THUPAKKI

Cast : Vijay, Kajal Agarwal, Jayaram, Sathyan, Vidyut Jamwal

Director : A R Murugadoss

Music : Harris Jayaraj

Cinematography : Santosh Sivan

Editing : Sheekar Prasad

SYNOPSIS

Captain Jagdish (Vijay) returns to Mumbai for holiday. Immediately after he landed to the station, his parents together with his sisters lead him to meet a girl to arrange his marriage. He introduced to Nisha (Kajal Agarwal) who was totally opposite character than his expectation. He rejects Nisha right after meeting her. The next day, while hanging out with his best friend, Balaji (Sathyan) he meets Nisha again but this time she was in her real characteristic which is what he was looking for. The love story blossom between them.

One day, while in the bus, Captain Jagdish together with his friend, Balaji faces a pick pocket incident. During the investigation, a unknown man ran out from the bus. Captain Jagdish immediately chases him. At the same moment, the bus exploded causing the death of innocent people. This incident directs the storyline to bomb blast activities which known as sleeper cells and how Captain Jagdish tracks down the network with his intelligent mastermind planning.

THE CAST

Vijay - This is definitely a trademark IlayaThalapathi movie. After unimpressive flop movies and back to back remake success, Thupakki definitely a royal treat for Vijay fans. In this movie, Vijay portrays an army officer. With his physics and fit body, he really suits the character perfectly. Not to forget he's stylish look in this movie which are undeniable. Moreover, Vijay's accent on speaking Hindi makes his character as Mumbai Tamilan looks real and impressive. Vijay is well-known for his outstanding dance which brings him to perform pleasant dance steps to entertain to audiences. In addition, he is back as a playback singer to marked up his performance. 

Kajal Agarwal - She plays Nisha, Captain Jagdish's love interest in this movie. Her glamour and cuteness attached to the joyful and romantic character beautifully. 

Jayaram - Plays the role of Ravichandran, Captain Jagdish's higher superior officer. Being an entertainer himself, there is no doubt Jayaram brings the comedy role hilariously. His sudden comedy entertains the audience and brings the story interestingly

Sathyan - Captain Jagdish's friend who plays an important roles in this movie. This time Sathyan not been deliver much to comedy ascent, instead been offer to play supporting role who help his friend to track down the sleeper cells' network.

Vidyut Jamwal - After his introduction to Tamil cinema in Billa II, he has been assigned to face one-on-one with Vijay. A stylo, macho and handsome villain matches his role as the leader of the sleeper cells network. Based on his performance in his debut movie, Force (Hindi remakes of Khaaka Khaaka) there is more to come from this talented actor.

Cast Rating : 4.5 / 5

THE DIRECTOR

A R Murugadoss well known for his out of the box thinking to come out with different and brilliant story. After huge back to back success from Ramana, Ghajini (both Tamil and Hindi) and 7am Arivu, he came out a brilliant script to work first time with Vijay in a action pack fully loaded entertainer. Being one of the greatest director in the industry, he totally changes Vijay from the head till toe in order to make the actor totally rocking throughout the movie. In addition, the much speak-able intelligent master planning to hunt down the twelve sleeper cells and the scenes where a sniffer dog been used to track down the hiding places totally deserving the director a great salute.

Director Rating : 4.5 / 5

CINEMATOGRAPHY

Santosh Sivan, a pride of Indian cinematography handles the camera in this movie. He has been assigned to handle the latest camera, Arri Alexa which has been used in James Bond's Skyfall. With his ability, without a doubt he has perfectly captured the movie to deliver to the audiences. The picturization in each songs beautifully canned and perfectly delivered.

Cinematography Rating : 4 / 5

MUSIC

Songs like Google Google, Antarctica, Kutti Puli Kootam n Alaikaa Laika surely captures the audiences  heart. Highly scored songs definitely entertaining but Harris Jayaraj blew it big time with the soundtracks. It is very noticeable he copy, edit, and paste the music. This definitely scrolled down this highly remarkable movie.

Music Rating : 2.5 / 5

THUPAKKI - Finally Vijay sees the light!!! A fully loaded entertainer by A R Murugadoss. A remarkable Vijay's performances. A well balanced storyline and Santosh Sivan's camerawork speaks the flow of the film. Superb song but this time Harris Jayaraj totally screwed it - its very obvious he recycle the musics. Come on dude, you can do better than this. Vidyut Jamwal dons a stylish villain which suits him well. There is more to come from this talented performer. Kudos to Vijay outstanding effort. 

Movie Rating : 3.5 / 5

*NOT A REVIEW, JUST MY THOUGHTS*