Review in pics: Rajapattai

There was a time when director Suseenthiran made small-budget films in a very smart way. But his first big-budget masala movie Rajapattai, fails to impress.

Cast: Vikram, Deeksha Seth, Mithra Kurian, K Viswanath and Pradeep Rawat
Special appearance: Shriya Saran and Reemma Sen
Director: Suseenthiran
Music : Yuvan Shankar Raja
Producers : Pratish and Santosh

There was a time when director Suseenthiran made small-budget films in a very smart way. But his first big-budget masala movie Rajapattai, fails to impress.
In his earlier movies namely - Vennila Kabadi Kuzhu, Naan Mahan Alla and Azhagarsamiyin Kudhirai, strong story and powerful screenplay helped the movies sail through. But these vital factors seemed to be missing in Rajapattai.
The story of the movie is very weak and the screenplay is very predictable.

With a big star like Vikram playing the lead, it was expected that Suseenthiran would come out with a convincing 'commercial' script, but that sadly didn't happen.
Rajapattai is about a fitness freak Anal Murugan (Vikram), who wants to become a big villain in films.
He is a happy-go-lucky youngster, Murugan falls for Dharshini (Deeksha Seth).

During the course of the story Murugan meets Dakshinamoorthy (Viswanath) - a senior citizen, who runs an orphanage. The elderly man is threatened by a set of evil people, who want him to vacate the property.
Murugan decides to bail out Dakshinamoorthy from the problem.
Vikram puts in his best from the beginning till end. In 17 different get-ups, the actor simply walks away with with all the applauds.

Leading lady Deeksha Seth looks good, but gets less scope to perform.
Viswanath displays his experience on screen.
Madhie's cinematography is like a colourful collage.
Yuvan Shankar Raja's songs are okay, but do watch out for a special song featuring Vikram, Reemma Sen and Shriya Saran.