"Star" isn't just a movie; it's an exploration of ambition, identity, and the blurred lines between reality and performance...
Remember the first scene of the movie where young kalai gets ready for fancy dress competition and the Barathiyar Meesai got lost ..the father said... through your acting you must make the audience forget about the mustache... that when you accomplish as a performer ... And the same dialogue came is frozen scene shot at the hospital scene ending when director says cut... the entire hospital scene kalai(kavin) doesn't have scar on his face... the entire hospital scene is a movie shoot. The director made us forget his scar and focus on his acting...Indeed a director's touch & a typical movie buff drop test to watchout...Kudos to director Elan...
Kavin was more interested in playing a complex and vulnerable character. The character's journey is structured in a way that, somewhere the whole story feels like a beta Vaaranam Aayiram. The vulnerable parts of the character were played very convincingly by him... He doesn't like job but awarded employee of the year is an no sense idea from the creator...
Preity Mukhudhan, as the love interest of Kalai, was really fluent in her performance... When it comes to Aaditi Pohankar, the quirky motivational character of Surabhi is a little too loud. The kind of comfort the movie wants the hero to feel when he is with Surabhi is not entirely there... Lal, as the supportive father, is fine in terms of the way performs the emotions. But the dialect was a bit problematic. Geetha Kailasam was also equally fine as the typical eccentric mother of the hero...
Also first half is somewhat slow-paced seems to be lagging while the post accident scenes is where the movie shifts the gear... The messaging is not preachy and yet make a statement as the film glides through with minor hitches that can be ignored...
Cinematography by Ezhil Arasu is neat. Yuvan Shankar Raja's background score is effective while his fans will be disappointed with his template songs...
Overall Star a passable drama with forgivable flaws & partly engaging flick that holds you firmly on the later half...
Remember the first scene of the movie where young kalai gets ready for fancy dress competition and the Barathiyar Meesai got lost ..the father said... through your acting you must make the audience forget about the mustache... that when you accomplish as a performer ... And the same dialogue came is frozen scene shot at the hospital scene ending when director says cut... the entire hospital scene kalai(kavin) doesn't have scar on his face... the entire hospital scene is a movie shoot. The director made us forget his scar and focus on his acting...Indeed a director's touch & a typical movie buff drop test to watchout...Kudos to director Elan...
Kavin was more interested in playing a complex and vulnerable character. The character's journey is structured in a way that, somewhere the whole story feels like a beta Vaaranam Aayiram. The vulnerable parts of the character were played very convincingly by him... He doesn't like job but awarded employee of the year is an no sense idea from the creator...
Preity Mukhudhan, as the love interest of Kalai, was really fluent in her performance... When it comes to Aaditi Pohankar, the quirky motivational character of Surabhi is a little too loud. The kind of comfort the movie wants the hero to feel when he is with Surabhi is not entirely there... Lal, as the supportive father, is fine in terms of the way performs the emotions. But the dialect was a bit problematic. Geetha Kailasam was also equally fine as the typical eccentric mother of the hero...
Also first half is somewhat slow-paced seems to be lagging while the post accident scenes is where the movie shifts the gear... The messaging is not preachy and yet make a statement as the film glides through with minor hitches that can be ignored...
Cinematography by Ezhil Arasu is neat. Yuvan Shankar Raja's background score is effective while his fans will be disappointed with his template songs...
Overall Star a passable drama with forgivable flaws & partly engaging flick that holds you firmly on the later half...
