Film: Alex Pandian
Starring: Karthi,Anushka,Santhanam,Akanskhka Puri
Director: Suraaj
Producer: K. E. Gnanavelraja
Banner: Studio Green banner
Music: Devi Sri Prasad
Story
Alex Pandian (Karthi) bashes up a group
of goons saves Anushka. Alex stays at Santhanam house despite the latter
not giving him nod and flirts with his sisters Nikita Thukral, Sanusha,
and Akanksha Puri. Alex kidnaps Anushka, daughter of chief minister
Alvin Martin (Milind Soman) followed by few baddies instructions for
signing a deal with the state government.
Performances
Karthi looked good and
he has put in loads of energy for the mass entertainer. His efforts in
doing the risky stunts in the early half was worth mentioning. However,
his work has gone in vain due to the uninteresting screenplay.
Anushka looked gorgeous and she has got a limited role restricted to songs most of the time. She is hardly seen in the first half.
Santhanam is the saving
grace for the film. Karthi-Santhanam’s scenes have worked well in the
first half. However, Santhanam’s double-entendres will not entertain
family audiences. Milind Soman and Suman are okay. Others were adequate.
Technical Analysis
Saravanan’s cinematography is classy and
top-class, Devi Sri Prasad’s songs are good while the background score
is loud at times. Editing is inconsistent and patchy, Suraj’s direction
is just okay while the screenplay is illogical and predictable,
dialogues are double meaning ones, though one-liners are entertaining
to an extent. Production Values are lavish.
Analysis
Director Suraj has put in loads of
action and entertainment into the film. The first half has good number
of comedy entertaining scenes between Karthi and Santhanam but the
scenes are totally irrelevant to the storyline while the action part and
the villain episodes looked forced. On the other hand, there are many
double meaning dialogues in the film.
The main part of the story actually
begins in the second half but the narration falls flat. Alex Pandian is
made concentrating on the mass audiences but the fights looked out of
logic and unrealistic.
Final Verdict
Predictable Story, Illogical screenplay, Overdose of action makes Alex Pandian a boring watch
