Cast:
Suriya, Samantha, Vidyut Jamwal
Director:
N.Lingusamy
Producer:
Sirish-Sridhar, N. Subash Chandrabose
Music : Yuvan Shankar Raja
Cinematography:
Santosh Sivan
Editing: Anthony
Release
Date: August 15th, 2014
Rating:2.75/5
Sikindar
movie is a dubbed version of Tamil movie Anjaan.Sikinder is a film which bangs
onto the screens with a huge noise. The heavy publicity, colourful posters and
the pre-release buzz had all put the expectations on a see saw. When the film
started off with some impressive title design and an intriguing theme track,
the crowd went berserk.
Story:
It is the
story of two brothers Raju bhai and Krishna. A crutch wielding Krishna searches
for his missing gangster brother as the story goes on flashback mode. We get an
insight into the life of Raju and his partner in crime aka best friend Chandru,
who are climbing the ladder in the crime world. While commisioners daughter
played by Samantha falls for Raju bhai played by Suriya, a tussle with Mumbai’s
biggest don Imran played by Manoj Bajpai kills Raju Bhai and Chandru. Will
Krishna find out the murders of his brother and avenge his death forms the crux
of the story.
Analysis:
The Telugu
mass audiences want popcorn films. Essentially, the film has to get over before
the eatable gets over. Sikindar takes its own sweet time to start and wrap.
Though not much time is spent on how Raju and Chandru became a name to be
feared, the Raju Bhai phenomenon is given the typical cliched hype almost till
the second half.
Starting
from the perspective of the challenged Krishna who goes on the picaresque
search of his lost brother, the story dwells too much on the already
experienced cinematic liberties like the act of love, friendship and revenge.
Technical Aspects:
Santhosh
Sivan’s yellow DI throughout the film gives the much needed look to the Mumbai
based underworld film. There was no darkness in the compositions, to bring out
the brevity of the script. All the gloss and shine goes with the art direction
and shot divisions.
Anthony sets a pace and rhythm to this almost 3 hour long
commercial film. Lingusamy has written the film based on the ‘present to
memories’ filled non-linear narration to detail a suspense attempted story.
Dialogues to a great extent are acceptable except for one that keeps coming
along.
Performances:
Sikindar
is driven by its main leads, Surya and Samantha. The duo together make it a
gala in the combinational scenes which are enjoyable. However, the Surya –
Vidyut relationship hasn’t been given its importance, as we are left pondering
as to how it came into being in the first place. Vidyut is tremendous talent,
and the ease with which he performs his stunts are laudable.
Samantha
is cute and apt. The love portions almost work. Yuvan’s background score gives
varied colors. The siren used in the BGM during the build-ups is an
experimentation.
The comedy
portion of Brahmanandham forcefully put post-interval catering to the Telugu
audience, is a speed breaker to the already lurching movie.
Plus Points:
Major plus
points of the film is Suriya and the first half. Once again, Suriya proves what
a power packed performer he is. He looks extremely stylish, and carries of both
the roles with utmost conviction. Samantha looks pretty and adds the necessary
glamour quotient. She even suprises us in a short bikini scene.
Action
episodes have been designed well, and the way the movie has been shot with
decent production values is also good. Vidyut Jamwal and Manoj Bajpai play
their roles to the best of their capabilities. Samantha and Suriya’s love track
has also been designed well.
Minus Points:
After
setting up the film nicely during the first half, the entire second half bogs
down completely. The movie become quite predictable here, and the pace with
which the story movies is quite bad.
Brahmananadam’s
comedy is horrendous, and does not bring any laughs. Just when you think the
movie is catching up pace, Chitrangada Singh’s item song breaks out, spoiling
the flow of the film.
Music
plays an important role in every Linguswamy film. But sadly in Sikander, the
music is a minus point, and most of the songs in the second half look quite
forced and come in as speed breakers.
Verdict:
The
predictable climax makes the whole product less impactful. One palpable connect
towards the denouement is a life saver. Sikinder goes to the list of, ‘Could
have been better’ movies.
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