Singam 3 Movie Review
Half an hour into Singam, a fact that is too glaring is how regressive the franchise has become in terms of packaging and characters. When the first film released in 2010, it was an out-and-out money spinner at the box office, that sort of paved the way for Singam 2. Despite a mediocre plot, Singam 2 became the second highest grossing film of that year. After the teaser of Singam 3 went viral, we were hoping that the makers would come up with something solid this time. But we've been proven wrong.
DCP Duraisingam (Suriya), an honest police officer from Tamil Nadu is assigned a case by the Home Minister of Andhra Pradesh Sathyanarayana (Sarath Babu). He's in charge of the murder of Visakhapatnam police commissioner Ramakrishna (Jayaprakash). Since the film is set in Andhra, Duraisingam beats up some 30 goons in his introductory scene. Through his investigations, Duraisingam comes to know about the illegal transportation of non-biodegradable wastes from Sydney to Vizag by a billionaire Vittal Prasad (Thakur Anoop Singh).
After establishing the film's subject, Duraisingam sets out on an international mission to nab Vittal and hence, the song Universal Cop. Be it Duraisingam's punch dialogues or the noisy background score, Singam 3 is too loud and leaves us exhausted towards the end.
For most parts of Singam 3, there's hardly any scene that is hard-hitting or makes an impact. Except, probably, the one where Duraisingam confronts Vittal for the first time in Sydney. It is laced with too many dialogues that sometimes it tickles your funny bones. In fact, when Duraisingam meets Vidhya (Shruti Haasan), he says, "Ennaku athigama pesina pudikathu." Ah, the irony.
Soori plays a comical police constable Veeram, whose one-liners are pathetic. His portions with Shruti Haasan are cringe-worthy. Singam 1 worked mainly because of its villain played by Prakash Raj and the cat-and-mouse game was enjoyable. Thakur Anoop Singh as Vittal Prasad fails to carry on the legacy left by Raj. There's an interesting portion about e-wastes and organ wastes, but Hari seems to be less interested in exploring that. Instead, all we see is Duraisingam, 100 junior artists and 200 cars flying in the air.
Actors Anushka Shetty, Nassar, Vijayakumar and Radharavi are part of Singam 3 just to keep the franchise going. Shruti Haasan has a song with Suriya and a couple of scenes. She has been used as a filler in most of the films and yet, Shruti is omnipresent in Hari's films.
Given that it's a commercial film, Hari expects the audience to take Si-3 light-heartedly. However, we deserve well-made entertainers like his Samy, Vel or even Singam. Singam 3 might not be Harris' best work, but definitely not bad either. It's a pucca masala album that works well for the B and C centers. Having said that, the jarring BGM in this instalment has gone up by several decibels.
Normally, after watching a film, people would want to know about your experience. In case of Si-3, it is summed up in a dialogue from comedian Goundamani: "Naaku cevilu vilipinchi lenthandi babu
DCP Duraisingam (Suriya), an honest police officer from Tamil Nadu is assigned a case by the Home Minister of Andhra Pradesh Sathyanarayana (Sarath Babu). He's in charge of the murder of Visakhapatnam police commissioner Ramakrishna (Jayaprakash). Since the film is set in Andhra, Duraisingam beats up some 30 goons in his introductory scene. Through his investigations, Duraisingam comes to know about the illegal transportation of non-biodegradable wastes from Sydney to Vizag by a billionaire Vittal Prasad (Thakur Anoop Singh).
After establishing the film's subject, Duraisingam sets out on an international mission to nab Vittal and hence, the song Universal Cop. Be it Duraisingam's punch dialogues or the noisy background score, Singam 3 is too loud and leaves us exhausted towards the end.
For most parts of Singam 3, there's hardly any scene that is hard-hitting or makes an impact. Except, probably, the one where Duraisingam confronts Vittal for the first time in Sydney. It is laced with too many dialogues that sometimes it tickles your funny bones. In fact, when Duraisingam meets Vidhya (Shruti Haasan), he says, "Ennaku athigama pesina pudikathu." Ah, the irony.
Soori plays a comical police constable Veeram, whose one-liners are pathetic. His portions with Shruti Haasan are cringe-worthy. Singam 1 worked mainly because of its villain played by Prakash Raj and the cat-and-mouse game was enjoyable. Thakur Anoop Singh as Vittal Prasad fails to carry on the legacy left by Raj. There's an interesting portion about e-wastes and organ wastes, but Hari seems to be less interested in exploring that. Instead, all we see is Duraisingam, 100 junior artists and 200 cars flying in the air.
Actors Anushka Shetty, Nassar, Vijayakumar and Radharavi are part of Singam 3 just to keep the franchise going. Shruti Haasan has a song with Suriya and a couple of scenes. She has been used as a filler in most of the films and yet, Shruti is omnipresent in Hari's films.
Given that it's a commercial film, Hari expects the audience to take Si-3 light-heartedly. However, we deserve well-made entertainers like his Samy, Vel or even Singam. Singam 3 might not be Harris' best work, but definitely not bad either. It's a pucca masala album that works well for the B and C centers. Having said that, the jarring BGM in this instalment has gone up by several decibels.
Normally, after watching a film, people would want to know about your experience. In case of Si-3, it is summed up in a dialogue from comedian Goundamani: "Naaku cevilu vilipinchi lenthandi babu
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