Coming Soon - Majaa, Sivakasi

[Pics Courtesy Dinakaran]

This Diwali promises to be a feast for only 2 categories of movie lovers – fans of masala films and fans of Asin. With Cheran’s Thavamaai Thavamirundhu now looking doubtful, both big films confirmed for release on Diwali are unadulterated masala flicks and have Asin as the heroine.

Vikram devoted an entire year to Shankar’s Anniyan. But with the film becoming a superhit and his performance garnering a lot of praise, his confidence in the director has been validated and he must now be breathing a big sigh of relief. After the heavy and rather intense role in that film, Vikram is now back with a lighthearted venture Majaa.

Majaa is a remake of the Mammootty-starrer Thommanum Makkalum. It revolves around a father and his two adopted sons (played here by Manivannan, Vikram and Pasupathy), who move to a village and take on the bad guys there. After Aparichitudu (the Telugu Anniyan), which was a big hit, Vikram is once again set to woo Telugu audiences since Majaa is being dubbed in Telugu and the Telugu version will get a simultaneous release on Diwali too.

Vikram is paired with Asin, who has apparently (and very deservedly, IMO) captured the collective hearts of Tamil moviegoers with her role as Kalpana in Ghajini. She plays a vivacious village girl in Majaa and we know now that that kind of a role suits her very well indeed. The soundtrack, by Vidyasagar, is filled with mostly peppy, racy numbers that confirm the movie’s lighthearted tone.

The other confirmed Diwali release is Vijay’s Sivakasi. Unlike Vikram, Vijay is coming off of a flop in Sachein. But Sachein was a deviation from Vijay’s typical movies while his last masala flick, Tiruppaachi, was a huge hit. So Sachein’s failure doesn’t seem to have affected his box-office standing (he’s rated second only to Rajni among the distributors). So expectations are high for Sivakasi, which is being helmed by Perarasu, who directed Tiruppaachi too.

Vijay appears as a blacksmith in Sivakasi and the sister sentiment in Tiruppaachi has been replaced by the ever-popular mother sentiment here. The soundtrack by Srikanth Deva sucks but might become popular if the movie becomes a hit.

I think I’m looking forward to both films equally. I like both Vikram and Vijay and after Ghajini, I’m one among the numerous fans of Asin. Majaa looks like its going to be clean and lighthearted and that’s always welcome. And though the violence overload put me off a little, I liked Tiruppaachi overall and feel Perarasu knows how to stage good action sequences and project heroism well. So lets sit back and wait for some good box-office fireworks.