Mysskin collaborates with Vishal for this much hyped film with a huge star cast. After a not so great recent past “Thupparivalan” is crucial to both the director and the actor.
For starters it is a Mysskin film and you kind of know what to expect. Everyone is aware of the much famed as well as mocked Mysskin template. So you have that in abundance in this movie as well, but for a change they are not as raw it always has been. Perhaps thanks to the production company as well as the star in it. Murder mysteries have a crucial factor going for them when they engage the audience in guessing as well as rooting, unfortunately in Thupparivalan we miss the plot mid way through. Mysskin as the writer weaves plenty of cobwebs that only he unravels thereby disengaging the audience in the middle. This detective is a Sherlock Holmes and Jackie Chan combo. There is more brawns than brains and just when you sit back, Mysskin wakes the audience up with a gory murder scene. The screenplay could have well been a regular masala that lacks the subtlety of a detective film and is rather dramatic. The other downside is the unwanted Any Emmanuel sub romance that hardly sticks to the script. There are trademark Mysskin moments that surprise the audience but they still do not hold the film together. The toughest aspect would be for the audience to understand the corporate crime ring racket that is not clearly defined nor communicated.
Vishal sadly does not fit in as the detective, he tries his best and most of the times turns out very phony as a detective. Others are very good in their roles. The groups of villains as in the case of most Mysskin movies outperform the good guys. Andrea, Bhagyaraj, Vinay all does a decent job.
Technically it is Mysskin film and you are aware that Mysskin has not only a say in every department but also a hand and eye in it. So cinematography music, costumes all have the Mysskin effect and the people behind it stay loyal to Mysskin, despite that the background score was not as effective as his early movies in spite of retaining the trademark violin breeze. Editing is always a challenge, for an independent edit would mostly mean huge cuts in a Mysskin film and as usual the editing wags its tail to the Mysskin brand.
Mysskin’s self obsession is obvious right from the first frame to the last frame and despite his pre meditated canvas; audience watch his films for the intriguing factor in his films that is told in an “artish” way But here he fails to connect to the viewer.
THUPARRIVALAN – ARAI VEKAADU !!
2.25/5
B.U.Shreesha
