Originally Posted by thumburu
Sivaji didn't quite live up to its mega hype and expectation. The first half was a big drag , replete with cheap, over the board, silly comedy . Shankar seemed to have remembered about a vital ingredient called story only after the interval . Needless to say , the second "adhiradi" half also had unbelievable, vittalacharya stunts which only hard core rajini fans would relish. ARR's bgm score left a lot to be desired. That rap that erupted every now and then was noisy and a perfect recipe for a throbbing head ache. Worst , the bgm was incongruous at certain places . May be ARR outsourced to likes of Sabesh murali or Praveen Mani , this time too.
The Rajini factor has so heavily bogged down Shankar and ARR that in the end, Rajini alone emerges the winner.