‘Good bad ugly’ movie review: Ajit Kumar and Edhik’s pop-culture goldmine survives despite hollowness

Who knew that a character sending a photo of someone on the WhatsApp group would make one of the ‘biggest’ sequences seen in the most recent times? Director Edhik Ravichandran, who has used us to use bright colors, Dutch-angle shots and bizarre humor in the last ten years, takes it to a rung with its fifth film. Good bad ugly (GBU), And while heading it by his idol Ajit Kumar, the young filmmaker explained what Neetzance would say as a “Fanboy Sambavam”.

In GBUAK (Ajit Kumar) is a retired gangster who has spent his time behind bars and wants to live a happy life with his wife, Ramya (Trisha), and son, Vihaan (Kartikeya Dev). But the trouble comes when his son is wrongly arrested and put behind bars. For the sake of the son for whom he puts up, AK will now have to enter a world that he vowed to never return.

Mark antony Edhik’s most complex film will still remain unpublished as he goes back to his roots, which adds a wafer-thin plot to a wafer-thin plot GBUSo what does he fill the film? Ajit to save the day, and when he is running or not talking, we have a group of characters that refer to the actor’s Yeslantyar films by mouth. These contexts are filled in the brim The good, the bad, the uglyIf nothing else, it makes it for a great drinking game: If you make an Ajit film reference every time you take a shot, you will cool it before the interval.

To walk with genes, I will call GBU A ‘vibe.’ You will either find it as a unilateral smoothie of your cup’s soothing tea cups or unilaterally stitched reel-worthy sequences. It takes time for the film to go to go, and if you are like me, it grows on you and you can leave you thinking whether it really gets better when it chooses speed or has you used in this world that Adhik has prepared in detail. No wonder he starts a film with a card that welcome to the world GBU ‘ And he is not joking with it. In this world, logic does not take the back seat; It is tied from the back of the car and drags only to miles to feel that the rope was stretched long ago. If you are familiar with Adhik’s work, logic and emotionality will be the last things you will expect to find here.

And if you are not familiar with the body of Ajit’s work, GBU Not for you References to his previous films begin with the scene long ago, including a voiceover by Mahanadhi Shankar, in which the manner in which the dialogue Dheena Nickname ‘Tala’ to Ajit. Of course, as expected, other hits have references like Billa, Varlaru, Marekatha, Villain, Amarkalam And ValleyWhat comes in the form of a pleasant surprise is the references to the title relatively less than the title Red And KuradamIn fact, it is not just Ajit that receives this treatment. Simran, who appears in a cameo in the form of Priya Wali, Talks to AK about his ‘IFKYK’. Trisha supplies Lesa Lesa Callback, Prabhu repeats a line that he once placed in the mouth Billa, Prasanna gets a affectionate reference … the list keeps running. Even there is a victory reference!

As you wonder, if Edhik is completely relying on these Callbacks, he brings the best of Tamil Pop culture on screen – the trending memes are correct with jokes ‘Irunga Bhai’ Line and ‘Card Fair Irukura 16 number’ Joke to remix the song ‘Puli Puli’, iconic by Darkaki Nagaraja, also makes a cameo (in addition to chronic the song, makes a cameo a cameo). Talking about Yesteeryear songs, if Adhik did not warn you with ‘Panju Mittai’ remix Mark antonyWe get everything from the remix of ‘Otha Ruva’ Nattupura pattuA sample of ‘N Jodi’ Vikram And the use of ‘Sakalakala Vallavan’ and ‘Thutu Thutu Pesum’ track.

Of course, the biggest trick adhik draws how he stacks Easter eggs and references to hide the complete lack of a complicated conspiracy. Nevertheless, cracks appear in the mask many times that they have coined carefully. Secondary characters rarely have to do anything other than praising AK, and even with Arjun Das Prestige-Sinet villain failed to scare, GBU A victim is without an attractive struggle. At its core, GBU The story of a gangster husband and a government official wife who uses her bronone and brain to protect her son from being wrongly punished by law. However, the film is never made on this. Instead, it becomes a shorel by a fanboy, who has obtained to work with his favorite star – which works in surprisingly, places. What comes as a pleasant shocker, there are references to international titles, which, we hope, do not take the team in the water upset on IP issues.

Ajit Kumar and Trisha are still ‘Good Bad Ugly’. Photo Credit: Special Arrangement

With a terrible forecasted story that leaves very little space for plot twist or surprise, GBU Its star and his unabashed, unwanted personality that fans have remembered for years, this is an entertaining watch. From ‘Thala’, the supporting artists refer to how to praise the song, how he is a red dragon, Ajit let his hair down. To shake a leg or pull bizarre lines ‘Bank ah, thickness ah’Especially for his fans, who had very little to enjoy in their other recent films, is a cure. Even if we exempt annoying forest-liners (one goes, “I am not a frank, it’s just a mischief”), it is eventually with their dialogues, with which the Edahic stains the line between reality and imagination, a personal favorite one that AK dissolved the clubs, while he was an active gangster.

In its most technically strong film till date, Edhik’s team has done a great job behind the camera. While the camera work of Abinandan Ramanujam brilliantly captures complex sets and huge outdoor of Spain and Mumbai, editor Vijay Velukutty has done a difficult task of keeping a series of sequences together with tonal jump. Anu Vardhan’s costumes are worthy of special appreciation to make AK look dapper, even if she is wearing a Uber-Kool Versace Silk shirt or a greasy three-piece suit. GV Prakash’s songs probably did not hit Bulsai, but their background score affects the star vehicle.

Given how a scene is where AK breaks the fourth wall and interacts with the director, we will probably not get used to the rules of this ‘world’. Even when he likes his films AAA And Bagera Missed by a mark of miles, the strong suit of Adhik has always been the use of his cinematic language and apathy, on which he is prominently on banks GBUThe slight example of a car number plate is going with his jumble name or a crazy casting option – such as Usha Uthup for the role of a judge – testifies to her unique ideas, which do miracles when they work, you want you to have more among Umine references.

The title of the film is a hat-tip for the giant The good, the bad and the ugly Sergio reminds one of the famous line under Leone’s direction, “When you have to shoot, shoot. Don’t talk”. Adhik has taken his biggest shot, and it may be the best fan service. Tamil cinema has ever seen. Even when it is perfect and feels like a brass-pour punch for our senses, The good, the bad, the ugly Is doing indifference work.

Good bad ugly is currently Walking in theaters