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Gotta hand it to the folks from the South. For every execrable biggie actioner, they hand us a modest and riveting action-comedy. Logic takes a walk through the southern states as we settle and enjoy a drama that is illogical to the extreme but entertains from first frame to the last.
More important, the novel base had me gripped within 15 minutes flat: A clan of Karate masters taking on criminals! The right blend of humor and action with a sprinkling of emotion—Sit back and enjoy!
Check a family of father Rajaram (Arjun Sarja), mother Neelaveni) and daughter Nila (Preity Mukundhan) and Rajaram’s brother Ilango (Vivek Prasanna) all living together. The father runs a Karate class and is such an ace that he has been defeated only once in his life—by his wife! Their daughter is the most intense of the lot, and among her victims are possible future troublemakers.
The family also runs a pharmacy. Slowly but surely, they get involved with a whole coterie of goons and criminal masterminds. Together, the villains are looking at a multi-multi-billion plot to destroy a nearby village where they will later mine for profit. Guess who becomes a mighty thorn in their susceptible flesh? The family, of course!
Replete with action, which is often gory and is yet entertaining in its breezy tenor (no good character gets hurt seriously), the film’s major asset is the action director and the dialogues (I watched the Hindi dub) are sharp, often even sardonic. There are many a highlight sequence: the encounter of Nila with Toby (Vinod Sagar) the goon in the shop, the final climax of Rajaram and Nila with the evil supremo Varun (John Kokken), the scene where Abraham (Arjun Chidambaram)’s overconfidence goes for a toss and he is harnessed in the Rajaram house and many more.
Technically adept, this Ravi Basrur ‘musical’ is hardly that, but Subash K. Raj meticulously directs from his own racy script and we don’t see a needless abundance of songs.
Arjun Sarja, Abhirami and Preity Mukhundhan are immaculate in their action sequences and expressions and the emotions are kept tightly understated. As Ilango, Vivek Prasanna is a delight. From the baddies, Pawan as Kirubakaran makes a special mark.
In a modest, beyond-belief way, Blast is a rush of delightful amusement.
Rating: ***
AGS Entertainment’s Blast Produced by: Kalpathi S. Aghoram, Kalpathi S. Ganesh & Kalpathi S. Suresh Written & Directed by: Subash K. Raj Music: Ravi Basrur Starring: Arjun Sarja, Abhirami, Preity Mukundhan, Vivek Prasanna, Vinod Sagar, John Kokken), Arjun Chidambaram, Dileepan, Bala Hasan, Vinod Sagar & others
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