Kasi:‘Two’Many Sub-tales to Tell a Tale!
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Rating: 2.75/5
First Impression: It’s like firing two bullets in the air before hitting the target. The story sounds so. If it’s done with a reason it’s fine. Yes. There is reason here but it’s underlying. The director leaves it audience to connect it. Participatory audience do it, passive ones blames it on the director for incoherence.
Plus points:
- Vijay Antony’s reasonably good performance in four roles
- Portrayal of female four heroines with four traits.
- Yogi Babu’s ready wit as the hero’s side kick throughout the movie.
.Pitfalls:
- Lack of noticeable connectivity of subplots with the main plot.
- Translation of Lyrics into Telugu spoils the impact of impressive tunes.
- Though there is no predictability in screenplay, the movies goes in slow pace.
Movie : Kasi
Starring : Vijay Antony, Anjali, Sunainaa, Yogi babu, Nasser, Jayaprakash and others
Director : Kiruthiga Udhayanidhi
Producer : Fatima Vijay Antony
Music Director : Vijay Antony
Cinematographer : Richard M. Nathan
Editor : Lawrence Kishore
Release date: May 18, 2018
Plot: Knowing about One’s Own Past
A well-placed doctor of Indian origin in US, needs to know who his biological parents are, the moment he comes to know he was once an orphan. The story unravels as the search moves on.
Story: Doctor’s Search for Father
Dr.Bharat, a reputed cardiothoracic surgeon in US, prepares himself to donate one of his Kidney’s to her mother, to save her life. His father, who is a doctor too, tells him says that will not match her as the latter is not her natural mother. He goes to India and begins his search. From the orphanage, where was picked from when he was a child, he finds the name of his mother (Parvathi) and name of his native village (Kancharlapalem).After coming to know his mother died in a bid to save her child (him) and who she was, by opening a free clinic in the village, his search switch to who his father was. With the help of Gopi (Jogibabu) he comes across two great men, the village chief and a thief, who remained unwed, as they had lost their lovers. Finally he comes to know who his natural father is. He inherits his cause without revealing his relation with him.
Treatment: Romeo-Juliet Way
Krithiga Udayanidhi, as the script writer and the director, undoubtedly gives a different touch to the story, recalling the theme of Romeo-Juliet: Death making love everlasting. This is the parallel for the two sub-plots in the story. These subplots emotively prepare the audience for the climax of the main plot. But these sub plots do have neither a bearing on nor a link with the main plot. This is the strength and weakness of the story as well.
Screen play: Moves Like Drama
The film has an inherent quality of a drama. Scene after scene comes like act after act in a drama. This technique grips the audience, though required quickness is found missed in the movie. But care should have been taken in giving lengthy footage to sub-plots.
Hero: Plays Four Roles with Similar Mannerisms
Vijay Antony plays all the four protagonists’ with ease. Though each of these roles is in variance with other, Vijay’s mannerism remain the same in all. Had Krithiga Udayanidhi, as the director have infused some idiosyncrasies to these roles, the impact would have been different.
Others in Cast: Heroines with Deeper Passions
Krithiga is her best in depicting the female roles, say heroines. Of all, the one who falls in love with a thief is found with a deeper inner strength. The one in college in campus is found highly passionate. Though Anjali as Dr.Bharath’s lover looks gorgeous, she has little to play.
Dialogues: Side Kick Has Punches
Apart from Yogi Babu’s quick retorts, dialogues don’t make any impact. When Romeo-Juliet is played as a drama, the dialogues fail to elevate emotions.
Cinematography: Just Average
Barring the meeting place of the thief and lover, the play of lens is just average.
Music: Lyrics Spoils Feel
Vijay Anthony’s cut as a musician is felt all through the movie. The loosely written songs in Telugu has taken way the soul of the basic. But the background score gives the feel of the scene everywhere. .
Pitfalls: Sub Plots Dominate Main Plot
The subplots occupy much of the film. They remain as independent stories. The moment the subplot ends, the audience loses interest in the main plot.
Bottom line:
You won’t complain boredom anywhere in the movie but come with a complaint: Are those sub stories required to run the main story?
