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Sura – Not impressive as the title
Production: Sun Pictures, Sangali Murugan
Direction: S.P. Rajkumar
Star-casts: Vijay, Thamannah, Vadivelu, Dev Gill and many others
Music: Mani Sharma

There needn’t be any guesses when it is about Vijay’s films for the actor is well known for cherry-picking the same sort of script. When his previous films ‘Kuruvi’, ‘Villu’ and ‘Vettaikaran’ delineated him as a responsible youngster striving for the well-being of others, ‘Sura’ doesn’t stand out as an elision. Perhaps, this film carries much of these films’ traits on narrative aspects as even a 5-year old kid can predict the proceedings, right from the first frame.

On the whole, ‘Sura’ turns to be a terrific letdown as it doesn’t boast of anything special. It’s a film with threadbare elements of Vijay uttering punch dialogues, bashing down 30 roughnecks within couple of minutes, unconditional love for his mom and being a savior for helpless and innocuous people.

Set in backdrops of Yazh Nagar, a hamlet across seashores, the film centers on a young fisherman Sura (Vijay), who is adorable by the entire fishermen community for his good deeds. When a rich girl Poornima (Thamannah) is found walking into the seas to commit suicide (because her dog goes missing is a ludicrous reason) is saved by Sura. Off the late, witnessing his good-hearted services make her fall for him. There enters Samurdra Raja (Dev Gill of ‘Magadheera’ fame) – a deadly smuggler turned politician planning to grab the land inhabited by fishermen so as to raise a theme park.

Just as Sura becomes aware about the cruel intentions of this politician, he vows to save his people and build houses for them at the same place.

It’s sure to be a tiresome experience for many audiences as the film offers an absolute déjà vu. The overdosed focalization of heroisms, punch dialogues by Vijay and clichéd romantic sequences are sure to get you graveled.

S.P. Rajkumar has done nothing other than picking sequences from various films of MGR. Rajnikanth and Vijay himself. Oops! It turns out to be an unbearable turmoil when Vijay comes up with social messages on every scene (including women avoiding their household works for the sake of catching up with mega-serials). Well, couple of scenes where Vijay is found helping the blind couple by buying the pens is a good show. But again, Thamannah’s prevalence in this scenario about being impressed with this act is a hackneyed conceptualization. Vijay is best at his dance as he stuns us with his breathtaking steps. Thamannah exaggerates her acting on every scene with an attempt of overshadowing others, which indeed trivializes her efforts. Vadivelu’s comedy tracks are extraordinary and the one with Venniraadai Ramamurthy is an extreme laugh-riot. ‘Magadheera’ fame Dev Gill goes unnoticed with the portrayal of a usual baddie in all commercial films.

Technically, Mani Sharma’s songs and background remains as a big disappointment as they’re the replicas of his yesteryear compositions (including signature song of Telugu ‘Billa’ retuned as ‘Sura’ theme music). Ekambaram’s cinematography is excellent while editing is average.

When it’s about valuating ‘Sura’, the film fails to live up to our expectations as Vijay beats the same bush as in his previous films. Barring Vijay’s dance and Vadivelu’s comedy tracks, there isn’t any single aspect to appreciate. With Sun Pictures vigorously promoting this film, it has probabilities of surviving at box office during forthcoming weeks as there aren’t any competitive releases.

Verdict: One more pot-boiler from Vijay

Rating: 1.5/5

– Sampurn Wire