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Annaatthe: A Family Drama No One Asked For

Updated: Feb 21, 2023

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Project Details

Director: Siva
Written By: Siva
Dialogues: Siva, Chandran, Savari Muthu & Anthony Bhagyaraj
Produced By: Kalanithi Maran
Production House: Sun Pictures
Cinematography: Vetri Palanisamy
Music Director: D. Imman
Edited By: Antony L. Ruben
Art Director: Milan
Costumes: Anu. V, Anu Parthasarathy, Dhatsha Pillai, Shravya Varma & Sangeetha
Fights/Stunts: Dhilip Subbarayan
Choreography: Brinda & Prem Rakshith
Sound Design: Udhayakumar
Run Time: 2 Hours & 43 Minutes
CBFC Rating: "U/A"

Direction & Story

The film is about the bonding between Veeranna and his sister Kanakam. How will he rescue his sister when she marries her lover and moves to Kolkata, where she faces some unknown threats forms the rest of the plot. The story by Siva is completely outdated and is quite familiar to today's audience as there have been many films that run on the emotional bond between a brother and a sister. Also, Siva doesn't attempt to try anything out of the box & sticks to the basic template. The screenplay too moves in a predictable fashion and is completely boring throughout its run time. There isn't a single scene in the film which impresses apart from the action scenes where Rajini is highlighted. This is definitely Director Siva's weakest film in terms of story and its treatment. It would have been really good if Siva and his writers had concentrated more on the writing, along with commercial packaging.

Lead Performances

Rajinikanth is the only saving grace of the film. It is his electrifying screen presence and his superb mass aura in the action scenes which keeps us stay till the end of the film. This is for sure the weakest Rajini movie in terms of the screenplay and treatment in several years. Keerthy Suresh is the next actor after Rajinikanth who gets more prominence in the film and the talented actress has delivered a fairly decent performance. Nayanthara looks glamorous in the song but is merely left in a poorly written limited supporting role. Both Jagapathi Babu and Abhimanyu Singh are very poor in their roles. They don't come as terrorizing villains & their characterizations look absolutely weak. It is good to see Khushbu & Meena back in action with Rajini but both of them don't really have anything to do, except for a few comedy scenes. Prakash Raj, Soori, Sathish, Sathyan & others are fine in their roles.

Detailed Analysis

The first half consists of scenes that establish the bond between the brother and his sister along with a few family and comedy scenes, while the second half is dominated by a big series of action blocks where the brother goes on saving her sister where ever she goes. The conflict point in the film is quite dull and has no depth at all. Rajini, who loves his sister to death does not even confront her and keeps saving her from the goons. This basic logic goes for a toss due to which all the emotional scenes in the film are a big flop. The narration is so old and looks very tedious, that even Rajini cannot save the film after a point. This kind of blending the emotions & action on sister sentiment is not the type of mix one expects in a Rajinikanth film. Lack of proper presentation and outdated treatment comes as a major minus for the film. Another issue is the dialogues that reeks of melodrama & predictability.

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