Review - Unnai Pol Oruvan
Star-casts: Kamal Haasan, Mohan Lal, Lakshmi, Tanuja Iyer, Ganesh Venkataram
Banner: Raj Kamal Productions, UTV Motion Pictures
Production: Kamal Haasan, Ronnie Screwvala
Direction: Chakri
Music: Shruthi Haasan
To be precise, much before watching the film ‘Unnai Pol Oruvan’, everyone would’ve got a definite doubt whether the remake version in Tamil will perform well. But, Kamal Haasan top-notches exceeding our expectations on every quotient that are splendidly delivered…
The remake doesn’t differ in any way from the original version of ‘A Wednesday’. If the Neeraj Pandey had delivered a powerful theme with it, we’ve Kamal Haasan and his team rendering an overpowering attempt.
The film opens with Raghavan Maraar (Mohan Lal), city commissioner of police on his last day of service. He starts of revisiting an unforgettable day in his life, an unrecorded event that’s still unforgettable by those who were involved in it.
And then we’re taken back to that phenomenal day where a stranger (Kamal Haasan) makes a call to Maraar stating that he has planted bombs at various parts of the city. Assuming this to be a crank call, the city commissioner doesn’t take it seriously although he tries tracing the call. Instantaneously, the stranger reasserts about his serious venture that he has placed a bomb at a police station in Anna Saalai.
Well, now things are gonna be different not merely for city commissioner, but a TV reporter (Anuja Iyer), couple of young aggressive cops (Ganesh Venkataraman and other one), a computer hacker and the entire department of police.
Now, the stranger makes a strong demand that the department of police has to release 4 deadly criminals or else he would bump off the entire city.
But then, when his deals are accomplished, there’s something more shocking for everyone involved in this mission.
Needless to say, Mohan Lal deserves special mention for an extraordinary job. He just swings around with a blissful performance. Be it a tensed interaction with Kamal Haasan or a jovial take with the journalist: he’s awesome. Although, Kamal Haasan happens to be the lead protagonist, he showcases his best take simply in the climax. Ganesh Venkataraman does his part well as a frustrated cop while Tanuja Iyer as a journalist keeps us engrossed. Lakshmi is average on her show while rest of the cast-an-crew including the ones who played the role of criminals has done a great job.
There isn’t much particularly to appreciate about the background score of Shruthi Haasan as it could’ve been yet better. Cinematography by Manoj is prodigious and lighting has been perfectly mastered.
Dialogues by Era.Murugan are what it makes much best than the original version. All throughout the film, the dialogues are so touching and powerful that keeps winning with continuous applauses.
Finally, it’s worth mentioning that ‘Unnai Pol Oruvan’ is marvelous and of course best than the original version.
For sure, the film would make it big in box office with a long weekend of Ramzan Holiday.
Bottom - Line: Stupendously awesome
Verdict: Must Watch!!!
Completely agree. But I would like to see original efforts like Anbe Sivam from Kamal. He was phenomenal in that film. It makes you enjoy without comparing anything. Anbe Sivam is my fav Kamal movie after Moondram Pirai.
@semineurotic
k everyone has different views i respect yours too and of course, climax is superb in tamil and also better than malayalam.Mohanlal used his own regional style and Rajini used his own style! In tamil, comedy is mind blowing! Jo cant match to shobana because she is professional classical dancer! Of course Hindi version is so bad! But UOP type of movies could save our tamil audiences from vijay and masala items!
I am going nuts. Please read…finally…. Jyotika can’t match Shobhana…. :-)
Please read Jyotika can’t Jyotika :-) Gawd!!!!
Mr.ChiyanVikram/Naan: No issues ‘da’. I am no way a Rajni fan, but I respect him for what he is. And for that reason Kamal too. Manichitra Tazham was an artistic flick and a national award winner. The plot was so great that it will be catchy no matter who makes it. But Chandramukhi was a commercialised version of MCT. Shobhana can’t match Jyotika, but Rajni definitely locked horns with Lalettan. Rajni has a flair which is unputdownable. If you’re cynical about his ’shoo-shaa’ you’ll never like him, but if you see Chandramukhi with a wholistic view, its better commercial fare with advanced graphics and a much better climax (visually). Bhool Bhulaiya copied MCT frame by frame and that’s why failed to impress.
UPO is not bad at all, and I’m not putting it down. I give it 3/5 stars. If a sequel/remake is better than the original, let’s except it. But if its not upto the mark, lets not also say that ‘oh, atleast they’ve made an effort’.
So finally, what I say is “Kamal saar-kku O podu maam”
@semineurotic
k first of all, i like to ask sorry to you for using da,but only very very few people are watched the movie in both the versions,so as for other people, its a new film, so why you are trying to give comparisons?! I too know malayalam, but i cant understand how chandramuki could be better than original version? The malayalam version have logic in it but in tamil its completly one man show! How a intelligent person can accept RAJINI’S action against law of gravitation?!! I think you may be Rajinikanth fan! You just tried to degrade this movie which is not fair! Wednesday may be better than UOP, but its new trend to tamil movie, then y cant u encourage this?!
Mr.ChiyanVikram/Naan: Nalla padam varuthu adisiyam daan. But I was distraught on the way it was handled. Chandramukhi-ya Hindi la idutthu naasam aakinanga (I’d say Chandramukhi was better than Mani-chitra thazham), ippo Wednesday-ya Tamil la idduthu adhe kodumai. Yenna Kodumai Saravanan :-) God knows when will sanity prevail between the 2 largest industries of the country….
@Semi neurotic
dai nee yena peruchali ya da! Entha koda kodiura, oru nalla padam varathey adhisayam athula kora solla vera vaanga da! Nalla samuga sevai da! Comment pannu danu sonna, katurai eluthara! Nee eluthanatha thanjavur kovila thaan da sethuki vaikanum!!
@Semi neurotic
dai nee yena peruchali ya da! Entha koda kodiura, oru nalla padam varathey adhisayam athula kora solla vera vaanga da! Nalla samuga sevai da! Comment pannu danu sonna, katurai eluthara! Nee eluthanatha thanjavur kovila thaan da sethuki vaikanum!
@irfan
ha ha ha r u stupid? Kandasamy sucks at the core! Vikram is not at all equal to Mohanlal and Kamalhassan! Unga vikram thanda flopu! Yendha oru da nee? Unga orula kandasamy posteravuthu irukka da! Poda mokkai! Vikramey kamala pathu nadikka kathukitta paya! Avanuku oru fanu athukku oru reply vera poda poi antha mokke kanthasamy padatha neya pathu rasi da!