Kalakalappu @ Masala Cafe

My review : Kalakalappu @ Masala Cafe

Regression is returning to an earlier phase of development or functioning to avoid the conflicts and tensions associated with one's present level of development. After string of flops as an actor , Sunder.C has tried to go back to what he used to do with a better flair & success , direction but sadly he has regressed to his old “Ullathai Allitha” days. Not only he has regressed to his heydays, anyone who has to watch this movie & enjoy should themselves regress to their pre-school age for them to make any sense of the happening of this movie. Juvenile is the term that aptly describes “Kalakalapu @ Masala Cafe”.

The initial title reels with its old fashioned background score prime the viewers the tedious journey that they are about to embark. Nowadays college students do a better job when it comes to intelligent yet witty humour for their college culturals. Sunder.c who actually did a decent job in his last year directorial venture “Nagaram” which had an engrossing story with good humour from Vadivelu to boost , has done a below par job in writing as well direction. Movie is very tacky both technically as well as making.

One wonder who are the target audience for such an infantile effort for even toddlers of the present age are intelligent enough to notice the puerility of the movie. Sunder.C is a better writer & director than this. Except for couple of scenes involving Santhanam , rest of the movie makes one irritable forget about anything remotely close to being humorous.

Vimal with his monotonous dialogue delivery tests one’s patience with his irritatingly naive characterisation. Shiva doesn’t tickle the funny bones except for one or two timing dialogues. Anjali is loud while Oviya has nothing much to do. Others in the cast Ilavarasu , John Vijay , Subbu ,Manobala are all typecast in hackneyed roles. As said earlier Santhanam does spruce up the proceedings in the second half a bit but the fun is too brief to rave about.

Vijay Ebenezer’s music is nothing to write about while U.K.SenthilKumar’s cinematography is old fashioned. Praveen-Srikanth have tried comic effects in their editing which are interesting to start with but after a point one think it might have a bit overdone.

On the whole, Sunder.C’s return to direction is a move in good direction but he should update himself of the intelligence & the expectations of the current crop of movie goers before he starts his next venture for this one is bad example of a comedy movie.

Bottomline : infantile

2/5