Komban - A 'bloody' bore;filled with gore!
Cast: Karthi as Kobaya Pandian, Laksmi,Menon as Pazhani, Raj Kiran as Muthaiya, Kovai Sarala, Thambi Ramaiah, Karunas, Super Subbarayan and many more
& Crew: Director: Muthaiah, D.O.P - Velraj,
Music - G.V.Prakash Kumar, Edit- Praveen K.L
Producer: Gnanavel Raja K E
& the climax - Raj kiran invokes the "Sami" (deity) in him at the annual village religious mela and as the 'sami' gets into Raj Kiran's body and he runs into the forest in the middle of the night not only screaming & gesticulating but also swirls around a burning torch with a spear in one hand ! He is now followed by the racing villains and they are followed by the speedy Karthi hurling petrol filled sachets ..... I now leave it to your fertile imagination to finish this comical and bizarre climax by using your imagination alone; probably you will do a better job than this director!
Cast: Karthi as Kobaya Pandian, Laksmi,Menon as Pazhani, Raj Kiran as Muthaiya, Kovai Sarala, Thambi Ramaiah, Karunas, Super Subbarayan and many more
& Crew: Director: Muthaiah, D.O.P - Velraj,
Music - G.V.Prakash Kumar, Edit- Praveen K.L
Producer: Gnanavel Raja K E
A novel 'promo'te - The person who filed the PIL to stay the screening of this film - Dr.K, has not watched the film; the producer of the film Gnanavel Raja - has not watched the film; the 2 member judges' panel appointed by the court to watch the film - hardly watched (3mins) of the film (owing to untoward incident at the preview theatre???); Who benefited out of this farcical court proceedings & who is behind all this??? The judges walked away with 2 lakhs a piece; Gnanavel Raja walks away with the weekend collection after the drama; Dr.K mighty pleased with the publicity and media attention if nothing else; finally those who watched the film amidst all the hype - the 'appavi' viewers more out of curiosity; came out with nothing but disappointment. So please remember that the 'Curiosity killed the cat' so next time be more prudent and avoid such films in your own interest.
Premise: The same old hard core and raw village subject. This film is a 'bloody' bore! Why? It is the same 'aracha maavu'! A poor rehash of films like 'Virumaandi', 'Paruthiveeran' etc. Full of violence and bloody gore with hardly any content to write home about. Karthi the hero sporting a virumandi moustache with his 'dhothi' folded up & trouser exposed underneath with a hidden weapon this time a miniature sickle goes up beating the crap out of everyone who is a cheat or for that matter even if anyone dares to whisper the word swear word 'cheat'. According to the director/producer combo 'Komban' is the reincarnate of MGR; A modern day avataar of the erstwhile legendary actor and crusader of the common man; but unfortunately a very poor substitute and probably a character bordering on bringing shame to the original! He has the usual sidekick the ever irritating Thambi Ramaiah - the so so insipid and bland comedy quotient. Karthi is a village butcher (culls goats) who somehow manages to amass wealth far beyond his means. (IT dept should have a closer look at all goat culling butchers residing in villages); that he can redecorate his home in the village spending lakhs just to please his lady love, freely goes about feeding everyone around, donates liberally when someone is in debt etc etc. But most of the time all he does is to unravel a few bucks from his rolled up sleeve! So how does he get this bankroll for his lavish spending? WOW! I think i should consider taking up to culling of goats to make a living!
Karthi goes about the village like a violent 'lokpal' thrashing all and sundry to set right the wrongs in his village. There is so much of throwing around that he handles the bad guys like 'frisbees' and 'footballs'. The bloodthirsty villains make up the numbers by slicing humans and animals alike with sickles etc. In fact there is far less blood flowing in modern day vampire and werewolf flicks.
So what follows next is yes you're right! 'Komban' the barbarian makes an enemy out of the 'villain' blah! blah! and falls for Lakshmi menon blah! blah! blah! and predictably makes a bitter enemy out of a doting and unusually good father in law Raj kiran because of his gross stupidity blah! blah! blah! blah! and so finally his mother the screeching and loud mouthed Kovai Sarla, Lakshmi menon now his wife and Raj kiran his father in law all stage a walkout dharna after Raj Kiran is bad mouthed and bashed up badly by his son in law Komban; in fact even the villagers who until then had considered Karthi their own prodigal son etc and literally a demi god now desert him.(typical village sentiment which is supposed to make the women young and the aged wet and teary eyed). The second half is all about the now partially reformed Karthi who sort of mends his ways to please his lady love and to make up for all the violence he meted out on all and sundry including his father in law, wife, mother etc. But all of a sudden how can he totally become a peace loving guy; he still has to play out the vigilante role to weed & wipe out all the by now burnt out village rats the runts who are still barely living, though by now they are ranting, raving and bad mouthing each other most of the time in this unlawful village in Ramanathapuram.
Who is the motivator of holy change in Karthi in this half; Raj kiran the father in law, his mother Kovai Sarala and the love of his life Lakshmi menon who not only keeps wasting all the available oil by lighting lamps but is also our Komban's kombi!. To save us further torture Raj kiran is finally sent to jail on a foisted case. What follows is on wholly predictable lines; there is a conspiracy to 'pottu thallu' Raj Kiran (kill) him in jail; but of course! how can this happen with 'komban' karthi around? Karthi & his cronie Thambi Ramaiah decide to move into jail! Both of them saunter and swagger around the jail as if it is a walk in 'panagal' park! From hereon Karthi even starts using his guile, intelligence and super powers which was hitherto absent and simply puts paid to the villain's intentions....
Karthi goes about the village like a violent 'lokpal' thrashing all and sundry to set right the wrongs in his village. There is so much of throwing around that he handles the bad guys like 'frisbees' and 'footballs'. The bloodthirsty villains make up the numbers by slicing humans and animals alike with sickles etc. In fact there is far less blood flowing in modern day vampire and werewolf flicks.
So what follows next is yes you're right! 'Komban' the barbarian makes an enemy out of the 'villain' blah! blah! and falls for Lakshmi menon blah! blah! blah! and predictably makes a bitter enemy out of a doting and unusually good father in law Raj kiran because of his gross stupidity blah! blah! blah! blah! and so finally his mother the screeching and loud mouthed Kovai Sarla, Lakshmi menon now his wife and Raj kiran his father in law all stage a walkout dharna after Raj Kiran is bad mouthed and bashed up badly by his son in law Komban; in fact even the villagers who until then had considered Karthi their own prodigal son etc and literally a demi god now desert him.(typical village sentiment which is supposed to make the women young and the aged wet and teary eyed). The second half is all about the now partially reformed Karthi who sort of mends his ways to please his lady love and to make up for all the violence he meted out on all and sundry including his father in law, wife, mother etc. But all of a sudden how can he totally become a peace loving guy; he still has to play out the vigilante role to weed & wipe out all the by now burnt out village rats the runts who are still barely living, though by now they are ranting, raving and bad mouthing each other most of the time in this unlawful village in Ramanathapuram.
Who is the motivator of holy change in Karthi in this half; Raj kiran the father in law, his mother Kovai Sarala and the love of his life Lakshmi menon who not only keeps wasting all the available oil by lighting lamps but is also our Komban's kombi!. To save us further torture Raj kiran is finally sent to jail on a foisted case. What follows is on wholly predictable lines; there is a conspiracy to 'pottu thallu' Raj Kiran (kill) him in jail; but of course! how can this happen with 'komban' karthi around? Karthi & his cronie Thambi Ramaiah decide to move into jail! Both of them saunter and swagger around the jail as if it is a walk in 'panagal' park! From hereon Karthi even starts using his guile, intelligence and super powers which was hitherto absent and simply puts paid to the villain's intentions....
& the climax - Raj kiran invokes the "Sami" (deity) in him at the annual village religious mela and as the 'sami' gets into Raj Kiran's body and he runs into the forest in the middle of the night not only screaming & gesticulating but also swirls around a burning torch with a spear in one hand ! He is now followed by the racing villains and they are followed by the speedy Karthi hurling petrol filled sachets ..... I now leave it to your fertile imagination to finish this comical and bizarre climax by using your imagination alone; probably you will do a better job than this director!
Performance: Karthi's menacing stares along with the Yuvraj Singh swagger simply failed to enthuse me one bit! Lakshmi menon performance was probably the only point of merit in this torturous film. Raj Kiran has essayed this kind of role so many times; that it beats me as to why this actor keeps donning this role again and again! Is this some kind of brand build up??? Kovai Sarala and Thambi Ramaiah are at their annoying best! I shall refrain any mention of the crew; as I had mentioned before in so many of my reviews that if the captain of the film (the director) fails the entire film sinks into an abyss!
The only thing that partly worked were a few emotional scenes with Raj Kiran, Lakshmi menon, Karthi & Kovai Sarala; even these were a tad preachy, melodramatic and looked like scenes from past films!
Bottomline: The censors should be censored for awarding a U/A certificate for this film. It definitely cannot be watched with or without parental guidance. The amount of unnecessary violence depicted in this film is next only to the film 'Django'!
Finally a quote: "The only thing the Tamil heros have not used so far is to open their mouths and blow the villains away!"
P.S The producer Gnanavel Raja might have shed many a 'tear' in making & releasing this film, but both he & the director, have totally failed to promote Karthi as a mass hero (MGR/Rajini Style) and even the protests should fail to promote this film and make it a mass hit! This film is a disaster and a 'bloody' waste of gallons of blood and a lot of money!
My Rating: 1/5
Until next time,
Director Haricharan
2/4/2015
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