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So Satya, a beggar looking for his lost sister, gets the opportunity to live the life of a billionaire when the people close to the billionaire transfer his life and memories into the body of the billionaire in return for a simple enough demand - be the face for the billionaire's company so the plotters can get rich. What happens when the two parties get into a conflict, and will Satya eventually find his sister?
The plot for the movie is simple enough and it employs an oft used concept - the conflict between living a rich but controlled life and living a poor but free one. The stakes in this case are the knowledge of a crime committed by the evil party and the search for a long lost loved one. With Satya unable to reveal the crime given how silly explaining things would be, and being unable to search for his sister given his new billionaire image, the simplistic plot setup is fairly convincing. But the payoffs feel forced. What happens once Satya and the plotters get into conflict for instance, ruins the entire movie. He just kills them all
Still, the movie manages to bring up interesting concepts post this as Satya forces himself to live the life of a billionaire. If you think about it, it is a neat little concept. Pichaikaran 1 made the protagonist live the life of a beggar, and the roles are reversed in the second part. The problem is, not many would relate to a conflict like this. With the plotters out of the way, Satya could simply live life on his own terms. The past few days could simply have counted for a swift change in fortunes and he could now have lived the life of a multi billionaire. And it's here that he movie gets fantastical and loses its real world connect. And it's also here that the script writers unleash a whole political economical disaster that is laughable and utterly absurd. Satya launches a program called anti bikili- what's with the name? Duh nothing. Just needed a catchphrase is all. They now get subsidised food, groceries, homes and everything, and there is a strong demand from that all billionaires should do something similar. The entire concept of a free market is thrown under a bus. How will this be sustained for instance? Resources after all, are limited. Product prices at the end of the day are majorly determined by the free market in modern times. Supply shortage at the end of the day, will drive prices up. Duh this is what happens when you try to get too smart but don't really understand what you're doing.
As with all mainstream Tamil movies, keep your brains in the car or in the fridge before you turn this one on. A beggar who's been in jail, probably never fired a bullet before, can accurately shoot a moving target hundreds of meters away in the beach with the wind blowing in his face. And oh he can drive a motorboat. And he's an economist. And he knows the law. And he can bash up 50 thugs at a time. WHATTT?! The moral compass of the movie is... mob rule is legitimate rule. If the people like it, it should be encouraged. Just think about the problems this could create in a functional society
Pichaikaran 1 was an interesting watch because it contained a unique setup, an interesting concept never seen before that the audience could relate with. The difficulty that a millionaire would have in living the life of a beggar was well captured and superbly executed so despite its flaws, it was thoroughly entertaining fare. Pichaikaran 2 wildly meanders between reason and fantasy, is unfocused and barely believable. It tries to be too many things all at once and ends up being neither.
The plot for the movie is simple enough and it employs an oft used concept - the conflict between living a rich but controlled life and living a poor but free one. The stakes in this case are the knowledge of a crime committed by the evil party and the search for a long lost loved one. With Satya unable to reveal the crime given how silly explaining things would be, and being unable to search for his sister given his new billionaire image, the simplistic plot setup is fairly convincing. But the payoffs feel forced. What happens once Satya and the plotters get into conflict for instance, ruins the entire movie. He just kills them all
Still, the movie manages to bring up interesting concepts post this as Satya forces himself to live the life of a billionaire. If you think about it, it is a neat little concept. Pichaikaran 1 made the protagonist live the life of a beggar, and the roles are reversed in the second part. The problem is, not many would relate to a conflict like this. With the plotters out of the way, Satya could simply live life on his own terms. The past few days could simply have counted for a swift change in fortunes and he could now have lived the life of a multi billionaire. And it's here that he movie gets fantastical and loses its real world connect. And it's also here that the script writers unleash a whole political economical disaster that is laughable and utterly absurd. Satya launches a program called anti bikili- what's with the name? Duh nothing. Just needed a catchphrase is all. They now get subsidised food, groceries, homes and everything, and there is a strong demand from that all billionaires should do something similar. The entire concept of a free market is thrown under a bus. How will this be sustained for instance? Resources after all, are limited. Product prices at the end of the day are majorly determined by the free market in modern times. Supply shortage at the end of the day, will drive prices up. Duh this is what happens when you try to get too smart but don't really understand what you're doing.
As with all mainstream Tamil movies, keep your brains in the car or in the fridge before you turn this one on. A beggar who's been in jail, probably never fired a bullet before, can accurately shoot a moving target hundreds of meters away in the beach with the wind blowing in his face. And oh he can drive a motorboat. And he's an economist. And he knows the law. And he can bash up 50 thugs at a time. WHATTT?! The moral compass of the movie is... mob rule is legitimate rule. If the people like it, it should be encouraged. Just think about the problems this could create in a functional society
Pichaikaran 1 was an interesting watch because it contained a unique setup, an interesting concept never seen before that the audience could relate with. The difficulty that a millionaire would have in living the life of a beggar was well captured and superbly executed so despite its flaws, it was thoroughly entertaining fare. Pichaikaran 2 wildly meanders between reason and fantasy, is unfocused and barely believable. It tries to be too many things all at once and ends up being neither.
So Prakash is an academically brilliant cop fresh out of the academy, but, having had zero field experience, he gets scared too easily. What happens when he gets paired with a veteran, no-nonsense cop to a high profile serial killer case??
Por thozhil is brilliant. It follows two cops on an operation to capture a serial killer. It is less of an investigative thriller, which is still a well made portion of the flick, and more a story of two men - both vastly different and contrasted, but forced to play mentor-mentee. It is a story about how they DONT overcome their differences and DONT end up agreeing with each other, how they stick to their respective life choices and views while still working together efficiently enough to take down a dreaded serial killer.
The characterisation is superb. Pradeep is the academic bookworm who dreams of making it big as a police officer. He is scared and timid and messes things up in the beginning. He cannot look at dead bodies without puking and he makes unnecessary comments that have no place in a conversation with a respected senior. By the end of the movie, he still gets scared but can overcome it. He learns to use his skills to his advantage and makes mature decisions and observations that impress his senior. Loganathan is a veteran but arrogant cop who no one can stand. Not even his seniors. He believes he is better off working alone and chides his junior Pradeep for being too academic. By the end of the movie he is still arrogant and cannot be stood by anyone, even doctors. But he is completely willing to work with his junior, an opportunity that Pradeep accepts immediately. It is in a way, a coming together of a perfectly mismatched couple and is a treat to watch.
Another great thing about Por Thozhil is the setups. There are so many of them. And they all have satisfactory payoffs too. Consider the conversation our heroes have in a car while in a stakeout. Loganathan tells Pradeep that it is not fear that makes someone a coward. It is running away from a situation due to fear that makes someone a coward. The payoff for this is fantastic. It happens all the way at the end and look out for this, it is a hoot worthy moment if there ever was one. Another example is the constant theme of abuse that keeps running throughout the movie. Our heroes disagree over whether abused people tend to become criminals and whether the knowledge that someone is abused should be cause for pity. Prakash does think so but when push comes to shove, he puts three extra rounds into the bad guy despite having killed him with a single shot. It's moments like these that make movies interesting and unfortunately, most modern movies don't have them
Finally, the movie doesn't shove anything down the audiences throats. Just like the question of pity for the abused criminal, other topics such as the significance of academics and experience are brought up and the two characters disagree. But that's it. There's no one winner to the argument. The both get their moments and the audience is left to decide which is better. Please moviemakers, take notes.
You know a movie is good when everything it tries comes off. The laughs come off, the thrilling sequences are actually thrilling and the payoffs are supremely satisfying. With Por Thozhil, you know that it is a well made movie when you start clapping by the time the end credits start rolling. This is probably the first movie I've rated 10 and may be the only one for a long time yet.
Por thozhil is brilliant. It follows two cops on an operation to capture a serial killer. It is less of an investigative thriller, which is still a well made portion of the flick, and more a story of two men - both vastly different and contrasted, but forced to play mentor-mentee. It is a story about how they DONT overcome their differences and DONT end up agreeing with each other, how they stick to their respective life choices and views while still working together efficiently enough to take down a dreaded serial killer.
The characterisation is superb. Pradeep is the academic bookworm who dreams of making it big as a police officer. He is scared and timid and messes things up in the beginning. He cannot look at dead bodies without puking and he makes unnecessary comments that have no place in a conversation with a respected senior. By the end of the movie, he still gets scared but can overcome it. He learns to use his skills to his advantage and makes mature decisions and observations that impress his senior. Loganathan is a veteran but arrogant cop who no one can stand. Not even his seniors. He believes he is better off working alone and chides his junior Pradeep for being too academic. By the end of the movie he is still arrogant and cannot be stood by anyone, even doctors. But he is completely willing to work with his junior, an opportunity that Pradeep accepts immediately. It is in a way, a coming together of a perfectly mismatched couple and is a treat to watch.
Another great thing about Por Thozhil is the setups. There are so many of them. And they all have satisfactory payoffs too. Consider the conversation our heroes have in a car while in a stakeout. Loganathan tells Pradeep that it is not fear that makes someone a coward. It is running away from a situation due to fear that makes someone a coward. The payoff for this is fantastic. It happens all the way at the end and look out for this, it is a hoot worthy moment if there ever was one. Another example is the constant theme of abuse that keeps running throughout the movie. Our heroes disagree over whether abused people tend to become criminals and whether the knowledge that someone is abused should be cause for pity. Prakash does think so but when push comes to shove, he puts three extra rounds into the bad guy despite having killed him with a single shot. It's moments like these that make movies interesting and unfortunately, most modern movies don't have them
Finally, the movie doesn't shove anything down the audiences throats. Just like the question of pity for the abused criminal, other topics such as the significance of academics and experience are brought up and the two characters disagree. But that's it. There's no one winner to the argument. The both get their moments and the audience is left to decide which is better. Please moviemakers, take notes.
You know a movie is good when everything it tries comes off. The laughs come off, the thrilling sequences are actually thrilling and the payoffs are supremely satisfying. With Por Thozhil, you know that it is a well made movie when you start clapping by the time the end credits start rolling. This is probably the first movie I've rated 10 and may be the only one for a long time yet.