Treat for Ajit Fans. Review on Attagasam Movie

Movie : Attakasam Director :Saran Producer : Karthikeyan .P Cinematographer :A.Venkatesh Music :Bharadwaj Cast :Ajit (dual role), Pooja, Sujatha, Karunas, Vaiyapuri, Pithamgan Mahadevan, Babu Antony, Ramesh Khanna, Scissor Manohar, Jasper Ilavarasu, Ilavarasan,Haneefa , etc.

If laughter is the best medicine, then Saran earned his stripes, though at times the comedy is crass with plenty of lewd jokes. Ajit -Saran combination has worked out once again. Ajit appears amazing in dual roles and he is a delight to watch. Ajit looks sensational as usual and is an absolute delight and is clearly at home playing another double role (the third time).

The story is about identical twin brothers ? Jeeva (Ajit) a happy-go-lucky driving instructor in Chennai who runs his own driving school and lives with his mother (Sujatha). His sidekicks are Punk (Karnas), an auto driver and Vayyapuri. His twin brother Guru (Ajit) is a rising don in Tuticorin and his best friend is Sulla (Ramesh Kanna).

Guru is an angry young man who is seeking vengeance on his mother who had given him in adoption when he was a child. In fact Guru had run away from his foster parents to Tuticorin and become a ?dada?! Guru has a dark secret, as he was a witness to his father?s (Nizhalgal Ravi) murder by Mantram (Babu Antony) an underworld don and a real estate shark.

Mantram is in search of Guru and has promised the mother that he will not harm Jeeva but due to a crazy mix-up Jeeva lands up in Tutocorin where everybody mistakes him for Guru and later creates tension between the don and his enemies like Samudrakani (?Pitamagan? Mahadevan) and Jasper.

Finding this as an opportunity to settle scores with his mother, Guru impersonates his twin brother and how all this is sorted out in the end forms the rest of this yarn. Ajit excels in dual role - that of a carefree driving school instructor and an underworld Don. Humour comes naturally to Ajit. Pooja as his lover looks pretty but does nothing by way of acting.

Actually speaking she does not have much scope to perform. Karunas, Vaiyapuri and Ramesh Khanna provide some lighter moments. Sujatha as Ajit?s mother, Pithamaghan Mahadevan as Samudhrakani and Babu Antony as Manthram have done their job neatly.

Barring logic and an old fashioned story, Saran has given a lighthearted and pure 3 hour commercial masala film. The director could have avoided double meaning dialogues (meant for the front benchers) which are laced through out the film. Among the six songs of Bharadwaj, the opening song ?Unakkennae... Unakkennae...? by Vairamuthu is good.

The background music, though a trifle loud at times, lends itself to the narrative, which in turn is fast-paced. Super Subbarayan?s fights are worth mentioning.

Verdict : 7.5 /10 A msut watch for Ajit fans.