Nerkonda parvai - review
I knew I had seen Pink. I vaguely remembered posting about it as well and found the link http://supershanki.blogspot.com/2016/10/pink-movie-review.html too. I had wished for Rajini to pick up Amithabh’s role, if at all the movie was remade in tamil. With Nerkonda parvai being the official remake of the hindi movie and Ajith donning the role of the Big B, more or less the wish got fulfilled. Not sure, if Rajini, at this age, could’ve brought in the strength of masculinity much needed for this role and for the movie, context wise. Story wise it is a scene to scene adaptation from the hindi movie. May be that is the reason, why it gives a “non-tamil” movie watching experience. And the concept of mapping every single character with the hindi version, doesn’t help either. Somehow, what felt as very natural and real in Pink, feels alien in NKP, from characterization perspective. Maybe, the false notion that cities down south are much safer as compared to widely publicized and debated atrocities on women, up North, could be a reason. Shradha is a like for like match for Tapsee, right from eye brows, hair style and even to wearing same kind of sweatshirts. Avlo nyabgam ilanalum, everything about Shradha reminds of Tapsee is the point I wanted to convey. So good was she on the original and very natural. Shradha does a decent job as well, but felt more like her trying to mimic Tapsee. Pakkathulaye DVD vachitu scenes shoot panna effect. Ajith being Ajith, gets to have a full length action block that runs for almost 15 minutes. Avengers End game climax was just twice this run time is a side note. Intha padathuku ipidi oru stunt konjam relief kaga nu paathalum, felt like an overkill, as if tried to combine a couple of action blocks into one. Kedacha gap la use pannikarathu. Was hoping he doesn’t make a ham out of this bacon, ala Citizen movie courtroom scene. But Ajith has adakki vasichified and his undeniable onscreen charisma and aura of being the manliest man adds weight to the role.
As I had mentioned in the previous post as well, my take on this story and situation would be more of that male inspector, who first advices the girl to avoid such guys in first place and have a regulatory control over their timings and activities. Only difference from the inspector’s stand and mine would be that, I would insist the same irrespective of whether it is a guy or girl. Drinking is a social EVIL. Be it for guy or girl. It is an intoxicant, for god’s sake, meant to numb the regular senses and make one delusional. How the hell people expect themselves to have control over their own selves, after indulging in drinking is beyond me!! Why create a situation, which is fraught with possibilities of disaster in the first place? Many of my friends are “social drinkers” and claim that to gel with the crowd (truth being peer pressure) they occasionally drink at parties and they know their limits. I can even tolerate those who have bar setup at home and lie unconscious on the footsteps of tasmac shops than these folks. As a society, we’ve gone from bad to worse and are heading towards extinction of whatever that is left of morals. A truly Nerkonda parvai would be, that of a society which looks down on drunkards, be it social or whatever, make them feel ashamed to proudly declare their love for drinking to the extent that it has become an undeniable place in the movies. One which shuns the concept of discotheque coupled with pubs, where you need actually bouncers to manage those going out of control. Why the hell would they open such hell holes on highways and have valet parking, when they know for sure, majority of those who come out would be ineligible for safe driving!!! In the name of being progressive and “chilling”, we’ve created every potentially harmful environment and still expect people to “behave”. As much as I agree with no second thoughts that, despite all this, it is still a disgusting thought process that, girls, who try to ape guys by following these silly activities, are considered as “easy” by guys. A “no” is always meant what it is intended to mean and there can be “no” two ways about it. But I wouldn’t give two hoots about those people, be it guys or girls, who try to “break free the shackles” of society and still crib around after burning their fingers.
Gils verdict - Interestingly, no one has marked the obvious and glaring differences in the theme between this movie and “Youth” – a Vijay starrer that came a decade and half back. In that movie, the hero proposes his love to the lady on the day of her engagement and his reasons would be because, she kissed him first, introduced him to her parents and friends as a special friend and came out on rides with him!!! These were the exact reasons he quotes, which made him think he was in love with her and vice versa. He even taunts her saying that is how any guy would think. Since he was the “hero” at a time when soft natured guy characters where ruling the roost, the situation was handled a bit differently. Had it been made now, god knows what other crap we would’ve got to hear and see. Hope the message doesn’t get registered as solrathu Ajith naala “No means No”. To me, it should be “No means No” for every aspect that lead to that situations for the girls including the situation. No for drinking, no for having pubs open at ungodly hours, no for having parking spots for them when everything that leads from there is ripe for accident, no for having rave parties, chillar/chillax parties involving drugs. If this is nava naagareegam, naasama pogatum. Thappillai.
As I had mentioned in the previous post as well, my take on this story and situation would be more of that male inspector, who first advices the girl to avoid such guys in first place and have a regulatory control over their timings and activities. Only difference from the inspector’s stand and mine would be that, I would insist the same irrespective of whether it is a guy or girl. Drinking is a social EVIL. Be it for guy or girl. It is an intoxicant, for god’s sake, meant to numb the regular senses and make one delusional. How the hell people expect themselves to have control over their own selves, after indulging in drinking is beyond me!! Why create a situation, which is fraught with possibilities of disaster in the first place? Many of my friends are “social drinkers” and claim that to gel with the crowd (truth being peer pressure) they occasionally drink at parties and they know their limits. I can even tolerate those who have bar setup at home and lie unconscious on the footsteps of tasmac shops than these folks. As a society, we’ve gone from bad to worse and are heading towards extinction of whatever that is left of morals. A truly Nerkonda parvai would be, that of a society which looks down on drunkards, be it social or whatever, make them feel ashamed to proudly declare their love for drinking to the extent that it has become an undeniable place in the movies. One which shuns the concept of discotheque coupled with pubs, where you need actually bouncers to manage those going out of control. Why the hell would they open such hell holes on highways and have valet parking, when they know for sure, majority of those who come out would be ineligible for safe driving!!! In the name of being progressive and “chilling”, we’ve created every potentially harmful environment and still expect people to “behave”. As much as I agree with no second thoughts that, despite all this, it is still a disgusting thought process that, girls, who try to ape guys by following these silly activities, are considered as “easy” by guys. A “no” is always meant what it is intended to mean and there can be “no” two ways about it. But I wouldn’t give two hoots about those people, be it guys or girls, who try to “break free the shackles” of society and still crib around after burning their fingers.
Gils verdict - Interestingly, no one has marked the obvious and glaring differences in the theme between this movie and “Youth” – a Vijay starrer that came a decade and half back. In that movie, the hero proposes his love to the lady on the day of her engagement and his reasons would be because, she kissed him first, introduced him to her parents and friends as a special friend and came out on rides with him!!! These were the exact reasons he quotes, which made him think he was in love with her and vice versa. He even taunts her saying that is how any guy would think. Since he was the “hero” at a time when soft natured guy characters where ruling the roost, the situation was handled a bit differently. Had it been made now, god knows what other crap we would’ve got to hear and see. Hope the message doesn’t get registered as solrathu Ajith naala “No means No”. To me, it should be “No means No” for every aspect that lead to that situations for the girls including the situation. No for drinking, no for having pubs open at ungodly hours, no for having parking spots for them when everything that leads from there is ripe for accident, no for having rave parties, chillar/chillax parties involving drugs. If this is nava naagareegam, naasama pogatum. Thappillai.
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