๐ฅ Michael (2023)
Overview -
Sundeep Kishan attempted a pan-Indian project with "Michael" after appearing in many bilingual films. It piqued people's interest including me.
It's the mid-'90s, and a young man named Michael has decided to kill his father. Gurunath (Gautam Menon), impressed by the boy's bravery, takes him under his gang. As an adult, the boy proves to be Gurunath's most reliable ally, believer and protector.
When Gurunath’s son (Varun Sandesh) sees how much faith his father has given to Michael (Sundeep Kishan), he becomes mire envious against him.
Gurunath eventually orders Michael to kill Theera (Divyansha Kaushik) and her father in Delhi. But Michael falls for her charm, and this sets off a chain reaction of events in which he is never quite sure who is on his side.
Similar to the opening of "KGF," in which a narrator who witnessed the entire event relates it in detail, "Michael" also begins with a narrator recounting the events he witnessed in his childhood.
The story opens with the hero in his early years. It takes place at Bombay in the middle of the 1990s. The visuals, music, cinematography and storyline all bring to mind "KGF" and "Vikram" films.
Ranjit Jeyakodi, the film's director, uses the technique of withholding information and then revealing it in the film's climax. The film is interesting at first, but it quickly becomes tedious. It's easy to see that the director has lost control after a point. Also the storyline is simply predictable and not much interesting.
So much buildup for a regular revenge drama!
It would have been different if the director had placed as much emphasis on the story as he did on the style. However, "Micheal" devolves into a futile attempt to tell a standard revenge drama in a stylized manner.
To look the performance part, Sundeep Kishan slimmed down. His Michael persona is spot on; he has less to say and more to do with action. The transformation of Sundeep Kishan is good. But sometimes Sundeep was taken too much effort to adopt with the character and it's very visible throughout in the film.
Divyansha Kaushik is stunning at first, but her performance fizzles out later on. Vijay Sethupathi plays a small part that serves primarily to increase the film's star power. Also his screen presence was boost up the second half of the film. Varalakshmi Sarathkumar is an unnecessary character but anyway she done it well.
Gautam Menon done a decent job as a don. Varun Sandesh's portrayal of the jealous son is perfect.
The technical aspects of the film are excellent. The cinematography is superb, and the colour palette complements the theme perfectly. Besides the cinematography, the background music score of Sam CS is top-notch. The production values are first rate. The editing department, however, ruined the mood due to the film's tedious pacing and lengthy runtime.
Positives -
Initial portions.
Stylized taking and cinematography.
Technical and production values.
Background score.
Negatives -
Weak story.
Dull pace.
Much build-up, less impact.
The climax portions and end credits.
Opinion -
Overall, "Michael" is another example of a film that is more about style than substance. It's a gangster story. Sundeep's makeover, technical prowess, and slick visuals don't add much to the film, which suffers from a lackluster narration. If you are a hardcore fan of massive entertainers, then you might be interested and satisfied in this movie, but myself it's an average experience with lots of reminders of many old films of the similar genre.
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Movie Info :-
Directed by: Ranjit Jeyakodi.
Written by: Ranjit Jeyakodi.
Produced by: Bharath Chowdary, Pushkar Ram Mohan Rao.
Starring: Sundeep Kishan, Vijay Sethupathi, Divyansha Kaushik, Gautham Menon, Varun Sandesh.
Cinematography: Kiran Koushik.
Edited by: R. Sathyanarayanan.
Music by: Sam C. S.
Production company: Karan C Productions, Sree Venkateswara Cinemas.
Release date: 3 February 2023.
Running time: 155 minutes.
Country: India.
Language: Tamil, Telugu.
Michael Movie Download / Watch trailer on https://youtu.be/HBTaKskrt9w
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