"NETRIKAN" - Tamil Classic Review By Lollu Express Reader ANAND From India

SP Muthuraman is a person who has directed lots of movies starring Thanga Thalaivar Super Star Rajinikanth, its even the fact that he was in lime light just because he has directed lots of Rajini/Kamal Movies. Enjoy my review of the classic movie "Netrikkan" starring Rajinikanth in dual role (Father and Son). Others include homely "Old" aunty Lakshmi, "Amruthanjan commercial fame" Saritha, Gowndamani, Menaka and great Goluttu female Super fighter Vijayashanthi as Super Star's Sister. Sarath Babu and Thengai Srinivasan have acted in "Gowrava Vedam" guys you know what Gourava vendam means - acting without taking any money!!! Directed by SP Muthuraman, Story and Dialogs Visu SCREEN PLAY BY K.B. the great. Lyrics by "Kavi Arasar" and Isai @ Ilayaraja. Produced by K.B's Kavithalayam (now rechristened Kavithalaya).

STORY:

The story is about the weakness (what else gals) of a very successful Enterpreneur/Multi Milloinaire Chakaravarthy (Father Rajini) with a little bit of self pride on his achievements who is the Bill Gates of yester years in the Textile City of Tamil Nadu (Coimbatore). He is a great womeniser (perhaps his only weakness) a typical Sabala Case who is capable of picking up any cute chicks. At heart he is too good a person he treats his employees well, highly charitable. He has a son (Santhosh Chakaravarthy) and a daughter Sangeetha (who else the great goluttu super fighter (Vijayashanthi) and an OFFICIAL wife Meenakshi (Lakshmi). Radha (Saritha) gets introduced as a candidate for PRO (Public Relations Officer) interview and eventually gets selected and she is sent to Hong Kong for training. Our Sabala Chakaravarthy goes to hong kong and rapes her. In the meanwhile his son gets to know his weakness and starts reforming him. Later Radha joins Santhosh and his mother in this "Critical" mission. The rest of the story is how they reform chakaravarthy a highly perverted, influencial person with little bit of typical Tamil Movie Masala!!!!

Rajinikanth

He has done a great job as ever in this movie. Both father and son are either extremes and performing the character of the Perverted Sabala case in the previous shot and the same person doing the character of a pious person in the next shot is extremely difficult job. I would say he has lived the father role. The peak performance of the super star is exhibited in every inch of the movie and the self pride he shows is at its best when he says "Nee Yuvarajana nan chakaravarthy da" and accomplishes What he wanted.

Saritha

She has done a great job as a person got raped by her boss. But in the last scene too much of sentiments and cries which was irritating to some extent. Lakshmi As usual lots of cries for her in this movie as every one knows she is too good at doing it. So it requires no special comments. Goundamani

OOOOPs.... no one to get beaten by him in this movie so he had to show some real stuff in comedy and he did a great job in doing it. Dominating others many a times irritates the viewers. In this movie he has acted without his usual slang and beating senthil for no reason. His performance was at its peak when he corners charavarthy and says samandhi nan kilabukku(club) poi pillieeeds (Billiyards) veladaporen.

Thengai

Though he comes for only one scene as a doctor he did a great job he comes as Dr. "Kopparai Thengai Srinivasan" with a large pattai on his forehead a striped shirt and tie with a panja dhothy. The way he delivers dialogs and they way he responds to Rajini and the way he drives Rajini out of his clinic was really great. His performance was simply superb and its worth mentioning.

Sarath Babu

Though his character demanded some amount of acting he failed to do. It was a just a come and go for him. Menaka

I am sure no body will be knowing this female to my knowledge she has acted as a heroine only in this movie. For those who want to findout who she is watch "Ramanin Moganam Song". Just she comes and goes with little bit of weeping and nail biting here and there ofcourse on her fingers.

ANAND COMMENTS:

Punching Scenes

In my view every scene Charavarthy appears is a punching scene. OOOOPs then the whole movie sans the songs/Typical Tamil Cinema Masala and romance becomes a punching scene. Anyway to highlight few good ones.

1. The time chakaravarthy gets up is 7:30 in the morning (with an alarm clock) as soon as he opens his eyes, sees a porn poster in his room, Kalailla muzhikkaradhe oru two piece ponnoda poster. One servant comes with a variety of juices (bed juice have u ever heard of) on a trolly and the tray on the trolly contains porn poster, the way he keeps the empty glass back on the tray....it was really excellent then another servant comes with a tray full of cigars and another guy comes and crackles his knuckles (Kalla sodakku eduthu vida oru aal!!). He exhibited a great style when he flicks his left knee and the pillow which was on his leg falls on the bed!!!!! One has to see the number of desses/shoes/watches/googles Charavarthy has in his room. I was shocked to see that.

2. On the other hand his son gets up at 5 in the morning as soon as he wakes up, sees Thiruppathi Venki (Those who don't know Venki he is Ammu's husband) very rich god. He has a very simple life style, not venki our Hero Santhosh.

3. When chakaravarthy comes to know that his wife told a lie about their Son's Marriage and probes into it. He comes into the room says hello darling to Lakshmi takes a cigar with his usal style and asks "Santhosh Kalyanam eppadi nadandhadhu" in a very simple tone and she says the same lie he slaps her and asks cooly "Meenakshi andha lightera enga vechema" when she gets him the lighter he lights the cigar and asks the same question and she again gives the same answer again another slap. He is a honest person who does not hide anything from his wife and expectes her to be so. He is very angry with his wife that she had bluffed but never exhibits it on his face but in action as slaps. And later when lakshmi tells the truth, he puts down the cigar and stamps it and puts his other leg on the bed and says "nee magana adharichadhukkaga adikkalai purushan kitta poi sonnadhukkaga adichen". This scene was too good.

4. Chakaravarthy conducts an interview for the PRO, the way he shoots the question and parallelly observes saritha was simply great. Atlast he touches her and gets slapped!!!

5. The way he fires his subordinates for not getting a contract and says "Nee Yuvarajana nan chakaravarthy da" to himself and gets the contract. A typical feast for Rajini fans, very confident about his moves and achieves his objective after all end justifies the means. Then he says a typical Rajini Style advice to his subordinates "Oru manushanukku rendu pakkam onnu balam innonnu balaveenam neenga balatha tap pannineenga nan balaveenatha tap panninen, Velaila poruppu unarchi mattum irundha pathadhu theramaium venum appothan munnera mudium", while delivering this dialog they way he rolls his hands was simply great.

6. Visu's punching dialogs: Chakaravarthy comes to know that things are turning against him when he was out of town. When he comes home his daughter asks "appa two in one vangittu vandheengala he says shut up you damit you are one in three (there are 3 board of directors his wife,son and daughter) to his company and they appoint Saritha as GM without his consent. The way he asks his son "Neeum varia en kooda singaporeukku enakku car ottaradhukku International driving licence vechu irukkiya for that son says nan illainnalum en licence onga kooda varudhu father replies back saying my foot"). When Lakshmi tells him "Dhasaradha Chakaravarthykku 60000 pondatti, he replies back saying "60000 pondattiya KUDUTHUVECHAVAN enakkum 60000 pondatti irundha followed by a dream song was too good. The way he vazhinjifies to females especially in his guest house talking bull shit...saying idhu padukkai adhu thalavani nee ponnu nan aanu......was too good. Father tells with an anger on his face to his son "Orutharoda balaveenatha sutti kattaradhu ozhukkam illai son calmly says ozhukkame balaveenama irundhal!!!" was excellent. NEEDLESS TO MENTION THE KIND OF SCREENPLAY WHICH HAS GIVEN LIFE TO VISU'S DIALOGS.

Both lyrics and tunes for all songs are excellent.

Last but not the least the editing was done very well by R. Vittal. Thinking of those days and the technology the editor has done a great job. Needless to say this movie deserves 100/100 for Chakaravarthi @ Rajinikanth.