Thalaivaa (2013)
1/10
Thalaiva - A good title gets wasted
9 August 2013
Warning: Spoilers
Story : In 1988, Satyaraj's wife Rekha gets murdered. He sends his son small Vijay with Nasser to Australia. Satyaraj becomes a don in Dharavi. In 2013, Vijay has a dance team, wins competition(read maanada mayilaada). Falls in love with Amala Paul. Suresh is her dad. They want to meet vijay's family. Vijay comes to India for the first time in 25 yrs. Amala Paul n Suresh are Police agents specially to trap Satyaraj. The van with satyaraj blasts- Interval. Vijay takes up the position of Satyaraj to kill the villain (Velayudham villain).

The making is awfully bad. 1st half looks like an ordeal.You get used to it in the 2nd half. The movie has zero content. Nirav Shah has done a decent job. Vijay could have done more at least to the dance portions that his forte is. Satyaraj was powerful and Santhanam's one-liners were good. GV Prakash is just average. AL Vijay's time to pack up bags and leave home. The movie clearly shows Vijay's intention to enter politics. Eg: Snathanam dialog to Vijay, "Arasiyalku vara athana amsamum unakku iruku." Verdict: While fans expected a Thuppaki, they tend to forget the fact that AL Vijay's last movie was Thaandavam. 2/10 and at the max if u are a vijay fan 3/10.
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