KAKKI SATTAI - BRAND SIVA KARTHIKEYAN -Nothing More!

Kakki Sattai - Brand Siva Karthikeyan -Nothing More!

Cast: Siva Karthikeyan, Sri Divya, Prabhu

& Crew: Director: R.S.Durai Senthilkumar, Cinematography: M.Sukumar, Music Director: Anirudh Ravichander, Editing: Noor Azwan

Written By: Pattukkottai Prabakar, R. S. Durai Senthilkumar

Producers: Dhanush and P.Madhan

Production Company: Wunderbar Films

Distribution Company: Escape Artists Motion Pictures

As far as I am personally concerned this film is another rehash from the Kollywood Masala factory! There is nothing in this film which excited me content wise but the brilliant brand building exercise by the hero Siva Karthikeyan and the producer Dhanush along with the hip hop music director Anirudh was a real eye opener as far as I am concerned! This guy Siva Karthikeyan is an average actor who keeps churning out the same moves time and again but this time around on realising that his fans were lapping it up decided to don the proverbial Kakki Sattai (Police uniform) like all his successful predecessors from Kamal, Rajini, Thala Ajith, Vikram, Vijay, Suryaa to Karthi to name a few! SK's role is clearly cut out here and in the magic cauldron of Kollywood cinema the following key ingredients were added 1. A love story (Sri Divya) 2. Hero as an upright police constable aspiring to become the police commissioner 3. Father an upright police officer who lays down his life to save innocent lives 4. Widowed mother and sister sentiment 5. Villain (Vijay Raaj) the evil mastermind 6. Plot - the poor hapless aam aadmi's organs being harvested and sold to the rich white folk  7. The mundane corrupt cum pimping politician (Mano Bala) & the corrupt police Commissioner 8.The corrupt surgeon (straight out of the film 'Coma') 9. A few idiotic comedy lines sprinkled to create a few laughs 10. A few frustrated officers (Prabhu and a few) unable to fight the system reconcile to their fate until brand SK motivates them to perform unbelievable acts of valour. and finally the grand punch lines delivered now and then by SK mimicking his real life idols Rajini, Thala Ajith etc and voila! we have a marketable film simply lapped up by the thousands of SK fans and quite a few of the fringe fans of Rajini, Thala Ajith & Dhanush, Need I say more. Put all the above ingredients together and one can quite easily visualize the taste of the final dish served from the cauldron. These larger than life Tamil hero's are worshipped as gods! As long as that happens our film viewing destinies are done and dusted & sealed! 

Premise - A crude Tamil version of the hollywood blockbuster Coma! Sensitised for the local screaming and screeching young Tamil fans of Siva Karthikeyan. Dhanush the producer has picked an average actor and has built a brand with the help of his ally and close friend Anirudh the music director. In all probabilities this particular brand Siva Karthikeyan will be used and reused by Dhanush until he is a wash out and no longer useful to Dhanush & Co. But by this time the viewers would have contributed their hard earned money to help fill the trio's combined coffers. Dhanush the producer is truly a street smart producer. He has offered a lollipop of a film quoted with artificial sweeteners but who the hell cares! Tamil cinema has plunged to a very low level and will continue to do so owing to the fans who will accept anything their hero has to offer even if the fare offered is bland, insipid, idiotic or a even a poor copy! Keep it coming! they shout and scream their voices hoarse little realising that even Punjabi and lesser known language films are fast catching up and overtaking Tamil films but we in Kollywood are blissfully unaware of it: after all 200 odd Tamil films are being produced every year and 90 percent keep losing money which could have been put to better use! Again who bloody cares! At least the die hard fans don't! Hero! Hero! Hero! they chant as if they are Roman gladiators fighting for their lives!

&the climax - Justifying a police officer's penchant for being a rebel and orchestrating eye for an eye medical encounter killing is the height of absurdity and nonsense and a complete joke in my opinion!

BRAND BUILDING QUOTES WHICH AMUSED ME BUT WORKS GREAT WITH SK’S FANS!

Director Durai Senthil Kumar says actor Siva karthikeyan, who is usually seen in romantic and comic roles, has worked really hard to play a policeman in forthcoming Tamil action movie “Kaaki Sattai”. “Siva was initially sceptical if he could pull it off. He took up the role because he had always wished to be a policeman in real life too. His father was a policeman, so there was a stronger reason for him to play the role. He worked very hard for the role,” Senthil Kumar .  WOW!

“He focused on getting every minute detail right while playing the policeman’s role. Right from the walk to making eye contact, Siva put in a lot of effort. The role also made him emotional because it reminded him of his father and hence, this film is close to his heart,” he said. WOW! WOW!

“Kaaki Sattai”, which also features Sri Divya, Prabhu, Satish, Vijay Raaz, Manobala and Nagineedu, releases in cinemas Friday. Senthil clarifies that “Kaaki Sattai” is not a serious film. “To appeal to the masses, we've packed it with comedy and romance too. Audiences will get to see Siva doing some action for the first time. We've portrayed the action very realistically and Siva worked in tandem with the stunt choreographer to get everything right,” he said, “Siva karthikeyan lost about 7 kg for this role”. Siva insisted that he’d lose some weight to play the role to a T. I was floored by his dedication and since I've already worked with him once, he was willing to go to any extent for the role,” he added WOW! WOW! WOW! BRAND SIVA KARTHIKEYAN SOLD!

Acting: Siva Karthikeyan, Siva Karthikeyan, & Siva Karthikeyan who keeps doing the same thing over and over again.

Sri Divya – Who is she???? Oh! The heroine…Yeah! Sort of..

Vijay Raaj – Stands out! In fact he would have been a better hero than…Sorry! Dhanush was proved right!

Prabhu – Nice to see him do a decent role in quite a while!

Imman Annachi – Still in the SUN TV mode!

Manobala – The eternal ‘Kollywood’ Politician cum Pimp!

& the rest simply ran…..

D.O.P – Keeping with the premise, Lighting decent with acceptable camera work, the traffic shot of Siva Karthikeyan running avoiding the vehicles etc stood out.

Music – 1.Romantic no 1 Jumping jack and arse twisting no & 1 Kuthu song

Choreography – Poor guy Siva Karthikeyan simply cannot conjure different moves. Keeps playing with his shirt collar most times!

Editing – Decent.

Bottomline: 

A gift from Dhanush to Siva Karthikeyan's fans!

Quote: "When u watch A classic it give u great pleasure! When u watch a DUD it gives u a terrible headache!" 

My Rating - 2/5

Until Next Time

Director Haricharan

27/1/2015