Saami

This flick by director Hari, under Kavithalaya productions starring Vikram, Trisha, Kota Srinivas Rao, Vivek and other supporting actors was a different kind of action movie. All in all - romance, comedy, action, sentiments in one sensible (close to) 3 hour dose.
The movie starts off with a typical front bencher folky song. The start of the movie shows the different type of rule Deputy Commissioner of Police Arusaami does. Interesting thoughts and dialogue! Then, with things going out of the hand in the evil department, DCP takes an upper hand in dealing with the illegal acts to crush out the villain. A well made and engrossing ending and climax.
Comedian Vivek provides a good dose of humour creating satire of some practises in orthodox Brahmin caste. Of late there have been many movies that constantly make fun of this caste. I would always wonder if the jest was turned onto some other caste or creed, would they have been silent? This caste is constantly taken for granted and made ridicule of. But the comedy in this movie didn't go out of hand. The practices were truly pointless. At the same time, he also made some good points about the culture.
Vikram carried the role very well. His costume and stature was well fit into the required role. He looked very handsome indeed :). Trisha *sigh*, for whom I have no comments. It is not entirely her fault. It was a hero oriented movie and she could do little but add glamour and she did well. Although I wasn't quite happy about her wild ramblings of mouth, when she well knew how to speak the language. I would almost say the supporting caste did better than her even though they had a smaller role. Long way to go.
Kota Srinivas Rao also did his job well. I felt the total villain irritation in his unkempt looks and gestures. A little effort could have been taken to synchronize his lip movements with the language.
An engrossing and quick moving movie.