Cast: Rajinikanth, Pasupathy, Nayantara, Meena, Prabhu,Vadivelu, Brahmanandam, Livingston, Chinni Jayanth, M.S.Bhaskar, Manobala, R.Sundarrajan, Santhanam, Vijay Kumar, Mamata Mohandas, Sona, Geetha, Suriya and others
Director:P.Vasu
Producer:K.Balachander
Music:G.V.Prakash Kumar
Released Date: August 01, 2008
Kuselan is directed by P.Vasu. The film casts Rajinikanth, Pasupathy, Nayantara, Meena in the lead. It is Produced by K Balachander. Music is scored by
G.V.Prakash Kumar and released on Kavithalaya and Seven Art Movies banner.
The story is about two childhood buddies Balu (Pasupathy) and Ashok Kumar (Rajini) and Balu does not stop at anything to make his friend happy. As life would
have it, they take different paths and Balu becomes a barber in a small village. He is happily married to Sridevi (Meena) and has three children. However, his
finances are dry and he is often led to the door of the financer (Livingston), the financier. On the other hand, Balu has tough competition from the more smart and
clever rival (Vadivelu) who has a saloon right on the opposite side.
Balu is a man of pure ethics and his self respect and honesty are his only soul. His bumpy ride continues until one day there is news that a film shooting is
going to happen in their place and the hero of the film is Superstar Ashok Kumar (Rajinikanth). The news spreads like wildfire and Balu knows this but then given
his position he hesitates to show himself. On the other hand, folks around get to know the friendship of Balu and Ashok Kumar and in this process those who
have been ridiculing him start doing favors for him only with the hope of meeting Ashok Kumar. But Balu has his own issues and soon the people start shunning
him since he is not able to do what they want and even his own children start showing anger. What happens from there? Does Balu meet Ashok? Will Ashok
recognize Balu? All this forms the rest of the story.
Performance:
The director who is doing a remake of a Malayalam hit has come out with a quality presentation but then he should have focused more on the narrative which
was disconnected. The technical side of the film is good with some exceptional cinematography and about two numbers which can be taken home, the
background score is not impressive and it was weak. The dialogues did not have enough ammunition to pick the emotional chords, the screenplay faltered in few
instances and the script was stitched in a random fashion.
However, the cast has carried with film with élan which really worked out for the movie. Rajini was his Iredescent best and for all those who have known him as
the punch star with mass dialogues, this form is a revelation. Pasupathy was the perfect choice for the role as he portrayed the emotional scenes really well and
on par with Rajini. Equally competent was Meena who did her role perfectly, Nayantara was utilised to the fullest and her glamour is growing by leaps and
bounds with each passing day. Vadivelu did his bit with good energy and extracted healthy laughs, Chinni Jayanth was required, Livingston was impressive with
his role while M S Bhaskar used his wit to the fullest this time. The others did their bit and added value to the film.
Verdict:Good |  |
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