AAA - What the hell just happened?!

According to Oxford Dictionary, the definition of worst reads as follows:

Of the poorest quality or the lowest standard; least good or desirable.

It seems like the director of 'AAA' - Adhik desired to give stiff competition to Oxford for re-writing the meaning of the word 'worst' as 'AAA'.

Is 'AAA' that bad? IF 'worst' was a person, then he/she would be crying in a corner of a room after watching it! 

For each and every movie, there will be positives and negatives. In some cases, the pros outweigh the cons and vice-versa. That is life. Why. Even our own Earth has FAULTS!

Overlooking my geographical poor joke, I have seen many bad movies of close-to-top to top heroes in Kollywood like "Azhagai Irukirai Bayama Irukiradhu" or "Alex Pandian" or "Anjaan". I can continue the list especially when there was a time in the past when many Vijay and Ajith films was vying to be crowned as the baddest movie of the year. But, none of them can come remotely close to what 'AAA' has achieved. In fact, in my 3 decades of existence, this has got to be the rottenest of all.

It's like 'AAA'- Part 1, Yeah! there is Part 2 in the pipeline!, wanted to achieve the gold standard for exceptionally abysmal film-making. If Kollywood had the Razzie Awards, then I will close my eyes and loudly say with absolute certitude that 'AAA' would win the award hands down, legs down or whatever! 

So, what had gone wrong with the ever-charming Simbu starrer 'AAA'? 

Barring the fantastic crisp and sharp silhouette that was captured during an action sequence, everything else was pure rubbish that stinked to high heaven. I will give a blow-by-blow account  of it.

1) Punch dialogues are meant to be tactically used to rouse the emotions of the audience for its usage in accordance with the weight of the context of the scene. What I meant is...Just imagine what would have happened had Rajinikanth utilized the famous dialogues 'Nan Oru Thadava sonna nooru thadava sonna maari' for every scene in the film. Would it have been memorable or clap-worthy? No. Isn't it? Similarly, Simbu's 'Sirappu' which was used even for the dullest moments of the movie became an ear-sore after one point of time. Not to mention that irritating hair-ruffle which he did after uttering the punch phrase made matters even worse.

2) Shreya's voice. I have no idea who lent their voice to the character but whoever it was, they surely messed it up big time. IT was harsh than the harshest soap on the skin!

3) Movies are not real. Everyone knows that. But, to make it look like real and natural is what separates a good director/actor from bad ones. Here, you can feel the sense of artificiality and fakeness oozing out of the screen throughout the entire movie particularly the scenes which had Kasturi in it. It was so glaring that the falseness couldn't be missed out even from a mile!

4) In the name of comedy, there was total tragedy. Risque. Bawdy. Screechy. Cliched Double Entendres. None of them evoked any iota of laughter except for the "Thalli Pogathey" remake with Rajender-Kovai Sarala. The director had literally wasted the talents and services of people like Kovai Sarala, Rajender and others in his single-minded quest to make Part 2 by being under the illusion that Part 1 would be a super-duper hit.

5) Which brings us to the most critical question "Why do you have to make Part 2"?. Not all movies can become Baahubali! AAA - Part 1 was actually and exactly 30 to 45 minutes run-time when you trim and strip away the unnecessary parts which is almost the full movie! Whatever they had planned for Part 2, they could have easily re-written the screenplay and finished the film in one part itself. I doubt whether people, read:Simbu Fans as well!, would even have the courage to book their tickets particularly when the GST has hit the floors and ticket prices in Chennai are sure to go through the roofs.

6) The plot revolving around Tamannah. Other than the fact that she was used as a glam girl for trashy songs and over-acting, there were only 2 possibilities - Either she was an agent of Kasturi or was playing with the feelings of 'Thatha' Simbu. Whoever still itches to watch the film, I am not going to spoil your surprise.

7) Speaking of the hyped 'Ashwin Thatha' (AT) in the trailers, there wasn't much at all. The back angle shot when AT was showed for the first time was akin to Rajnikanth's older get-up in 'Padayappa'. In this case, the make-up was pathetic and horrible. Simbu could have simply acted as such instead of the poor cosmetics on his face to make him look older. 

8) You can see Baahubali-like lightning in the background time and again whenever Michael was walking in the first half. Also, Mankatha's theme music was remixed and played out in the background. Not to mention Simbu's yesteryear songs, dialogues and acting were used on a regular basis. It was like the director had run out of ideas as to what should be the content of Part 1 and occupied the running time with Simbu's old phenomenal stuffs.

9) Now, coming to the story. Story? Was it there? It was more of a loud vomit which left the audience in disgust. Anyway, Simbu as AT is robbing the cradle with Tamannah and his antics with her forms the screenplay in the second half. Madurai Michael and Shriya share the first half. As Shriya's dad, YG Mahendran is reduced to a caricature and is made to look like a blundering fool with his tomfoolery by electric shocks. In short, he was shorted. Again and again. It was no laughing matter either. Overall, how to get a terrible headache is answered by this movie. That's the biggest takeaway to the extent that I didn't even take the popcorn during the interval. All I did was to watch my watch, Mobile time!, and hear the jarring nonsense that was presented in the name of a film.  

To sum up, 'AAA' - Part 1 is a disastrous outing for Simbu&Co. Even Simbu fans like me will not only think twice but also thrice, four times, five times, you get the drift!, whether to see Part 2. Instead of U/A certificate, it should have been AAA certificate in reality. At least, the certificate could have had a logical connection with the movie's title instead of the dismal climax part to proceed to Part 2.