1/2/2023 0 Comments Seema raja movie rating![]() Even the love story between Seemaraja (Sivakarthikeyan) and Selvi takes a serious turn. (Another Thevar Magan touch?) But her job could have been Helper of Schoolchildren Across Roads, and nothing would have been different.Ĭomedies work best when the story is basic, leaving room for gags to blossom and breathe. Ponram tries to make Selvi interesting by making her a silambam teacher. (The name is Selvi, thankfully, and not, say, Yaazhmeetti or some such thing.). Everything she does seems to be a variation of “ vootla sollittu vandhiya?” In her presence, Samantha, in generic-heroine mode, is a pale shadow. (What is it with these powerful women? Are they always doomed to names like Kaleeswari and Neelambari? Isn’t there a vamp somewhere named Anita or Kala?) The role, strictly speaking, is redundant – Lal, who plays Kaleeswari’s husband, does all the shouting and scheming. The most interesting bits have to do with Simran, who plays Kaleeswari. (What is it with these powerful women? Are they always doomed to names like Kaleeswari and Neelambari?) (“ Thamizhan nilam Thamizhanukke.” Translation: Our land shall remain ours, and not be sold to north Indian, Sterlite-type companies.) The running time of her scenes is less than some of the jewellery ads we see in theatres, during intermission.) Another subplot revolves around farmers’ issues, with a dash of Tamil valourisation. (Keerthy Suresh guest-stars in this episode. Then, we get a fourteenth-century flashback, about a king who battled Alauddin Khilji’s forces. Another story thread has to do with a girl and the father who abandoned her (who’s now come to reclaim her). There’s one that has to do with warring villages, with a piece of disputed land that brings to mind the plot of Thevar Magan – though I was actually reminded of that film by a later scene where a well-respected patriarch dies after being humiliated, and his son steps into his shoes. After a few scenes, they vanish, too.Īnd we’re stuck with several serious subplots. Nothing lasts in Seemaraja, written and directed by Ponram. ![]() Two Australians show up – and vanish almost at once. Soori has some fun one-liners, but they vanish soon. “Naan Kadavul” Rajendran turns up as a wrestling coach. Manobala turns up as the headmaster of a local school. ![]() This kind of an absurd touch can really liven up a movie. I sat up when an old man is revealed as “Thotti” Thatha because he breaks flowerpots when mad. Oh, the jokes (or at least, the attempts at them) are still there. In a recent interview to Film Companion, Sivakarthikeyan said, “Humour-driven films can be good cinema, and I don’t subscribe to the view that good cinema has to be serious.” Ironically, the star’s new film, Seemaraja, is his most serious yet. ![]()
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