Gajini - Review!

You might all be surprised when I tell you guys this - I went to see Gajini on saturday! I kinda liked the movie, considering the fact that I hardly see any Tamil movies (that too in theatres!). It was sloppy in quite a few places, but on the whole the movie seems to have been very professionally done. Surya in his role as Sanjay Ramaswamy, has done a really good job and fits into his part quite well. The high point of the movie were the action scenes that were neatly choreographed. There are a few gory scenes, specially the one where the heroine (Asin) is clubbed on the head with a metal rod, but thankfully they are not too protracted.

As I said, there a few glitches that the movie it could have done without. There is one particularly silly dialogue where a police officer, upon seeing phone numbers tatooed on Sanjay Ramaswamy's body, remarks "All these numbers are in 10 digits . Must be cell-phone numbers!". Almost everyone in the theatre burst out in laughter on hearing that! There are a few more scenes in the film that don't make too much sense, but I guess I'll leave you guys to see them for yourselves!

Nayantara's character is totally senseless. She is initially shown as a shy medical student. Then comes this show where she's performing a dance routine and you wonder whether its the same person! The costumes border on vulgarity but fortunately they get more decent (relatively!) as the song moves on! The song is a total misfit in the movie and I wonder why they had it in the place. She does some pretty stupid things in the movie which I won't even comment on.

The other songs are pretty good with Kannviddithu Sopnam Kanden being the best. Bombay Jayshree is simply great in this song! The other song Oru Maalai is also quite nice. The background score throughout the movie is very good and suitably rendered according to the situation on-screen.

The story about Sanjay Ramaswamy and Kalpana (Asin) is very light-hearted and romantic. It seems pretty believable and genuine unlike some other stories. Surya looks really handsome and seems to have added some bulk for his role. All in all, I quite liked the movie. Most people here seem to share my sentiments 'cause tickets were and still are hard to come by. Shows are sold out for days together!