Surya ~ Hari - DSP - Starting to roar the 2nd time... Singam irendu (2)

[mappi]

is ther tamilian only..or french people also ?

It was released in CGR, if my eyes did not trick me, only french was the one who accompanied me.
A news to Rajendran : As soon as he came on screen she (my friend) went nuts as she recognized him from Naan Kadavul ... LoL
And she adores Surya (sometimes truth is predictable !)

But we cannot dismiss the audience rate, as I had mentioned before the showtime is not so compatible. Maybe later shows would have some audience, I watched it @16h30 yesterday.

Maatran had a good french audience though, released at Gaumont.

[balaajee]

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Hari’s Singam was about an honest small town police officer who is an embodiment of all virtues and values. He loved his Khaki more than anything else. And he operated within the indigenous shores to nab criminals and weeded out unwanted elements of society and to a large extent he remained a local domicile. In Hari’s Singam 2, the honest cop expands his horizons to bring peace to his place.

From the word go, Singam 2 clearly establishes that it’s fulcrum is only action and the quantity of romance, sentiment and comedy that occupied equal proportion in Singam is less here. The film opens up with an item number of Anjali with a vigilant Suriya who also keeps her company in waltz but conveys to the audience that he is a man on a different mission.

Director Hari adheres to all his usual ingredients from music to method of action scenes to the cavalcade of four wheelers to the structuring of sequences. He is known to string the various elements of commercial cinema viz. romance, action, sentiment and music in an entertaining fashion and he does the same in Singam 2 too with a racier screenplay that gives a lot of scope for action.

Suriya shoulders the film big time. The sincerity and dedication of this artist is something that needs to be lauded. Suriya with his dialogue delivery, eye expressions, body language and live energy has redefined screen presence! What a show! The biggest challenge of doing an action packed ‘mass’ role is not to over do it, as its a very delicate thin line to cross. Suriya in Singam 2 pulls it off with consummate ease.

The actor brings in a majestic and a respectable color to the police attire and his dexterity over action sequences is remarkable. Dialogues like “appa amma solra pechai kekkaama vera yaar pechai keppanga” when mouthed by Suriya brings out the earnestness of the statement. The efforts the actor has put in to his dancing is also visible with the ‘Singam dance’.

The rain fight in front of Suriya’s house, revved up by DSP’s RR, Suriya taking charge as Deputy Superintendent of Police, Thoothukudi and Suriya making the first arrest of Danny are all power packed sequences.

Hansika is effective and her role is meaningful and integral to the plot. Anushka is charming and has screen space in the second half. Santhanam is an enjoyable addition to Singam 2 and his sequences livens up the proceedings be it in the Arabian Kudirai episode, the Viswaroopam Kamal sequence or the Kadhal Vandhale scene. He makes us ask for more of him in the film.

There is a long list of ensemble in Singam 2. Mukesh Hari and Rahman as the key antagonists supported by Naan Kadavul Rajendran deliver neatly. Danny Sapani, the London based artist as the international drug dealer is fearsome initially but tapers down towards the end. Sankarabaranam Vishwanath also makes a cameo.

Music director Devi Sri Prasad soothes the audience with a melodious ‘Puriyavillai’ number. Rest of the tracks sound like an extension of the earlier enterprise. Kannukkule number suffers from wrong placement. Cinematographer Priyan neatly captures the Tuticorin and the South African soils and the car chase sequence in Durban has been done well. V.T Vijayan and Jay, the editor duo have worked in tandem with Hari to keep the proceedings pacy.

The predictable nature of the plot and the climax could well be the downers of this otherwise well packed action entertainer.

To sum it all, with Hari’s racy screenplay and Suriya’s terrific screen personality, Singam 2 strikes big time. Mass masala guaranteed !



Verdict: Watch it for Suriya. Screen presence redefined !

[balaajee]

[balaajee]

Indiaglitz - - 3 / 5 - An overdose of everything, yet watch it for Suriya.

Cinemalead - 3.25 / 5 - Beats all odds. Makes you realize the power of the Singam.

Way2Movies - 3 / 5 - Suriya with his electrifying performance makes the otherwise average entertainer engaging.

Metromasti.com - 3.5 / 5 - Suriya with his electrifying performance makes the otherwise average entertainer engaging.

Sify - 3 / 5 - Strictly for Suriya fans.

rediff - 3 / 5.

[mappi]

Singham II (Tamil : 2013 : 2h45m)

written & Directed by Hari
Cinematography Priyan
Edited by V. T. Vijayan

Banner Prince Pictures

Starring : Suriya, Anushka Shetty, Rahaman, Hansika Motwani, Vivek, Santhanam, Singham I sentiment crew, Police cars & jeeps, interstate police, Durbin police & a "non-indian" villan Danny

Synopsis : Singam is about Doraisingam (now you know where the title came from), a valiant police officer. He comes from a remote village where everyone is his relative and loves him universally. An episode of clash between him and a gangster gains him much recognition in the Police force at the same time gets him a place in the good books of administrative chiefs permanently. In the end of Part 1, Singam saves a high profile victim, thus stamping his loyalty towards his profession.

Singam II starts right where the Singam 1 ended. Higher officials appoint Singam on a secret mission to track down drugs and Arms dealing in the coastal area. He picks up a post as the NCC Master (no, not like in the Kung-fu movies, but like in Ramana movie) and gives long preaching lectures to the students at the same time bashing anyone creating hindrances. A communal riot, brings Singam back on job, as he is the only one who can sustain the commotion. Two noted figures come under his radar, who are responsible for creating "caste" related clashes. Upon investigation, Singham finds that their hands not only reach national level, but stretches internationally too, thus rounding up the mission he was assigned to. Singham hatches plans to take each one in his custody, creating the perfect path to catch their international associate and end his operation. On the way he has to pass all sorts of hurdles created by politicians, his colleagues as well as local goons. How he overcomes these hic-ups at the same time sustain his personnel life where his marriage is on cards is narrated with more than enough roars.

I suppose most of you would remember your PT or Physics master - they are the 2 who are menacing in you school days. The physics master enters the class and the catches all your attention by announcing that he is going to pick one and ask a question at the end of the class. Now we are sure to pay attention. Hari does the same. He picks our attention even though we are not interested. He advances quickly and strictly as though there is a Q&A session at the end, and you would not be allowed to leave the cinema hall if you answer it wrong. Just to prove a point that its a sequel, he brings in the crew for a scene or two, but they are nowhere related to story. The story is straight forward, but the motive is what is that is confusing. Hari has placed different mechanisms in forwarding his story by punctually putting chases, dialogues, action scenes - making the movie move around swiftly just like how you are in an exhibition with variety of stalls installed, but often come out without buying anything. The groundwork that Hari has done should be appreciated. His team of assistants and associates have done a remarkable job of finding out all the necessary elements in an operation and Hari has done a good job in executing them through his script.

In my recent visit to India, just like the commerce here, I noted several products sold as 20% more for the same price. Surya performance is just that. Add 20% more to his earlier performance and that’s what you see in the sequel. He just blasts his way throughout the film and its kind of cool. The way he walks around, open-eyed dialogue delivery, jumps and running tends you to imagine a real lion in police uniform. In that there is no compromise or complain. He has done some solo dance steps too, just that the music does not go well with it. Vivek as usual tries to be funny and Santhanam comedy track is like "Avatar" characters doing the remake of "Gone with the wind". But either of them does not know the existence of the other in the film ! Anuska is note worthy in a song where she wears a red top and blue jean. Hansika reminds the muffins in McDonald. Rahman and other villains are unbelievable.

Singham calls the task of getting the criminals as Operation D. "D" as an english alphabet is good, but when announcing it to the other members sounds a bit tamil - "Namba ippo nadatha porathu Operation DI". Instead of "D" they should have kept as "T" (for Tarzan) as thats exactly what the main villain has done during dubbing.

There are several aerial shots which have come out really well. The runtime is about 160 minutes, but in reality, its anywhere during the time taken for the thunder to roar after the lightening. Even though editing did give a helping hand, the music paralyses the entire film (don't forget your ear-buds). Just like the snake in the 99th square of a “snake & ladder” indoor board game, the climax is positioned there leading us straight down to the exit.

Comaparison : Singam I had things on check. The graph or flow of the movie was smooth. The rise of Singam was showcased gradually, the climax rendering the signature for a character which is sure to stay. Singam II is exactly opposite. There is no graph as such but jumps straight to the point just to make a point. Rolling alone with Surya does not work either, even though all the Singam Dance, roars, slaps and jumps are note worthy and ignite the screen quite many many times. But still it gives a largely fair affair, thanks to Hari not to keep the movie as how it looked in the teasers, even though there are overdose of expired scenes.

Singham II : Lethal Weapon turning into a kitchen knife.

NB : Singham III, prediction : We are going to see Singam running around with his pregnant wife !

[mappi]

- Movie picks up around 20 mins before interval, where surya takes incharge again.
- Everything fizzles within 30 minutes post interval.

- Surya is terrific. His body language, dialogue delivery, fitness as a police officer is extraordinary. His screen presence is the biggest positive for the movie.
- Hari's fact paced screenplay
- Hari largely depends on only a single idea "Mobile phone", Hero simply traces all the villans with their mobile phone numbers.
- Dummy villans
- Overdose of stunts and dialogues

- the movie gains intensity and pace with Surya taking charge of the city over a communal violence.
- The villain's are very weak. One of them just keeps grunting like an ape.
- Rapid fire orders, thinking fast, figuring everything out and staying a step ahead of the 3 villains.
- Fast camera, zooming in to a city, location,
- But without a strong bad man, the intensity that Surya brings is wasted.
- Singam was an entertainer. The sequel is quite ordinary.

(what an energy)

Agree with you

[mareen]

Singam 2 is better than i expected. What a screen precense by Suriya. Nearly 3 hours but not at all boring. Super entertainer. Go watch it you wont be disappointed.

[jaaze]

Surya's Singam 2 - The biggest opening for a Tamil movie in Singapore after Vishwaroopam
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?f...type=1&theater

[somu_87]

The subtitles were not bad atall. Just that it did not hold the exact impact that the VO intended to bring. They did manage to roll the subtitles for milliseconds even though the dialogue delivery was fast going hand in hand with the editing. They have cleverly put 2 lines of subtitles in most of the parts to keep the continuity.

Reasonable crowd at the cinema hall.

haha ...good to know, Do french ppl come and see tamil movies ? did they watch singam 2 ? It would have been overdose of masala for them, while they are known to have it bland ..

[interz]

Singam 2 - Shouting contest

Never in my life i seen the actors shout as much like in the movie. Hero shouts, heroines shouts, comedian shouts, villains shouts, and dsp music shouts loud, and director hari shouts: action, action, action. Another cop movie with lot of action and punchlines as we seen in Singam. You can watch it for Suriya, Santhanams comedy or the action sequences.

My concerns:

- Its noteworthy the heroins have less scope in the movie than comedians.

- Paavam Anusha. She even had more screen time in Alex Pandian.

- The hero walks in middle of an anthem but kicks rowdies for disturbing the national anthem.

- Vivek has less to do, but i liked his punch about DSP.

- DSP did ok in BGM, but the songs were duds. Director Hari should opt for a new MD for his next movie

- The way the villain holds his gun in his introscene, looks amateurish. For an international criminal thats just not good.

Nevertheless its a one man show, and the movie def wont be a flop as some "wellwishers" predicted which makes me happy. Signed The masalamovie fan!