TN-07-AL-4777
Starring: Pasupathi, Simran, Meenakshi, and Ajmal
Direction: A.Lakshmikanthan
Music: Vijay Antony
Production: Mahadevan Ganesh and Usha Venkatramani
This attempt of director Lakshmikanthan to remake the Bollywood hit Taxi No. 9211, is pretty much appreciable and the director has done a great work sticking to the original content and nicely mixing it with some elements so as to make it suited to Tamil audiences.
The Hindi venture featuring the deadly combination of handsome hunk John Abraham, and the talented Nana Patekar, was a hit in the Bollywood. The Tamil version for the same has brought a lot of strength and uniqueness with the characters of Pasupathy and Ajmal.
TN 07 AL 4777 is the movie about how the fate of two diametrically different characters from totally different spectrum of society comes together.
Pasupathy, Playing the Taxi driver, lives alongwith his son and wife Simran. He lies to his wife about his profession and tells her that he is an LIC agent. Ajmal plays the character of a spoiled brat whose father leaves him a property worth Rs. 500 crore to Venkataraman, who is his friend, not trusting on his profligate son. In the mean time Ajmal has a pre-written will of his father in his locker, and he files a complaints against Venkataraman in the court, saying that he has cheated his dad. To prove his point he has to present the will in the bank locker in front of the court.
On the decisive fateful day, Ajmal travels in Pasupathy’s cab and lures him for extra money to drive fast to help him reach the court fast, and force him to violate the traffic rules as well. Heeding to Ajmal’s pleas, the monetary bug Pasupathy drives fast results in an accident, which leads to the police intervention and street brawl. As a result Pasupathy has been taken to the local police station. During this whole chain of sequences Ajmal skips from the spot. But during his rush he leaves the key to his bank locker in the cab of Pasupathy, which proves to be a jackpot for Pasupathy and he uses it as a way to settle scores with Ajmal.
Now how the story progresses from here, whether Ajmal gets the property, and what happens to Pasupathy forms the rest of the plot for the story which is stated very linearly.
The movie has duration of two hours and moves pretty fast. Director Lakshmikanthan’s deft handling of the script surely is commendable. Pasupathy and Simran have essayed their roles very well understanding every bit of it. Ajmal, who has the right blend of looks and talent, is the key to watch in the movie. The scene in which he unites Pasupathy with his wife Simran is a fine example of his emoting skills. Pasupathy has proven his experience from the Koothu Pattarai, in the scene where he pleads Ajmal, to stop hitting him in front of his son. The emotional caper gets apt response from Ajmal as well. there is nothing to say about Ajmal’s girlfriend played by Meenakshi of Karuppusamy Kuthagaidarar.
Vijay Antony’s Music is just passable. The songs don’t go well with the movie and stands out separately. Though the remix song of Sorgam Maduvile is an eye sore. R.B. Gurudev’s Cinematography is absolutely upto the mark, and the editing done by Sasikumar is also satisfying.
Verdict: A Movie with unnecessary frills! Worth watching!
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