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Alex Pandian Review
Karthi's last movie Saguni had failed to impress the audience. Now, the actor has teamed up with Suraj, who has the history of making mass-masala films and delivering hits. The director, in an interview recently, has claimed that his latest film Alex Pandian with the Paruthiveeran star is a perfect Pongal treat for Tamil audience since it's an action-comedy film.
Expectations
Tamil
movie
audience
in
recent
years
have
been
expecting
good
storyline
and
do
not
entertain
mindless
scenes,
comedies
and
regular
masala
tales
anymore.
They
look
for
believable
factors
and
do
not
appreciate
the
same
old
routine
sequences
or
glorifying
the
heroism
of
a
lead
star
unnecessarily.
Well,
the
latest
film,
with
its
trailers
and
posters,
appeared
like
a
regular
mass
film
but
generated
huge
hype
because
of
high-octane
action
sequences.
Is
their
enough
entertaining
elements
in
Alex
Pandian
that
would
meet
audience
expectations?
Read
on
to
know...
Story
It
has
a
stunning
beginning
with
a
much-talked
train
chase
sequence.
A
group
of
thugs
chase
Anushka
Shetty,
and
Karthi
comes
to
rescue
her
and
bashes
them
up.
The
first
10
minutes
is
thrilling
and
the
action
sequence
have
been
brilliantly
shot,
despite
the
fact
that
the
audience
can
easily
make
out
that
the
scenes
have
been
choreographed
on
a
still
train
at
parts.
Immediately
after
the
sequence,
we
are
introduced
to
comedian
Santhanam's
family,
which
consists
of
his
mother
and
three
younger
sisters.
Alex
Pandian
settles
down
at
his
house
in
spite
of
stern
opposition
from
Santhanam.
The
hero
flirts
with
all
his
three
sisters
played
by
Nikita
Thukral,
Sanusha
and
Akanksha
Puri.
The
first
half
is
full
of
comedy
and
a
few
fights.
Also
Read
Samar
Review
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Read
KLTA
Review
The
second
half
shows
the
true
identity
of
Karthi
and
Anushka
Shetty,
the
daughter
of
a
Chief
Minister.
Alex
has
kidnapped
Anushka
and
the
orders
are
passed
by
Alvin
Martin
(Milind
Soman)
and
Dr
GKM
(Sumanth).
The
baddies
wants
to
sign
a
deal
with
the
state
government.
As
the
Chief
Minister
refuses
to
sign,
they
give
a
contract
to
Karthi
to
abduct
Anushka.
What
happens
next
should
be
seen
on-screen.
Follow
the
slideshow
to
know
the
verdict...
Alex Pandian
The first half is completely entertaining and generates curiosity through suspense. Santhanam's comedy and Karthi's fights will be enjoyed by audience. Double entendres are also tolerable. But the second half lets you down. The director takes too much of time to wrap up the story and drags the tale. The expectations built in the first half will be shattered with a predictable ending.
Alex Pandian
Karthi and Anushka Shetty's love tale has been forcibly added to the main plot. Their chemistry too fails big time as they look more like siblings than a couple on-screen! Nikita would have been a better choice to play Karthi's leading lady. Milind Soman as a baddie has got nothing much to do except for a few round of gunfire in the film. The dubbing for his character is also poor.
Alex Pandian
However, Karthi is once again energetic and has given his best. He has done action sequences without using bodydouble and looks brilliant in stunts. And he also impresses us with his dance. Anushka Shetty is colourful. Santhanam is hilarious at parts and irritating at times due to some poorly written scenes.
Alex Pandian
Devi Sri Prasad's background score is appreciable and his songs are good. ‘Onnam Class', ‘Thakka Thayya' and 'Bad Boy' are our picks. Cinematographer Sarvanan's photography stands out of all technical departments...especially, the train action sequence! Editing by Praveen-KL Srikanth is of average quality. Director Suraj, who has also penned the dialogues, get full marks in that department.
Alex Pandian
Alex Pandian is a typical masala film, which would work better in the Telugu market than among Tamil film goers. To be precise, it is a time-pass movie that can be watched for comedy and action sequences.
