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Vishal has got all the spot light ever since he won the Nadigar sangam elections. He also keeps his professional life on front. Right from ‘Aambala’ he is spot on. Whenever he goes to shooting he fixes the release date too. ‘Kathakali’ has also been released exactly as promised.  Catherine Tresa does the female lead role. This project is funded by Vishal Film Factory banner and Pasanga productions. Music is scored by Hip Hop Tamizha Aadhi. Pandiraj himself has written the story and screenplay. The movie is said to be based on a true story. The movie is related to ‘Thadayara Thaaka’. A simple narration with an extra ordinary tight and gripping screenplay. Pandiraj has came out of the box and has provided a massive hit for Vishal.

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Vishal has clearly found his niche as a commercial actor. His action roles are so perfect. He is also executing flawless and beautiful fight choreographies. In ‘Kathakali’, the movie definitely has style, bucket loads of it. The fight scenes are phenomenally well-shot, well-choreographed and well-executed. Especially the first few. The film also manages to build nice tempo. Catherine Tresa is gorgeous and she fits the bill. But the film falters a bit is the cast of characters. From the opening scenes, the clichés come right to us without any denial.

The second half has zero songs and what is the necessity to keep two songs in first half? Pandiraj has stayed away from separate comedy track to provide the rush and adrenaline till the end. But at times, few scenes pull the movie down. The movie is fun filled action movie with 80’s screenplay. An old school action with no shaky cam. Hip-Hop Aadhi has failed to deliver the goods. Thankfully he has just worked on two songs.

Balasubramaniem’s camera catches the night time so beautifully. At times the darkness is also bright through his lens. The The stunts are completely insane in scale. Apart from action, the movie also has beautiful romance. At the same time the movie has empty substance. The movie solely relies on the main actor and there are lots of random violence.

Overall, Kathakali is watchable for the action scenes.

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Kathakali - The Indian classical dance form is known for its exuberant makeup, intensified emotions and refined body language of the performers. This is the title chosen by Pandiraj, Vishal and team for a less intensive tale they set out to narrate. The power the title exhibits has not been exploited to the fullest by the team headed by director Pandiraj though it is the first of its kind from this master of children’s films. Out of the many kinds of narrative techniques that can be adapted by storytellers during the process of filmmaking, Pandiraj takes advantage of two contrast techniques; 1. Letting the characters discover the line of events along with the audience - This does not involve any suspense or twist. 2. The main character hiding an element of surprise/suspense and disclosing it at the very end of the narration. The manner in which the transition was made from the aforesaid first technique to the second is not new to our audience, but is worth mentioning as it is handled well. Kathakali starring Vishal and Catherine Tresa in the lead easily transcends the intended message/story across. But the time taken to set-up the plot could have been shorter. Perhaps, the plot does get heated and spiced up as it approaches the interval point. Unfortunately, the second half again takes a longer time to captivate our attention by failing to utilize the boost that the interval point provided to the story. Vishal as usual appears in a homespun character highly bound to his family and emotions. Slight shades of his character from his previous flicks like Pandianadu and Paayum Puli might trouble the audience while they try to empathise or sympathise with his character. Catherine Tresa sadly has nothing much to offer as the story will stand alone, even without the love track.  Supporting casts that include Karunas, Mime Gopi, Kiran and others do their part well. Nobody looks off beat while looking at the overall big picture though they don’t succeed in striking that special chord. The story looks very current and timely as they have made use of the Chennai and Cuddalore rains as a backdrop for a particular episode. With a decent production value and efficient work from cinematographer Balasubramaniem, Kathakali has no complaints with regard to the overall quality in presentation. The editing could have been much precise with respect to the number insertion shots or shots giving more details (avoidable as it seems unnecessary) used. Hiphop Tamizha must start using other voices in his track as the repetitive feel of his style troubles the experience. Kathakali can definitely be considered for a one time watch but it might fail to give you that 100% satisfaction that you may seek. 

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Kathakali is a 2016 Indian movie directed by Pandiraj starring Vishal, Catherine Tresa, Nassar and Karunas. The feature film is produced by Vishal and the music composed by Hiphop Tamizha.

Director: Pandiraj Producer: Vishal Production Company: Vishal Film Factory Music Director: Hiphop Tamizha Cinematographer: K.T Balasubramaniem Editor: Pradeep E Ragav Original Story Writer: Pandiraj

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Kathakali - An Interesting Dance!!!

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Though every hero who has walked the action path sometime in his career would have followed this template you are really tempted to call it the 'Vishal' genre now. Is it because he does it more frequently or is it because he does it better than the others? This discussion can be for some other time. Moving on to Kathakali. Yes this film too is on a familiar terrain but Pandiraj has thrown in a thriller angle to transcend the boundaries of a typical actioner.

A don whose nemeses outnumber the count of action films that Vishal has done is bumped off. It naturally becomes difficult to decipher the man behind this. Fingers point to Vishal and he has to get out of this mess.

Vishal does his routine but truth be said he looks the part in these films. Catherine has a nice little part in the film and though her difficulty in lip syncing is quite apparent she does a neat job.

It is a good ploy to rope in Karunas this time. His combo with Vishal has some fine moments in the initial hour. There is something very refined about the performance of Karunas in comedy these days. He is neither too subtle nor too loud. 

Pandiraj does a lot of things right in his first action film. He has not changed the template but has surely reworked a few things and kept things nice and tight. The initial hour involving the love track might seem a commercial compromise but it actually does play a part in the proceedings and impacts the way you see things and keep guessing the killer in the later half.The decision to keep the running time to just over 2 hours is again right on the money. This does not seem a one off as actually 3 out of the 4 releases this Pongal run at around this time.  Looks like Tamil cinema has finally warmed up to keeping the focus only on the plot. But despite this the makers find time to nudge in an opening song about friendship. You can definitely do this if the song is extremely catchy. But if it is a so-so then it really defeats any purpose that it could have.

The film successfully has you going back and forth in your choice of the killer but at a point in the film these twists keep coming so often that you wonder whether you have lost interest in finding 'Mr.X'. The final act is a clincher though and Pandiraj does have the last laugh. There are not many loose ends but some questions remain.  What kept Vishal out from returning to India for the death of his mother during his time in the US? The question becomes more pertinent after you see the climax unfold as even the idea of saving money that could have been the reason makes no sense.This apart Pandiraj has got almost everything right.  Even Vishal's artificial slang at the beginning that has you cringing becomes justified later in a comical act with Catherine.

Hip Hop Thamizha's score brings a nice little dimension to the film. The build up to heroism and the henchmen taking turns to get beaten to pulp does not hurt you much this time as they are kept short and there is something nice about the BGM in these scenes with the familiar Chenda beats making more impact with the sound level  kept at an optimum.

Bottomline:

With a template action film that is actually plot driven Pandiraj delivers a winner.

Rating- 3/5

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'Kathakali' Review: Watchable Thriller

'Kathakali' Review: Watchable Thriller

Movie: Kathakali Rating: 2.75/5 Banner: VFF Cast: Vishal, Catherine Tresa, Madhusudhan, Karunas and others Dialogues: Sashank Vennelakanti Music: Hip Hop Tamizha Cinematography: Balasubramaniem Editing: Pradeep Ragav Produced by: Vishal Written and Directed by: Pandiraj  Release Date: March 18, 2016

Actor Vishal has been trying to regain his popularity in Telugu. In the beginning of his career, he delivered hits like "Pandem Kodi". Irrespective of his movies not doing extremely well, his dubbed movies always created good buzz. His latest film is "Kathakali".

Find out the movie's merits and demerits. 

Story: The story starts off with Kamalakar (Vishal) returning to Kakinada after spending four years in USA to get married to his girlfriend Mallishwari (Catherine). Kamalakar's family sent him to USA as he is involved in a fight with a gangster called Samba (Madhusudhan). While Kamalakar is busy shopping for his wedding with Mallishwari in Vizag, Samba gets killed in Kakinada. Who is the culprit? The point of suspicion is on Kamalakar who says he is not involved in the murder. Police ask him to come to the Kakinada police station for inquiry. The game begins now. The rest of the drama is all about finding who killed the dreaded goon.

Artistes’ Performances: Vishal has got to portray two shades of characterization - a stylish US return guy and a local youth. He has shown the variation in both characterizations and has given sincere performance. He is good in the second half.

Catherine Tresa doesn't have much role but she looks cute. Among other Tamil actors, the guy who played the role of Samba and SI are perfect.  

Technical Excellence:  Like most of the Tamil movies, "Kathakali" boasts high quality cinematography and terrific action moments. Shooting in actual locations in some small towns in Tamilnadu has lent the movie a different quality. There are only two songs but they don't make any impact though. Background score is topnotch. Editing is neat.

Highlights:

  • Racy screenplay
  • Second half
  • No deviation from the story
  • Uninteresting romantic track
  • First 45 minutes 

Analysis: After a long time, Vishal is seen in a different movie within the action genre with "Kathakali". The film is less of an action drama and more of a whodunit.

It begins as a regular movie with a lengthy track of how Vishal has fallen in love with Catherine due to an old mobile number of Vishal, going to Catherine. This is quite boring.

But real drama begins after the first forty five minutes as director shifts gear to the killing of local don Samba and the story of Vishal and Samba's family. 

Though Police pick up Vishal as culprit despite he telling that he is not guilty, from the beginning the director plants many scenes rightly with the suspicion pointing to many characters - Vishal, Vishal's brother, Vishal's two friends, rival gang of Samba, Samba's son, etc. Till the end the truth is not revealed. The director succeeds in keeping the tempo till the end with a twist in the climax. 

The story isn't new but the way it is narrated is engaging. Although there are typical Tamil movie elements and the narration loses grip in the end, the climax is interesting.

Vishal beats up goons, takes selfie with them and sends the picture to their boss through Whatsapp. Such funny scenes are also there in the film. 

There are also many loopholes in the story and many action scenes are predictable. The bus arrest sequence of Vishal is somewhat new but it is not convincing at all. All in all, "Kathakali" is watchable murder mystery.

Bottom-line: Whodunit!

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