SAROJA - Review

Rating: 3.75/5.0
Cast: Vaibhav,S.P.Charan,Premgi,Shiva,
Prakashraj,Srihari,Kajal Agarwal,Nikhitha,Vega
Stunts: selva
Art: Videsh
Lyrics-Dialogues: Vennela kanti
Cinematography: Shakthi saravanan
Music: Yuvan Shankar raja
Producer: T.Siva

Written & Directed by: Venkat Prabhu

Story: Saroja (Vega), a class Twelve student gets kidnapped. Vishwanath Prakashraj), her father a multimillionare, is trying to get her back from the Kidnapper Sampath), who has emanded a ransom of Rs. 20 crores.-----


Ajay (Shiva) is a TV serial star engaged to Pooja KajalAgarwal). Ganesh (Premji) is a happy-go-lucky guy who is forever falling in love. Venga Swamy (Vaibhav) is the heartbroken romeo, Ranga Swamy(Sharan), Venga Swamy’s elder brother, is a married man all of them are on theirway to Hyderabad to watch a cricket match. How do the four heroes get entangled with saroja’s kinapping?? How these guys fall into trouble forms the rest of the story…Prakash raj played the role of Sincere police officer who is on the job to rescue saroja.


Performances: All the tamil cast(four heroes) have done reasonably good job.Prakash raj and srihari fit the bill. Vega is cute and Nikhitha has done an item song. The Music by Yuvan is good. The Production values are good. The Direction by Prabhu is of top rated.

Analysis: This movie is a bilingual one in most of the shots you observe the cast uttering tamil dialogues and it gives you a feel that it’s a dubbed film.The complete star cast is the repeat cast of Prabhu’s previous Hit(in Tamil) Chennai 600028. The complete cast has done fantastic job.Kajal is charming; Vega is endearing; and Nikitha is absolutely hot! The real strengths of the movie are Yuvan Shankar Raja's music –background score in particular---and Sakthi Saravanan's cinematography. Both do magic from the beginning till end, not to forget about the editing by Praveen K L and Srikanth N B.

The movie manages to be an almost perfect mix of friendship, suspense, thrills, action and a logical screenplay triumphing on top of everything else.The Movie starts on a slow place and at one point of time it might briefly look like “I Know What You Did Last Summer” but it is not. The first half is bit dragged and appears lengthy.

Time slots appear at appropriate points, indicating what happens when…..


Venkat Prabhu has done the impossible,his second directorial venture Saroja is far superior to his debut film Chennai 00028. SAROJA is an interesting adventure and a fun flick. He has done quite a commendable job once again. He has managed to make a movie that combines action with comedy, without diluting the seriousness of the plot.

A perfect fun filled Thriller cum entertainer.


Plus: Screenplay,Direction and Slapstic comedy

Minus: Most of the cast are not familiar with the
Telugus Audiences


Verdict: Go Go and watch it. Good Movie cannot be
missed.


Reviewed by
Vinay