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Star

  • 2024
  • 2h 38m
IMDb RATING
6.5/10
2.3K
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Star (2024)
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Follows a youngster Kalai and his aspirations of becoming a 'Star' in the Tamil Film Industry. Born in a lower-middle-class family, will Kalai overcome all his struggles to emerge as a Star?Follows a youngster Kalai and his aspirations of becoming a 'Star' in the Tamil Film Industry. Born in a lower-middle-class family, will Kalai overcome all his struggles to emerge as a Star?Follows a youngster Kalai and his aspirations of becoming a 'Star' in the Tamil Film Industry. Born in a lower-middle-class family, will Kalai overcome all his struggles to emerge as a Star?

  • Director
    • Elan
  • Writers
    • Elan
    • Thava Guru
  • Stars
    • Kavin
    • Lal
    • Aditi Sudhir Pohankar
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.5/10
    2.3K
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    • Director
      • Elan
    • Writers
      • Elan
      • Thava Guru
    • Stars
      • Kavin
      • Lal
      • Aditi Sudhir Pohankar
    • 22User reviews
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    • Awards
      • 2 nominations total

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    Kavin
    Kavin
    • Kalaiarasan
    Lal
    Lal
    • Pandian
    Aditi Sudhir Pohankar
    Aditi Sudhir Pohankar
    • Surabi
    Preity Mukhundhan
    • Meera Malarkodi
    Geetha Kailasam
    Geetha Kailasam
    • Kamala
    Lollu Sabha Maaran
    • Pandian's Friend
    Aarti Desai
    • Meera's Mother
    Mimmo
    • College Principal
    Kadhal Sukumar
    • Ice Cream Seller
    Pandian
    • Surabi's Father
    Kanishka Vijaykumar
    • Young Selvi
    Kavitha Suresh
    • School Teacher
    Charulatha
    • School HM
    Bharathan K. Swamy
    • Meera's Father
    Dheeraj
    Nivedhitha Rajappan
    Deeps
    • Gulabi
    Sanjay Swaroop
    • Director
      • Elan
    • Writers
      • Elan
      • Thava Guru
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    6m-ramanan

    Heavily flawed

    RATED 6/10 Language: Tamil Source: Amazon prime

    The movie has all potential including cast, director, music and nice touch on story, but still failed as a movie. Its very unfortunate to fell short of to orchestrate this great assembling... Totally missed opportunity.

    1: They failed to convey the struggling of hero to become star... just roaming around Bombay streets without money not at all add any value 2. Two heroines and both of their love and separation was handled very badly... moving from one pair to another pair is just like tuning one page to another page.... 3. Lot of places you can still feel the serial drama making and cliche dialogs and run off the mill scenes...

    The only good point I can see that the connection between first and last scene... it was ultimate. Its really touched and I rated 6 just because of this scene...
    7joseaaron-41817

    Amazing first half and climax . An average sec half

    Great camera work and sound work . Kavin lifts the film to the next level with his promising acting. All the characters had given their 100% potential . Yuvan Shankar raja's music is very magical . Lal steals the show with his supportive father character

    As a Cinephile I loved this film . The vintage setup felt very real . Ideology of showing Grandma without face and her death scene brilliant . The first half steals your heart with many brilliant new kinda elements. The risky step in climax was very good I wasn't able to predict the climax so it worked for me very well. The length of the movie is a bit long . But no scene is useless , every scene develops the character. Some say the second half is boring but it establishes the bond between the hero and second heroine which makes the climax more effective. A good watch film . Check it out.
    7natureboy-84907

    Kavin's Performance . Good for OTT

    Star... it's all about the star named Kavin , what a brilliant actor he is , good found for Tamil movie . If not for him this movie would have been more boring . The movie is all about a long struggle a person undergoes to get into movie industry and most of it sounds true . The movie had one more star which made the crowd go excited was none but Yuvan, he sticks to his unique styling of doing music. While most of it sounds heard before types still it was high on energy and gelled well with the storyline . His music definitely sounds different from Arr, Ani and many... direct Dil Ke...The storyline is simple and has shades of many other movies, and to mention again it's Yuvan's music that gave more life to the scenes . The Ghazal song was a bumper . Class. Talking about the cast , they were definitely beautiful , beyond Kavin , Lal made a classic lifetime performance alongside Geetha Kailasam who comes in as Kavin's mom . Most of the times she put up a very realistic performance but at times overdid it too. Preity Mukhundan was seriously charming and putting up all possible cuteness to her character and performance . Impressive . The movie was definitely missing her in the second half and that's when Aditi Sudhir came up with her rocksolid performance ensuring to make people forget the past (Preity πŸ™‚). The movie had lots of references to other super hit movies including the famous song from Pudhupettai which suited more to this Star than the original . Many such things ensured fun and Star movie was all about performances and super entertaining first half , and it happened . The interval block , then the movie went bizarre and it was seriously dragging and at times depressing which was unexpected . Sure , that's where the viewers would have lost interest and started a desperate wait for it to end . Director Elan still tried hard to get the movie on the track with few promising scenes , still couldn't save the drag . Editing and Trimming of the movie length was much desired there . If it had happened , sure Star would have been a Super-Star. Missed. Good for OTT. Overall Star, Dimming.
    5arungeorge13

    Kavin & Yuvan deliver. Elan's writing, not so much. [+53%]

    Expected to see a fun, coming-of-age drama related to the struggles of an aspiring actor, ended up seeing more of a sentimental journey with its share of ups and downs (~unfortunately more downs than ups). Both the love stories in the film, while neatly performed, had problems in the writing. The "acting" struggles barely scratch the surface, and the screenplay rushes through these parts to focus on the protagonist's personal, physical, and mental hardships. While the writing feels somewhat derivative, the production design and locations carry a lived-in feel.

    Lal puts in a worthwhile performance as the protagonist's father, even when his dialect seems to be a persistent bother. Kavin gets to showcase more of his acting chops here and proves he's ready to be moulded in the hands of Tamil cinema's capable filmmakers. The leading ladies (Preity Mukhundan and Aditi Pohankar) have good screen presence, and I'd love to see them featured more (in better scripts, i.e.). Aside from Kavin, the real star of the film is Yuvan. The songs and the score blend seamlessly with the visuals.
    6beevenkat

    comes across as an egocentric individual

    The hero has everything going for him - a supportive family and two women who passionately love him. His desire to become an actor is dashed by a facial scar, which causes him to retreat into a shell. Does he beat the odds and come out on top? Lal and Kavin deliver outstanding performances as father and son in Tamil #StarMovie. Every young man would want his dad to be like Lal after seeing this film. However, Kavin comes across as an egocentric individual who consciously acts against his own best interests and makes bad judgments that will ultimately hurt him. Running time needs to be reduced by 15 minutes. Rating 3/5.

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      • June 7, 2024 (India)
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