Kuselan gets a warm response

Rajnikant's latest offering Kuselan, which remained consistently mired in controversies, has finally hit the theatres amidst much glitz and fanfare

Tamil matinee icon Rajnikant's latest offering Kuselan, which remained consistently mired in controversies, has finally hit the theatres in true Rajnikant style amidst much fanfare and frenzy.

Here's the feedback on this week's biggest release Rajnikant starrer 'Kuselan'.

Though Tamil superstar Rajnikanth is not playing a full fledged role in the film but his fans cannot be less excited to catch their favourite superstar in action.

If one wants to see and enjoy a family drama with sentiment, clean comedy and neat portrayals, Kuselan is the only answer among all the recent releases. Kuselan, truly the most awaited movie of the year (2008), has been released amidst lot of expectations and fanfare. No doubt, the film is surely a different attempt by superstar Rajinikanth and Vasu.

First, both Rajnikanth and director P Vasu should be given kudos, for the honest remake of the meaningful Malayalam original 'Katha Parayumbol' (of course there are some cliches but those are tolerable!). The gist of the story is very simple but interesting.

Through this movie, it seems Rajnikanth wants to convey the importance of true friendship. 'Matha, Pitha, Guru, Nalla Nanban and finally God' is the new lineup that the megastar follows in real life too, and the message to convey the young generation to follow.

Balu alias Balakrishnan (Pasupathy) is a poor barber, who is living in a tiny village Marayur and struggling to manage his day to day life, with a beautiful wife (Meena) and three children. Balu is unable to buy some good basic equipment to develop his barber shop located in the local Market. But he is quite satisfied with what he has despite the antics of his competitor (cum one time assistant!) Vadivelu, who earns lot of money by forcing local people to visit his shop for cutting and shaving.

One day, the entire climate of the village totally changes just because of the arrival of superstar Ashok Kumar (Rajnikanth) for shooting his film. Everyone in the village go to see and take photographs with the star. But heavy police and Z category security force, prevents them to have a glimpse of the movie star.

Meanwhile, news spreads around the village that Balu and the superstar are close childhood friends. After knowing the fact, everyone in the village give new respect to Balu and his family. The local money lender comes forward to help him to develop his saloon with all brand new modern equipments to just get an introduction with the cinestar. Everyone in the village wants to cash in on their friendship.

But just because of his ego, Balu does not like to even pay a visit to the guest house, where the star resides. However the entire village, including his own family members force him to visit the star and renew their relationship. How do the old friends meet at last?

The question leads to the sensational, never ever seen climax of the film.

For years, many have doubts and questions about Rajinikanth's personal life, Himalayan trips, saint like lifestyle and political interests. In a face to face conversation between Rajni and a critic (Sundar Rajan), P Vasu exposes the other side of the superstar well. The way Rajinikanth replies to all the queries of Sundar Rajan is excellent, and it helps the star icon himself to satisfy a faction of people, who are always pinpointing at him.

No doubt, Rajnikanth is the real star of the entire show. From the second reel itself, the film rounds the doyen of South Indian cinema. Most of the scenes reflect Rajini's real life incidents and are not even exaggerated a bit. Performance-wise Rajni easily overtakes all the characters and particularly in the sensational climax, the viewers are surely to be left stunned with the outstanding, class performance of Rajinikanth.

Rajnikanth's appearance in the film is just for just 40 minutes. But audiences' feedback for the movie, is that it is a different but complete Rajni movie. This indeed shows the magical spell, that the superstar can still weave on his fans and all age-viewers alike!

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