Chandramukhi!
There
is
nothing
much
to
write
about
the
star
cast,
since
Lawrence
appears
in
every
scene
right
from
the
beginning.
All
the
stars,
including
Rajkiran
become
inconspicuous
in
the
film
due
to
this
unwanted
domination
of
Lawrence.
Vedika
is
there
for
the
songs,
dance
and
glamour.
Another
new
Vadivelu
look
alike,
does
it
exactly
like
the
original
actor
did
in
Chandramukhi!
But
it
turns
out
to
be
a
real
test
to
our
patience.
The
music
of
Bhardwaj
is
nothing
much
to
write
about.
It
is
amazing
as
to
why
a
talented
Director
like
Saran
chose
a
story
and
a
script
like
this
,
which
has
been
produced
in
such
a
lavish
manner.
Horrible
experience!
Movie
:
Muni
Music
:
Bharathwaj
Director
:
Ragava
Lawrence
Producer
:
Gemini
Film
Circuite
(P)
Ltd
(Saran)
Star
cast
:
Ragava
Lawrence,
Raj
Kiran,
Vedika,
Kovai
Sarala
and
Vinu
Chakravarthy.
Genre
:
Supernatural
thriller
or
in
other
words
'Buruda'!