Too many cooks spoil the plot

Pearl

Vijaykant's Raajjiyam comes at a time when the rumour mills in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu are abuzz with news of him joining the bandwagon as a politician.

Though the film created expectations as a political thriller with Vijaykanth spewing dialogues laden with political nuances, Raajjiyam is about brothers, laced with action sequences.

As head of Jothi Security Force, Vijaykanth wants to serve the society at large. From helping out people lost at a railway station to finding jobs, he is the Good Samaritan.

Vijaykanth's brother Dileep is speech impaired. Dileep is in love with Priyanka Trivedi but she has a secret past, which prevents her from reciprocating his feelings.

Meanwhile, Vijaykanth saves the Governor of the city from danger, and the same time has to help the cops nab the Governor's son for some wrong he has done.

If you find this confusing, spare a thought for audiences in the theatre for two hours 45 minutes. Perhaps there were too many heads together during the story writing session for director Manojkumar to deliver such hogwash.

With Super Subbarayan's stunt sequences, Vijaykanth is his usual self. Dileep, the minimum guarantee hero from the Malayalam industry, breezes through the role, as he only had to repeat his peformance in the Malayalam film, Punjabi House. The girls (Mumbai imports) Shamita Shetty and Priyanka Trivedi are in a daze, not familiar with Tamil.

Cinematographer Kartik Raja and music director Bharadwaj seem to have taken back seats giving 'action sequences' the priority. And dialogue writer Prabhakar seems unsure whether Vijaykanth will enter politics and limp away, with his ambiguous lines.