And when he gets bored, he wears roller-skates, just so the kills get a bit more challenging. After all, former RAW agent Veera can even drive flying cars between the various floors of the mall. It’s hard not to empathise with Altaf, I guess. Every line he says, every comment he makes… it all feels like a variation of “What a man!” Noone’s more impressed by him than the government-appointed negotiator, Altaf (Selvaraghavan), who channels the Padayappa Abbas in him throughout this film. The second the criminal turns away again, he reappears from out of nowhere it seems. He disappears quickly when the latter turns at him. Wielding a hammer, he walks at one of the criminals. I suppose the big joke in the film is that the bad guys seem to think they can achieve their goals, with Veera lurking around, with his weapons, and more importantly, his many superpowers including, it seems, being able to disappear at will. And as I have so often said about invulnerable heroes, where’s the fun in the bad guys getting the crap beaten out of them… In Beast, for instance, every time you get a few Nelson-esque attempts at humour, it’s quickly time for Vijay to come walking towards the camera in slow-motion, even as composer Anirudh tries hard to sell the ‘massiness’… This former RAW agent, Veera, who never takes cover from gunfire, is also an invincible fighter with the ability to duck and swerve like Neo, when bullets rain at him. VTV Ganesh shows some initial promise, but then, he joins a long list of characters who engage in empty chatter under the guise of humour.Įvery time a star joins a young, promising director with a fresh voice, we see a recurring problem-a problem of tonal consistency. The truth is that the setting of Beast-a mall in siege, with so many comedians stuck within-is fertile ground for his brand of humour, and yet, despite the presence of actors like VTV Ganesh, Yogi Babu, Redin Kingsley… the jokes come in a trickle. So desperate is she to secure the romantic approval of Veera-a complete stranger to her-that even his warning, “Kiss adichraporen…Poiru!”, gets interpreted as good-natured flirtation.Įven this early in his career, director Nelson’s strength is thought to lie in humour-particularly of the dry and dark variety. All this, of course, is an excuse to introduce Preethi (Pooja Hegde), who-even after 160 minutes of watching this film-I didn’t know much about, except that she hates her fawning fiancee (a track that did not work for me at all) and is desperate for a replacement man. We had initiated action against those who had violated this by removing them from the Iyakkam,” Anand said in a statement.However, the writing gets restless soon, and so, this counsellor’s inefficiency is passed off as humour, and he is also shown to engage in disturbingly lecherous talk about his own young relatives, it seems. “We had already issued this advisory based on the instruction of our Thalapathy Vijay. Bussy Anand, the General Secretary of Thalapathy Vijay Makkal Iyakkam (TVMI), said the members of the Iyakkam should not ridicule people holding positions in government, political leaders and others through posters, memes or social media. So, I keep away from interviews,” he said.Ī few days ago, Vijay warned his fans to maintain decorum as Beast gets released in theatres. And I can’t keep doing it to everyone all the time right. I then had to call up the person concerned and explained to him that I didn’t mean it like that. Even my family members asked why I had spoken so arrogantly. And I felt my words were misinterpreted in that interview. “I think about 10 years ago, I had given an interview. Also Read | Why KGF Chapter 2’s performance cannot be compared with Beast: The reason is Vijay, and his image
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