Mafia, Chapter 1, Tamil Movie

A catastrophe of sorts

I am a fan of Arun Vijay.

Way back in 1997, when we's were having Pizza at the Shakey's pizza, situated then at Montieth Road, Arun Vijay sat at the text table, fresh probably after the release of Ganga  Gowri. We were  the only customers in the restaurant in addition to Arun Vijay. He was drumming up the table to catch our attention. We noticed but ignored him.

But I have never ignored the fact that he has worked very hard and has been persevering to reach whatever he is today. Diligence, application and hard work has helped him.

I will come back to Arun Vijay a bit later.

After watching the catastrophic Mafia, Chapter 1, I was just wondering, why a plot with potential had been completely wasted. 

The background music was one of the prime villain of the piece, in a most important action block, the music was so loud and unimaginative that I had half mind to rip the guy who composed the Background music. Must go down as one of the worst BGM in Tamil cinema in recent times. A complete lack of understanding of cinema.

The obsession with slow motion even in action sequences left me disillusioned. And those Voice Overs!!! 

Was BGM+SLOW MOTION+ VOICE OVERS the cause for the catastrophe? Not really.

Our dear friend Arun Vijay's aspiration to transition from an ACTOR to a STAR is probably a prime reason for the compromises in the narrative. Only wished Arun Vijay had focused on the story like Thadam and Kuttram 23. 

The exercise in Narcissism is horrific. Arun Vijay himself looks older than his father on the screen. 

Somehow, the director, has been able to get everything about Prasanna correct.

What a wonderful actor, I hope we  get to see more of Prasanna. 

Save your hard earned money. Save you head ache. Save your precious time.!!!!