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I Review
- 1/15/2015 9:29:53 PM
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Banner: Aascar Film(Pvt) Ltd
Cast: Vikram, Amy Jackson, Suresh Gopi, Upen Patel, Santhanam
Direction: S.Shankar
Production: Venu Ravichandran
Music: A.R.Rahman
There is a reason why Shankar has always been seen as a Master - it's beyond the style and substance that his films eminently throw up. There is a sensibility about his lead characters. For all the dispensers of punishment that his Bharateeyudu and Aparichitudu were, there was a human face about them that hit it off with all sections of audiences, cutting across age, sex and class. Unfortunately, this aspect goes missing in 'I', apparently because a sadistic streak is built into the lead character, Lingeswaram.
In 'Okkadu', there comes a scene where Arjun and Manivannan threaten more punishment to a character who believes his leg has just been chopped off. Watching 'I' is like watching this scene several more times, a more cruel version of the scene, actually. The screenplay style sticks to that of 'Aparichitudu'.
The film is narrated in a non-linear fashion. It is intriguing (at least mildly) that the film juxtaposes a decimated Vikram with a hunchback and a muscled Vikram thriving with optimism. Lingeswaram dreams to be a Mr. India and is a fan of Diya (Amy Jackson), a budding model. Diya is made overtures by John (Upen Patel), a star model who can demolish her budding career if she doesn't submit herself to him. Pushed to the wall, Diya lists in Lingeswaram
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