Kireedom, a remake of Malayalam classic is not that bad as everyone says it to be. The idea of remake should have popped up in early 90’s as the original came in 89. If this had been made then, it would have been a roaring hit. Now it has come almost after two decades, the story being inspired in parts by many Tamil movies (such as Sandaikozhi) looks very old and simple and usual.
This is all about the relationship between a father and a son and the father’s aspiration to make his son a police inspector before he retires. Ajith plays a role of a sincere son who in every aspect wants to fulfill his father’s dream. The role he has chosen here looks like he s keen in making a comeback with a bang. Rajkiran pulls out a convincing performance when the text book for this role was already scripted by Thilagan years back. In a movie which deals with father- son relationship, you can’t afford to have a big role for heroine and Trisha is more convincing to what has been given to her. The newcomer Ajay being very tall just screams out in the movie. Vivek’s role is a dud whereas Santhanam makes his presence clear with his wits. Vivek, who made a remarkable appearance in Sivaji fails miserably here and his scenes in the second half with Haneefa looks like the director wanted to apply some cine-formula into this. The water-tank and market scenes are unamusing and the theatre scene is a cliché.But why does he want to end Vivek’s role in a villain note.
GV Prakash’s ‘Vilayadu …’ is very bad in music and choreography and everything it related but he impresses with ‘Kanavellam…’, ‘Vizhiyil...’ and ‘Akkam Pakkam…’ He has to get special training for the BGM score from his uncle. Thiru’s cinematography is attractive and pleasing if you are person who observe this department in a movie.
The newcomer Vijay though not making an impressive debut here but just scores for making a Tamil remake living up to its expectations for the first time. This remake does more justice to the original than Chandramukhi did for its Malayalam original. This is not a usual Ajith masala-flick where he plays a local goon and his heroism but a movie where a hero turns out to be a loser in the end. If you have the mindset that Ajith films are crap and a flop, then please save your bucks else this is a ‘wokay’ kinda family entertainer and far better than many recent movies. This ‘Kireedom’ is worth watching once.
