The buffoonery is the DNA of the ‘Raja’ franchise. The film was too ridiculous to take it seriously. Come on, what’s the deal?īe that as it may, Mammootty has brought his A-game to the film but treads cautiously so as to avoid getting into Kasaba-like predicaments.įor me, Pokkiri Raja was an over-the-top, borderline parody on Tamil films which lean heavily on old-school machismo to click with the audience. It is as if Mammootty has some superpower which he uses to stop ageing. It traces the new adventure of Raja (Mammootty), who looks younger than ever. Pokkiri Raja Movie Review Rating: 2.Madhura Raja is the sequel to Malayalam superstar Mammootty’s 2010 lowbrow comedy, Pokkiri Raja. Toting up, Pokkiri Raja, at best, is a good attempt on fantasy comedy and fun while it lasts. Ramprakash deserves a pat on the back for attempting to explore something new once again. Imman’s background score is noteworthy in the short historical flashback sequence which is done well despite the shoestring budget. Had Ramprakash provided more muscle to his leads to draw the attention of viewers, Pokkiri Raja could have been a satisfying comedy-fantasy.Īs usual, Hansika’s bad lip-sync is something one has to put up with. The characters are pretty underfed with mundane state of affairs.
While the first half tries its best to set the pace of the film, the second half is where things come together to provide some rollicking fun that lasts for thirty odd minutes before the film approaches the climax. The conceit Ramprakash has settled on is fantastic but he clearly runs out of entertaining, engaging ideas to invest in the story-line. Though the fantasy element used by Ramprakash is not unwaveringly bizarre, he has made a good attempt to weave situational comedy to get moving. The rest of the film deals about the cat-and-mouse game of Sanjeevi and Cooling Glass Guna, who wants to take revenge for shaming him in public.
Cooling Glass Guna (Sibiraj in a badly miscast antagonist role), a dreaded gangster known for his twelve ruthless murders, faces the wrath of Sanjeevi and Sunitha when he publicly urinates.
Sunitha (Hansika), a socially-conscious IT worker, spearheads a team that stands up against public urination.
Sanjeevi (Jiiva) is an IT professional who gets fired over and over because the management finds out that his yawning is contagious and puts every other worker into sleep mode. Despite a plausible set-up, the follow-through is inconsistent, making Pokkiri Raja an unremarkable second outing for Ramprakash. Ramprakash Rayappa conveys an air of story-telling competence when he puts to use uncomplicated situations to make audience get the drift of the genre. The film takes its own sweet time to establish the quirky yet mildly relatable fantasy element– contagious yawning, which drives the story forward. However, the outcome, this time, is not as satisfying as his maiden effort. Written & Directed by: Ramprakash Rayappaĭirector Ramprakash Rayappa, who made a content-driven, nifty thriller in his debut with Tamiluku En Ondrai Aluthavum, has come up with another interesting genre–fantasy comedy–for his sophomore outing Pokkiri Raja. Pokkiri Raja, at best, is a good attempt on fantasy comedy and fun while it lasts.Ĭast: Jiiva, Hansika, Sibiraj, Ramdoss, Yogi Babu & Others