Kabali: Movie Review

Kabali: Movie Review

A guy who won some space in a don’s heart, Tamilnesan (Nassar), by fighting bravely against the foreign company for the rights of the Indian employees, could have never imagined what kind of a life was waiting for him.

Kabaliswaran or Kabali (Rajinikanth) eventually becomes an important person for the present don Tamilnesan and starts assisting him for every campaign and other underworld works.

This gradually gave him (Rajini) a good base to become the next don after Tamilnesan and a much expected hatred by the other competitors. 

This hatred deepened to such an extent that kabali is trapped in a false charge, by some of his fellow gang members, of starting a massacre at a temple that killed many, including his wife. And is imprisoned for 25 years.

The real thrill of the film starts now,

After Kabali gets released from prison after 25 years he immediately resumes charge of his old gang who remained loyal to him. He goes in search of all those betrayers for only they were the sources from which he could get some clue about his wife. Because for him in the prison only the memories of his young pregnant wife accompanied him whenever he felt lonely and depressed.

He soon confronts Loganathan or Loga (Mime Gopi), a drug smuggler, who still wants to kill Kabali for he still remained a threat to his empire and drug smuggling business.

The further suspense and some revelations in the middle of the intense scenes makes this film a good weekend entertainer for the audience.

Basically, this is a typical Rajinikanth film, so a much expected style is carried throughout the film, which can however is proved by the nonstop whistles and howling of the audience.

Not being an acting oriented film, much of the acting skills of Rajinikanth is not showcased in the film, which to a certain extent disappoints some viewers, who would be in a search of content in it.

Songs are a big drawback of the film for the dubbed version has irritating lyrics (maybe because it was simply translated from Tamil to Hindi).

Talking about direction and cinematography, the film was able to bind the audience together for these two factors played an important role in helping thr film to sail through those 152 minutes. 

Go and watch KABALI for Rajinikanth's style, for Radhika's convincing acting and to wonder why this film broke all the box office records.

A.T.M reviews Rating: 3/5

Directed by	Pa. Ranjith
Produced by	Kalaipuli S. Thanu
Written by	Pa. Ranjith
Starring	Rajinikanth Winston Chao Radhika Apte
Music by	Santhosh Narayanan
Cinematography	G. Murali
Edited by	Praveen K.L
Production company	V Creations
Distributed by	Gemini Film Circuit
Release dates	·         22 July 2016
Running time	152 minutes