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Pattadhari 2: First half updates
It's lovely
to return to these characters that we have liked in the first film, right from
Dhanush Raghuvaran to even Vivekh and his assistant. Raghuvaran, despite now
being married and having proved himself in the earlier film, still continues to
be the same, though he has now developed a fondness for spouting Thirukkural.
The role
reversal in Raghuvaran's household, with Shalini becoming the dominant person
who keeps everyone on their toes is interesting. The father, played by Samuthirakani,
now has the role of the friend and philosopher, which happened to be his mother
in VIP.
Talking
about the mother, the film does overplay the mother sentiment a bit (and it is
aware this), but a scene on the terrace mirroring a similar one from part 1
still manages to be heartwarming.
These scenes
in Raghuvaran's home play at a different pitch than in the previous film...
from closer-to-real-life tone, we now get almost spoofy episodes with the focus
more of generating laughs.
That said,
the scenes involving Raghuvaran and the people close to him are still the
film's charm.
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That brings
us to the antagonist, Vasundhara Parameswaran. Kajol is a good choice to play
this character, who is entitled, arrogant and stubborn as much as she is
self-made and successful. Her first encounter with Raghuvaran sets the stage
for their conflict. They are opposites in every way.
But these
still feel like something that has been included to simply prop up the hero and
give him a larger-than-life image.
Thankfully,
Vasundhara isn't an Amul Baby like the previous film's antagonist, and is quite
a match for Raghuvaran.
If there is
one aspect where the film falls woefully short of the original, it is in the
songs,which lack the punch of those in the earlier film. While Sean Roldan did
well in Pa. Pandi, here, the music lacks the pep that this genre needs. The
placement of the songs doesn't help either.
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