Movie: Sulthan
Genre: Thriller
Cast: Karthi, Rashmika Mandhana
Director: Bakkiyaraj Kannan
Produced by: SR Prakash Babu, SR Prabhu
Music: Vivek-Mervin, Yuvan Shankar Raja (Background Score)
Cinematography: Sathyan Sooryan
Runtime: 157 minutes (2hrs 37mins)
Story
Vikram (Karthi), also called as Sulthan, is only son of Sethupathi(Napolean), A Don in Vizag with 100 Henchmen Under him. After Death of his Father, Sulthan decides to change all the henchmen into good people so that they won't get into violence again. Sethupati gives a word about saving village from a local gangster and a Corporate Businessman from taking over their farms. As it's his father's last promise made, his henchmen decide to save the village by killing them without sulthan knowing it. How will Sulthan succeed in changing them? Will he know about this? How will he handle it from here? This forms the rest of the story.
Artiste Performance
Karthi steals the show with his excellent performance. The way he shows his controlled aggression and emotions in crucial scenes is superb
Rashmika Mandanna in role of a village girl is beautiful and does a Decent job.
Napoleon, Lal and Henchmen gang are good. Yogi Babu Evokes Few Laughs. KGF Ram and Rest of the Cast are OK.
Plus Points
Karthi's Performance
Interval Episode
Core Point
Visuals
Background Score
Drawbacks (Which I Felt)
Uneven Pace
Weak Villain
Analysis
Right From the Teaser and Trailer Sulthan Promised to be an wholesome mass entertainer and yes it delivers the same.
First half of the movie is packed with lots of mass moments, Few comedy scenes and couple of songs. The Basic core point of Krishna taking kauravas side (Sulthan standing with 100 Henchmen to reform them) is interesting.
Pre interval build up and Interval Bang with an action sequnce is one of the highlights.
Second half moves mostly on emotional note with farming theme running in the background. There are many scenes which resemble few recently released South Indian movies.
Movie mainly suffers with uneven pace. There are few dull moments here and there. A couple of scenes could have been chopped off to make proceedings interesting.
There is no proper competition to the protagonist. Villan characterization is a weak and doesn't make an impact. Climax portion is fantastic and definitely is whistle worthy.
Visuals are excellent. Songs are OK. Background score is amazing. Editing is neat.
(MY) Final Word
Sulthan is a movie that attracts masses. Apart from its uneven pace, movie has its moments of action episodes, emotional highs, mass elements and Heroism elevations. On a Whole, Sulthan ends up as a Decent Mass Entertainer.
Bottomline: Sulthan - Watch it for Karthi
Note: This is my take on the movie. That is why I am not rating the movie. I respect each and every movie. Making people read my review and influencing them to form an impression on a movie before watching the movie is never my intention. I am a Movie lover too. This is just to express my view on the movie. 😊
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