KABALI 2016


Kabali 2016
by
Pa.Ranjith





They spent Rs 100 crore in making this film.Besides Rajanikanth ,the whole project rings hollow .Why not pay him 50 crores and follow him around as he does his daily chores ? I m sure his fan brigade wud lap that up as well.There is a cheap,poorly written script and some other actors like Radhika Apte who plays Rajani’s wife and Dhansika ,who plays his daughter.But the proceedings doesn’t make much sense.There is an educated Tamilian in Malaysia who stands up against discrimination vis-à-vis the Chinese,and willingly takes up arms .He gradually becomes the leader of Tamilians in Malaysia ,and a don whose writ runs large .He doesn’t indulge in prostitution ,gambling or drugs.Whats his revenue model,the film doesn’t say.But he does a lot of charity,the funds for which must be coming from some inexplicable source.It is that kind of a film.It doesn’t bother for logical explanations . KAbali gets released after spending 25 years in jail and immediately  begins his quest for revenge upon the men who had killed his pregnant wife in front of his own eyes.The Bhai is full of quite some contradictions. Despite being a gangster he  runs vocational training college for early mafia recruits and wannabe dropouts.He regales  students with stories of his life and  struggle with visible show of emotion.One doesn’t understand if he is a wannabe politician,a mafia boss,a community leader,a rebel,an educationist or what ? Anyway through some strange plot twists,it is revealed that both his daughter as well as his wife were still alive.Kabali then vanquishes his foes and gets reunitd with his family after  a lot of meaningless,poorly shot violence scenes.Rajani is strangely subdued in this film.It fails to work  even as a Rajani vehicle.Some very average action,a poor script and dull dialgoues  kill the film.Even if u just want to enjoy the Rajani show, this film  is not worth it.

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