Kamal-Ilayaraaja-Singeetham Rao-MUMBAI EXPRESS

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Saw Mumbai Xpress and was disappointed with so many "biased and intellectual reviews". The movie is a good one, a good satire on money crazy society and how an innocent man gets more than what he wants (money & relationship) while seemingly more brilliant people fail in their blinding quest for money. The chaplin effect is very marked in Kamal's screenplay. The scene leading upto the climax is so ingeniously planned and executed, I for a moment was wondering how I missed the "presence of scissors" in manisha's bed. If that was cool then "Ragasiya police" and "underwear cops" and "sexena" were just nice pieces of misdirection !! Pasupathi has shown that if somebody gives him a good role, he can show his full talent. Vaiyyapuri has enormous confidence of kamal and he has not let kamal down. So too has Nasser, who shows that his talent in comedy is no small measure. Santhana bharathi as chettiyar is too good and Manisha koirala is apt. Koavai sarala has done a negative role in a comic way.
In digital format, long shots are somewhat blurred while colour toning also is somewhat funny.In the crane scene () the crane is 'too yellowish" against the shadow hidden backdrop. Is it intentional? I dont know!! However the crane scene is too much. Watch out for kamal saying to pasupathi that he is fine and the stylish way he climbs up the crane and starts operating it.
Special mention for the kid and the horse in that particular order.

Special mention must go to Ilayaraja for "kurangu kayyil maalai".
However the music during chase scene is not clearly audible and the noise is too loud and abrasive and could have been avoided.