Monday, 9 May 2016

Twenty Four (24)


A watch that lets you time travel back or forth to any moment of the past/future 24 hours. A genius who creates it, a villain who craves for it, the kid of the creator who finally gets to wears it . There's romance on the way back to past, time frozen to love and incriminate the sinister(Villain)! The dad, the kid and dad's brother to complete the trinity of the creator, protector and destroyer vying for the watch.
The script does have flaws but comes full circle and is thoroughly entertaining  It is the story of time travel to change the destiny of what was to be to what could have been in happiness, to avert the ill effects of lust and after effects of murder .
A regular related villain, jealous of his sibling, lusts to capture the most significant achievement of the sibling "the watch", he wants to erase the existence of his sibling, create a kingdom of his own, altering destiny as per his own whims and fancies. He succeeds in wiping out the family of his brother only for the kid and the watch to escape from his evil clutches.
With his extermination plan taking a wicked twist,  he ends up killing his sibling and the consort  before jumping off to a river, while trying to save himself from a bomb hoax. The kid survives the onslaught of the villain miraculously, as the villain jumps off the train believing a bomb hoax engineered by his brother and onto years of coma and disability as an aftermath of his life threatening jump. 
The kid grows up, has the boxed set of the watch, unlocks it, opens the Pandoras box, learns the functionality of the watch, uses it as a Cupid's arrow to strike chords of love with his lady, The schemer is awakened from the coma as a cripple with his undying lust for the watch ...... What happens post this would be for you to see... 
As it is one of the most exhilarating, technically sound movies to come out of South Indian Cine industry. An effort made never before and unmatched in its grandeur in the past. If Bahubali were a sight to watch with CG(Computer graphics), this one is a step towards excitement and believability, with an intact script. Don't miss it. This is not a Ra one, it's the Era's new one! Not Kochadaiyaan, it's padaikanjaan! One of its kind Indian Movie! 
Surya sizzles in triple roles.  As the trinity, he creates, kills, survives, loves, fights, all to an extent of believability. Samantha is loveable. The visuals are at times breath taking. Cinematography on par with the best of Indian movies on Science fiction. Surya produces a gem, the director unearths a new genre..... Seeing will lead to Believing!  

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