Movie Review 1977 – Unappealing on all terms


Movie Review: Tamil Movie 1977 – Unappealing on all terms
Banner: R.S.K. Pictures
Production: R. Sarath Kumar
Direction: G.N. Dinesh
Star-casts: Sarath Kumar, Farzana, Namitha, Jayasudha, Vivek, Rohit, Radha Ravi, Rajkotti and many others.
Music: Vidhyasagar
Post ‘Pacchaikili Muthucharam’, there hasn’t been any big releases for Supreme Star. And here goes one more film of mediocre in his career. ‘1977- The History Rewritten’ had big promos prior to film’s release stating that it’s a James Bond kind of movie in Tamil film history.
Maybe, lots of money has been shelled out to churn it out lavishly. But does it reach the audiences effectively? Definitely not, the director has confused in targeting the film for all centres, from multiplex to single screens of towns and villages. But over here, he terribly fails.
Rajashekar (Sarath Kumar) is worshipped nearly to God as hamlet in Southern Part of Tamil Nadu. His son Vetri (Sarath Kumar again) is a scientist is felicitated by President and returns to his hometown. But unexpectedly, Rajashekar who rushes to Chennai dies due to heart attack after rushing through airport. His son Vetri now makes his way to Malaysia to unravel the mystery only to get shocked that it wasn’t a natural death, but his father was murdered. He goes through a newspaper published in 1977 where his father was mercilessly pinned as a criminal.
With the help of his lawyer (Namitha) and Malaysia’s journalist (Farzana), he unravels the real culprit and proves of his father’s innocence…
Dual roles aren’t something new to Sarath Kumar and he has excelled with his best donning the father-son characterization. Especially, he has overwhelmed with good show on father’s role with white beard and stylish looks. Farzana and Namitha have hardly performed and they are patently used for glamorous quotients. Vivek’s comedy doesn’t work to great extreme.
Dinesh Kumar should’ve penned yet more penned a gripping narration avoiding masala stuffs. One kind request to our director – If you’re planning to make a Hollywood kind of flick, just focus on it and don’t fail trying to blend it with worst commercial masala stuffs centering for ‘B & C’ Centres.

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