Petta is a indian tamil language film. It is an action drama film, which written & directed by Karthik subbaraj. The film stars Rajinikanth in title role.
Petta is a well-made Rajinikanth film. Rajinikanth sir enters petta as college warden. kaali but he is not what he claims to be, which is pretty obvious. He set the ragging guys right, & tries to solve a young lovers problems & also get impressed by mangala (simran), a pranic healer. But he is not what he seems to be, he is hiding something.And the twist is revealed, he has come to this college to save one person.kaali’s real name is veera petta.
Nawazuddin Siddiqui as the main villian once again gives a good performance. Makkal selvan Vijay sethupathi in a key role provides additional value to the story. Both simran & Thrisha are used like curry leaves in a dish, no importance, not much space for them.
We have not seen this stylish thalaiva in the recent times. His one man show in the first half doesn’t provide a boring moment. The fight sequence using lights & dark shade pattern & his comedy have worked in the first half. And hid romance with simran is pure bliss to watch. The stylish presentation & vibrant storytelling keep it interesting till the very end. There are also many dull moments in the second half which picks steam only in climax.
Camerawork is main highlight while the first half is dominated by blue, black & the second half is brighter. Songs are not that catchy except marana mass song but Anirudh has given good background score.
That swag continues throughout the film, a revenge saga filled with long Action blocks & some solid surprises.
One the whole ‘petta’ is a film for thalaiva Rajini fans.
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