Sakkarakkatti - the crab(p) pulling down

In spite of very bad reviews, I decided to watch one of the most expected films recently, Sakkarakkatti. 28-Sep-2008, Sangam Cinemas, Chennai - the 3rd day since the movie was released and being a Sunday, the house was full. The director of the movie, Kalaprabhu, son of film producer, Kalaipuli S Thanu, unfortunately has presented us with a....hmmmmm...non-sense, to be frank. I have to comment like this because I have tasted the likes of Saroja, Raman Thediya Seethai, Subramaniapuram and this film is in no way matching these likes. For me, the fate of a film is decided in the first 20 minutes. Clearly, the audience in the theater were bored in the 20th minute of the film and started commenting. Okay, now for a good film, as a fan, I would see the following things in it to be entertaining. Look at the non-sense in the film against each of the parameter.

1.) Story - Traingle love. Shit man...I beg Tamil cinema to get out of this concept. If you do not have stories, atleast remake some old films. Santhanoo loves his classmate, some X (I forgot her name. I can't imagine her to be a heroine if I make a film. Man..you have to look at her) and Vedika, Santhanoo's cousin is in love with him.

2.) Screenplay - Even when the story is old, it could be a hit with the way you present it to the audience. This film has a childish screenplay. Clearly a screenplay from a LKG guy. Easily predictable scenes. You could hear the audience comment what could happen next in the theater. When the crowd guessed your screenplay right, your film is a 100% flop. None of the characters are worth mentioning, the hero, heroine(s), hero's friends etc. One of the most important element in a film is the background. As far as I am concerned, background is one another "character" of the film. It has the power to suck you into the film. It changes your mood to the mood of the characters. I do not know if there is such a kind in this movie. The college where the hero is studying, his friends, hero's home is no way a Chennai guy's things. Looks like everything is made somewhere in the America.

3.) Characters - As mentioned earlier, none of the characters are worth mentioning. Just stupid. Characters are made thinking Tamil audiences are fools. Characters like Santhanoo's father, mother, sister, brother, friends are roaming on screen for nothing. All these characters, you would have seen somewhere in earlier films. Nilalgal Ravi (Santhanoo's father) is from Kushi, Santhanoo's mother is a useless character which hardly had 2 lines of dialogue in the film. Friends...man..I wonder if a college going Chennai guy would have friends like them...ultra modern..Hard to digest...Also didn't like Santhanoo imitating Sarukh Khan. Could have his own style.

4.) Music - Wanted to say the movie is no way matching the genius of AR Rehman's music. I would love to hear the songs in my iPod rather than on Tv. Music is just been absolutely wasted. Background music is not worth mentioning. Understandably so. Rehman would have himself got bored while scoring background. The begium from "Sillunu Oru Kaadhal" had such a...what to say...some chemical reaction whenever I hear it..Nothing like that in this film..To be honest, there is no scope to score such a high quality begium here..Ocher Studios' (Soundarya Rajinikanth's graphics studio) bullshit continues in this film too. None of the graphics are worth mentioning. All graphics looked like a computer game.

I would not suggest this movie for your weekend. Hope you know the story of crabs in a basket. I am not going to bore you telling the story. One of your friends could sure tell you. Crabs like Saroja, Raman Theidiya Seethai, Subramaniapuram are trying to get "out of the box". Crabs like Sakkarakkati are pulling them down.

Highly disappointed with the movie after much expectation created by AR Rehman's music. I just loved the songs for the past 2 months and would love to hear them in the future in my iPod. Not on Tv.