Reviews on movie NGK (2)

I will immediately say that I will evaluate Surya Shivakumar in this film and the rest of the film separately. Well, first of all, because I love this actor very much and I am ready to enjoy his company regardless of the subject of the film, and secondly, he was the only one who played here. And at times he changed types from a servile servant to an angry leader, from a stupid farmer to a fanatical politician, from a loving husband to an indifferent lover. But I won’t say that the story required it. It seemed like he was just bored in one role (we know how brilliantly he can reincarnate, playing 2 or 3 completely different roles in the same film). So in this film, he always tried to show what he was capable of (his rabid eyes in several episodes were amazing), but the script itself did not assume this, and he did not meet the support of other actors on the set.

The worst, of course, was Rakul Preet Singh. I've never seen anyone more wooden in Indian cinema. She does not move the muscles of the face, she does not know how to dance, and just move. The feeling that we have a board with a pasted photo, it is so emotionless in all the films. I honestly don’t understand who told her that she’s an actress, and who is pushing her into all the latest films with the stars of YI-cinema? She has already ruined 2 Ram Charan films, 1 Allu Arjuna film, and now she is also noted with Surya. It's a nightmare. In scenes where she is supposed to portray a tough strong-willed woman, she just looks without blinking into the camera when embarrassed by the stare of the main character, then begins to simply stroke herself on the face and hair (compare this embarrassment with the emotion of her wife at the beginning, when her husband gave her ice cream - a huge difference). In the episode, when she meets with the wife of her lover, there is an exchange of some meaningless phrases in the complete absence of play for both, as a result of which it is generally unclear what is happening, what they feel, how they relate to each other.
The same misunderstanding concerns all the political events taking place on the screen: I could not understand any of the intrigues started, at times it seemed that the plot had gone aside and a new scam was being implemented, and the old one was forgotten along the way. Everything suddenly intertwined with each other, but immediately fell powerless without a single explanation or result. Yes, there were caustic phrases about politicians, about goals, about the passivity of society, but they were immediately lost in the future. I think that this is due to the lack of play in all other actors and with the swings of images in Surya, since it was completely unclear who and what is actually propagandizing, with whom he unites, who is cheating.
Fights are a complete lack of logic: then the hero can not get out of the building (he is ill, his head is dizzying), but managed to fight with a dozen people in the toilet; then in the bazaar his covertly hits 30 bandits with knives, instead of sending one person with a gun; then instead of shooting at the attacking crowd, a person raises his weapon up and makes 4 shots in vain. Are you serious?! Do you have a chance to save yourself?

In general, the plot, the script and the cast I did not like, the play of Surya Shivakumar, a few scenes and lines, an attempt to expose the dirt of the political system and the camera work – liked. 50/50, I can't advise you to do it yourself.

Again with Surya and again about politics. And politics, as you know, is a very dirty business. For a long time I did not watch anything with Surya, so I climbed here, in this film, although I knew that I would not see anything good here. I was bribed by the fact that it was directed by Selvaraghavan, who directed Another World and One in a Thousand. YI maniacs will understand. This uncle with left carvings and his films are, to put it mildly, non-standard. You may like them or not, but you can’t confuse them with others. And here's what I saw this time -- oh, well, at all. After such films, life is very sad. Because our countries are similar in many ways. Both Hindus and Russians (especially in the rural hinterland) are largely passive and do not want to change anything in their lives until they are personally affected. In terms of living standards, we will soon catch up with them, and then there will be a complete similarity. The only thing that distinguishes us is religion, and we have no caste. So the mentality is very similar. There are those in India who gnaw at each other’s throats to win power, and there are those who ‘God forbid’ to associate with power. “We are somehow on our own, but power is on its own,” they say.34 Politicians are somehow elected for five years, officials somehow earn millions, and ordinary peasants somehow puff on their plots in an attempt to earn money. Yeah... the deja vu effect, definitely.

So, Surya, or rather, his hero, Nanda Gopalan Kumaran (abbreviated as NGC) is an educated young (Surya can still play young husbands) person who is engaged in organic agriculture. It pisses off people who sell fertilizers and pesticides and stuff like that. They burn his crops and supporters' homes. The NGC has learned from bitter experience that nothing can be done without political support in such a democracy. And getting into politics... Everything would be fine, but what did it cost him? That’s what the whole movie is about.

Selvaraghavan has been making films for a long time. Of course, the actors immensely respect this director and obey everything. But in this movie, it came out sideways for the film itself. Everyone looks extremely unnatural, except for Surya himself. He was alone, as usual, and pulled all the action. In the role of assistant minister, when he was cleaning toilets and cooking, he looked brilliant. It's kind of a fool Nandoo. But all this was not for nothing, but with intent. The others, both Siya Pallawi and Rakul Preet Singh, were convincing only in scenes when they were dogging for the NGC. By the way, I never understood the status of Rakul in relation to the NGC. Rakul played a "strong woman," I would even say a bitch, who helped the NGC enter the political Olympus. Were they lovers? I think he did, but he loved his wife. You can't understand them.

Separately about politicians in Tamil Nadu. It is no longer enough to show them to be corrupt. People seem to be getting used to it. Here they were shown by drunken womanizers to enhance the effect, apparently. Oh, and illiterate. To belittle them altogether. But even without this, the actors for the role of politicians were chosen straight nasty, with nasty faces. They will do anything to achieve their goals – murder, blackmail, bribery. The list goes on.

Next, the choreography. Terrible dancing. It seems that the director has decided to arrange a sudden vacation of Rakul and Surye abroad. So we see a romantic song that has nothing to do with history. Suriya just moves his collar and seems to mimic Salman Khan rocking his hips in the hit song. The songs are separate, the film is separate. Depressing.

The most powerful scene, in my opinion, is when, on the way to the market where he is due to perform, the NGK and his wife were hit with knives. But he still came and climbed onto the stage. He is told that his father and mother were burned alive in their own home. And how he reacts to it. That's when I got my hands on something. I told you, Surya is alone in the whole movie and pulling... Cinema is not entertaining, murky, heavy. If you are not a fan of Surya Shivakumar, then it is better not to watch.
8 out of 10