Sullan Tamil Movie
Nothing can prepare the audience for "Sullan", a movie that virtually doesn't have a script.
Is there a hidden meaning behind the mindless violence interspersed with tear jerking scenes, inane songs and even more ridiculous dance sequences?
In a nutshell, "Sullan's" story, if one exists, is all about a college-going kid, Subramani alias Sullan (Dhanush), who turns into a tiger when provoked and can instil fear in the meanest gangster around.
The movie starts with Suree, played to eye-rolling imperfection by Pashupathi, a local toughie with an endless supply of Tata Sumos, breaking a traffic policeman's bones. It proceeds to Sullan breaking the bones of some other toughies.
The story suddenly switches to Sullan's love affair with a girl who displays a strong propensity for exhibitionism.
If real life mirrored art as depicted in "Sullan", every pretty girl would fall for any rowdy on the street who enjoyed bashing up her admirers.
It is because of movies like this that goons smitten by the love bug in colleges around the country constitute an occupational hazard to normal, peace-loving students - not to mention the girls themselves.
The story then meanders through a sequence of songs, which are more a distraction and an annoyance than anything else. In between, Suree hits Sullan's mother for some reason that is not too clear to most.
An enraged Sullan hits Suree and Suree rolls his eyes as he is wont to do once in every two minutes and threatens eternal vengeance! Suree then murders Sullan's friend. This is followed by another song and then the gruesome murder of Sullan's father.
The second murder drives Sullan to kill Suree even more gruesomely in prison as what appears to be the world's most docile police force watches on. Oops! Sullan finds the time to sing a melancholy dirge to his father before proceeding to rip Suree's leg apart.
Dhanush, in his role as a superhero, is the movie's biggest joke - and there are many jokes. It is almost impossible not to laugh as puny Dhanush sends people twice his size flying all over the place.
The stunts are ridiculous and unbelievable. Some of Dhanush's stunts - for example, throwing 10 people off by merely rising to the air - are reminiscent of Keanu Reeves' fighting a hundred Agent Smiths in "The Matrix Reloaded" - only it's 10 times tackier.
It is indeed shocking to watch an actor as talented as Dhanush waste his abilities on a movie as bad as this.
Unless you are particularly bored or have a masochistic streak in you, please keep a safe distance between yourself and the movie theatres running "Sullan".
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