Wow..This is certainly something new..'Kuselan' has three very notable differences from other Rajinikanth movies.
unlike most of the Superstar' movies Kuselan is going to have you emotionally choked up,it is surely the first movie where
you won't see him uttering a punch dialogue and you also won't see him flexing his muscles to bash up the baddies.
'Kuselan' is about two childhood friends,with one growing up to become a star in the film industry,while the other lands up
as a barber in a hamlet.Balakrishnan(Pasupathy) is the poor barber who leads a happy and content life with his wife in his
village.One day his friend and now,Superstar Ashok Kumar(Rajinikanth) ends up in the village as it was the shoot location of his upcoming film.
How the two friends meet and what happens when they do meet forms the rest of the story.
‘Kuselan’,i feel is where you get to see Rajinikanth – the real Rajinikanth, the human being.In fact i feel its the first
time the 'superstar' has actually acted in a movie..in the sense that,he has always played that larger than life charecter
and this is one movie where he sheds it.Rajinikanth plays himself in the movie and goes about his job at ease.He actually
manages to get a tear or two in the eyes of even the most emotionally unchallenged people in the climax scene that he shares
with Pasupathy.Intrestingly,the superstar also takes the oppurtunity to let people new about a few facts about his life..
like the one' regarding his political aspirations and stuff.Pasupathy,playing the poor barber is extremely good and manages
to garner all sympathy.Itb was'nt an easy job for the actor considering that he was cast beside a show-stealer like Rajinikanth,
but he does an absolutely commendable job.Meena who plays the barber' extremely loving and caring wife is good as well.
Her portrayal of the charecter in some of the scenes are brilliant.Hey hold on..if you are thinking that 'Kuselan' is all
good and a delightful movie,here comes the pain..Nayantara and vadivelu,who though do the job entrusted to them,I feel were
of absolutely no use in the movie.Nayantara manages to lend the glamour quotient to the movie but with no significance and
Vadivelu just adds another slow-down factor to an already slow-paced movie..I geniunely feel that the director could have
done away with his charecter.There is also a song featuring many stars from the South-Indian industry (a la OSO).P.Vasu'
direction is just good.He fails to make a brilliant movie out of this by wasting his resources,sometimes even misusing
them.Music by G.V.Prakash is average.Though the movie has a very proviking thought to it,I really don't know if it would
be able to make an impact afterall..For a hardcore Rajinikanth 'Kuselan' provides all the reasons to celebrate.
Rating : 3/5
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