Review: SURA

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DIRECTOR: S.P.Rajakumar
CAST: Vijay, Tamanna Bhatia, Vadivelu

Vijay's 50th film is a much-looked forward to one. Completely free of complications, a simple straight forward story Sura presents Vijay in a role you've seen him before ­that of a savior - except for the fact that his personality in the film is full of life and totally upbeat which is something you haven't seen Vijay attempt before. Tamanna Bhatia does a decent job in a role that doesn't require much from her. Here's how it goes.

Sura is a good hearted young man from a fishing village called Yaazh Nagar. He is, in a nutshell, the darling of the village. He's always there with a helping hand; if there's a wrong being done you can be sure he's there to fight for what is right, and if someone's down he's there to cheer him up. Everyone loves his child-like mischief, humour and large heart.

There is of course a love interest but he insists that he will only marry her when all the problems that his little village is facing are solved. The way he meets his love, played by Tamanna Bhatia, is when she attempts suicide after losing her dog. As always, Vijay comes to the rescue and the romance begins. The romance, incidentally, makes for some fantastic visuals as the songs are shot in stunning locales.

Coming to the problem that the village is facing: a local minister, played by Dev Gil, is trying to get the fisher folk to leave their village in order to use the land more lucratively. It is this that forms the crux of Sura and along which line the story unfolds. When Sura starts to fight with the minister and his team is when things get heated because the minister doesn't take it quietly, and in fact turns around to destroy him. How Sura escapes this devious scheming, saves the entire village and also marries his lady love is how the movie pans out rather predictably.

What the film has going for is the humour with Vadivelu and a totally new Vijay in the sense that he's a truly effervescent presence in this whole film. His action is the usual and his dialogues have the usual punch.

The dance numbers, however, are totally worth it.

( Courtesy: Times of Oman )