Mersal Vs Newton - Part 2

We will start with 'Mersal'.

"Oh. You Biased Bastard. As you are a Tamilian, you are talking about 'Mersal' first."

In case you had such a thought, please let me know whether 'M' or 'N' comes first in the alphabet series from A-Z.

Hasty generalizations and unwarranted pole-vaulting to wrong conclusions before you know the truth about someone or something is as dangerous as a person who falsely thinks that they are superior and can halt a raging Tsunami!

So, 'Mersal' - Vijay has been phenomenal in the three roles especially that of the dad though there weren't much of a difference between the other two whenever they were in the same room. The highlight of the film is how the Medical Fraternity makes a killing, pun intended, out of the patients when they are in an emergency and life-threatening scenario. 

The core concept isn't novel as we have seen it in 'Ramana' itself. But, the treat of 'Mersal' is the handling of the matter in an engaging and entertaining manner without making the viewers yawn or say 'When this crap will get over' despite the movie's length. 

What's wrong with the story of extortion by the hospitals when it's happening in broad daylight?

Well. Some doctors were against it as they felt the movie showed them in a bad light by citing that not every man (and woman) in white does such an appalling, despicable and odious thing. IMHO, that's a fair point as you cannot brush everyone with the same paint. Dialogue should have been present which doesn't mislead the public by explicitly stating that not every doctor is a bad person and whose sole intention is not only to maximize their mazuma.

If the Director had felt that he can heave a sigh of relief, the wildfire was just brewing and blowing out of proportion when one of the top Tamil Nadu BJP leaders condemned a specific reference to a dialogue on GST in comparison with Singapore.

Yes. It was exceedingly misinforming and pulling the wool over the common man's (and woman) eyes as there were a lot of other factors that should be taken into consideration like the population, country size, complexity of the economy etc. besides merely contrasting the prevailing rates in the Lion Country. 

I was actually surprised that theCensor Board didn't mute out or edit the not-so-well-researched fact that is superficially right but horribly wrong and hoodwink the public by casting a bad shadow on Modi Ji and his industrious team, thus increasing the nimbus of Vijay and his brand of Politics (If he enters the arena!).     

Whatever it may have been the intention of the Director for such a misdirected fact, the media had a field day and the episode sent the social media into a tizzy due to the BJP leader's comments which fanned the flames to unimaginable levels that the leader was at the receiving end from several sections of the public when it was the director who should have been blamed for it despite making an acute and accurate observation on the Alcohol issue.    

Had the leader simply left it, 'Mersal' wouldn't have had the kind of free publicity and Marketing that it garnered post its release. 

By saying this, I am not stating that the movie was horrible or pathetic. It was really good though you can still find that Vijay performs the same Captain Jack Sparrow's move of switching the coin through his fingers. In this case, he does it with a ball and the sad part is that he had already done it in Bairavaa as well.

One best thing was that his intro song took a backseat and the story hogged the limelight. If you had seen Vijay's movies, there is always a mandatory song when he is shown in the frame for the first time like jumping from above or below etc. Atlee and Vijay have ensured that they wanted to focus their attention on the narration than on the mass elements. I'm not against mass elements. But, when it interferes and becomes an obstacle to the story, it's a reason for worry. Hats off to Vijay for wanting to move out of his comfort zone!  

That said and done, SJ Suryah continued his astounding performance from Spyder as an unscrupulous doctor although, once again, he was overwhelmingly under-utilized. Apart from a very cute and beautiful essaying by Nithya Menon, the other 2 heroines didn't have much to play along with the versatile Kovai Sarala. In fact, Samantha was not to be seen anywhere even during or after the climax! 

Maybe, she got busy with her real wedding? I don't know. 

Likewise, does anyone else knows what is Atlee's major obsession to bump off his heroines? To create a sympathy and a tear-jerking moment? There is a recurring pattern in his movies.

Another pattern is that we are seeing several movies in recent times where Vijay gives a big one-man speech to the reporters. Remember Kathi? 

But, one person in red-hot form was not only Vadivelu who made a terrific comeback in a character-driven script but also AR Rahman who sizzled with his BGM.

Summing it up, though a mountain was made out of a molehill through the extremely heated exchange of words between all the verbal warring parties, 'Mersal' surpassed the usual expectations of 'Thalapathy' even though much of the film revolving and resting on Vijay's 'larger-than-life' image and shoulder.

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