Film Review: Narasimha

VIJAYAKANTH must be the only actor who has done the most number of roles depicting various aspects of a police officer. But Captain Cine Creations' ``Narasimha'' has shown a different shade to the main character which has enormous will and power. The film has beautiful songs and dance, a touch of comedy, attractive costumes and above all a message which says that the country matters more than anything else.

Rasool Akthar, a hardcore terrorist wants to cause confusion and chaos among the people of India by killing VIPs and destroying important buildings with bombs to separate Kashmir from India. How Vijayakanth destroys the terrorist and saves the country is the story.

The hero's entry, with his two pet dogs is novel. The three bigwigs whom Narasimha eliminates has some meticulously planned and executed shots. The first half ends here and the director and the cameraman should be commended for kindling the interest of the viewer who is left wondering whether Vijayakanth is a hero or a villain.

The second half is devoted to story-building, with twists and turns. Enter Narasimha's lady love, Vanmathi, and there is action involving Rasool Akthar.

Vijayakanth has used his histrionic ability to do justice to the character. His fights with Chinna Thamburan Iranyan (Kazhan Khan) and the climax fight with Rasool Akthar are noteworthy. The dialogue, soaked in patriotism denouncing the terrorists is sure to impress the viewers.

Isha is beautiful, especially in the song sequences and joins Vadivelu and Thyagu to form a good comedy group. Ragul Dev, as Rasool Akthar the main villain, was impressive. The other villains are Chinna Thamburan (Khazan Khan) and Shinde (Sharath Saxena). Radha Ravi as Manimaran MP lives up to expectations. The change of heart by a terrorist is one of the moving scenes and Sriman does well.

The others in the cast are Raghuvaran, Ranjith, music director Agathiyan (as music director Desousa), N. F. Vargees, Nasser, Ananthraj, `Thalai Vasal' Vijai, Venu Aravind, Chandrasekar, Delhi Ganesh, and Kuyili. Ramya Krishnan appears in a song.

Of the five songs tuned by the new music director (in Tamil), Manisharma, three are catchy. Camera work by S. Ka. Bhoopathy is commendable. Screenplay, dialogue and direction are taken care of by the late Thirupathisamy.

S. R. ASHOK KUMAR

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