Thirai Alasal - UPO

Director : Chakri Toleti

Producers : Kamal Hasan and Ronnie Screwvala

Music : Shruthi Hasan (Debutant)

Star Cast :

Kamal Hasan, Mohan Lal, Lakshmi, Ganesh Venkatram, Anuja Iyer another cop and few others...

Story Line :

Remake of 'A Wednesday' movie from Hindi. Deeply hurt Indian protagonist, neatly planning and executing the murder of four international terrorists.

Story :

With lot of expectation we entered the theater and we came out as somewhat satisfied. Kamal just starts the movie with a simple call to the commissioner of Chennai City (Mohan Lal). He explains about his work on planting bomb at different spots in the city. So the department is on high alert. As home Secretary, Lakshmi appears and she performed really well. Since she gives power to take all actions in the issue to Mohan Lal.

After that, Kamal Hasan demands the release of four terrorists who involved in major bombing activities in India. Since he placed bomb in major places in the city, Mohan Lal abides to his demand. Then comes the two cops, who are the favorites of Mohan Lal. They are appointed to escort the terrorists to a safe place as mentioned by Kamal Hasan. In the mean time, Kamal leaks this news to press so that he can watch the police activities through them. There comes the smoking reported Natasha (Anuja Iyer). The two cops, Aarif and Sethu escorts the terrorists to the place mentioned by kamal and to their surprise, kamal designed a death bed for the terrorists. so the guy who threatened the government is not a terrorist and he is just a Common man who is deeply hurt by the terrorist activities. As a result of this operation, Mohan Lal gets suspended and the story ends as it was in Hindi.


Comments :

*Kamal missed a lot in this movie. He didnt stand upto Naseerudin shah.
*There could have been some little changes here and there which more people would have expected.
*If Kamal is not doing simple changes in a remake film, how can we expect it from some third grade actors.
* Music by shruthi Hasan is really different. People would guess, a hot, fast, thrilling scene is gona come, with the music itself. Here she played mild music and travelled along with the movie and didnt guide audience. It is really good on her part.

+ Points :

* Mohan Lal with casual acting and powerful dialogues
* Lakshmi countering Mohan Lal stood apart
* Aarif Khan , a cop with extra smartness and bright face and acting
* Kamal Hasan at his best in the Story telling. Explaining Mohan Lal about a horrible incident
* IIT drop out guy, who comes for tracing the call

- Points :

* People hate photo copy movies
* Kamal underplayed

Rating :

6/10