R ARIVANANTHAM
After Vaigai Puyal Vadivelu, Yogibabu is not only playing comedy roles, but also playing hero from time to time. Meanwhile, another movie- Boat- in which he is playing the hero was released on Friday. Yogi Babu kept the ‘Boat’ afloat with his excellent performances but the director lost his destination with poor story-ing and bombastic dialogues.
Though the concept of ‘Boat’ is interesting, director Simbudevan has delivered it slowly and dully. Based on Ernest Hemingway’s ‘The Old Man and the Sea’, the film is set in Madras in 1943. 10 diverse people are stranded at sea trying to escape a Japanese bombing raid by boarding a boat. What happened to them is the story of the film.
- ‘Boat’ is a political satire that shows that nothing much has changed in our country, which is divided by religion, caste, food and language even after 80 years of Independence
- With his mature approach, MS Bhaskar has tried to deepen the character he is playing.
- Gowri Kishan acts as the ‘Agmark’ heroine of Tamil cinema with her singing talent, goodness and love for the hero
‘Boat’ is a political satire that shows that nothing much has changed in our country, which is divided by religion, caste, food and language even after 80 years of Independence. Yogi Babu has done a wonderful job as Kumaran. MS Bhaskar, Gowri Kishan, Leela are also perfect choice. All of them tried their best to prove that the ‘Boat’ is a different picture.
Trailer:
In 1943, the news that Japanese warplanes were going to bomb the city of Chennai caused panic among the people of Chennai province, the British rulers and the police. In this case, Kumaran (Yogi Babu), a fisherman from Kasimet, Chennai, approaches the British police with his grandmother Muthumari (Kulapulli Leela) to release his younger brother, who has been arrested by the British, where he is humiliated.
While the younger sister is getting married in two days, and the younger brother is in despair, fighter jets are circling Chennai. In order to save their lives, Kumaran and his grandmother board their boat and try to go to the middle of the sea where no bombs will fall. Along with them are the elderly Narayan (Chinni Jayant), his daughter Lakshmi (Gowri Kishan), the pregnant Vijaya (Madhumita) and her son Mahesh (Akshad), the librarian Muthiah (MS Bhaskar), the writer Raja (Shah Rao) and the merchant Chet ( (Sams) get off the boat and walk into the ocean. Many problems happen in that journey.
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Simbudhevan’s ‘Boat’ answers questions like how the people on the boat managed them, what happened to Kumaran’s sister’s wedding, did Kumaran get his brother back from the police’s custody.
Yogi Babu, who has pulled his usual online comedy waves in this film too, makes you laugh only at certain places. At the same time, he gives the necessary performance and tightness in emotional places and becomes the protagonist. With his mature approach, MS Bhaskar has tried to deepen the character he is playing.
A style punch that hits social media online! Despite coming across as a British police officer with threatening body language and rolling verbally, Jessie instills fear with subtle body language.
Gowri Kishan acts as the heroine of ‘Agmark’ Tamil cinema with her singing talent, goodness and love for the hero.
Cinematographer Madesh Manikkam has done his part well by capturing the story of deep sea, only one boat and 10 peope in it with his camera (with the help of graphics) without repeating as much as possible. Editor Dinesh Ponraj has overflowed with page after page of dialogue scenes without filtering.
Gibran’s music ‘Chokka Naanum Nikkiren’ is a bit entertaining, but hinders the flow of the screenplay. Gibran’s background music is constantly raging like the ocean. It only helped to polish some scenes.
Social condition of the native fishermen of Chennai, India under the British rule, absurd caste stratification and caste discrimination, temple entry struggle, food politics, social/liberation contribution of political parties like Justice Party, Congress, Muslim League, politics after World War II, Netaji’s INA force, the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi and some verses that make you laugh and think about many things as if you hit your forehead with a bottle.
A comical mix of scenes describing the social hierarchy starting from the British Empieror and extending to the working people here! But at some point, the verses become an overdose, and there is a feeling that only the verses are floating in the ocean. This gives the film a dramatic feel which is disappointing.
The big minus is that the screenplay, which is floundering in the middle of the ocean, lacks twists and turns to move it along. A scary shark and a Japanese patrol boat only help make some moments interesting.
In the second half, the new incarnations of the characters on the boat and the inner turmoils try to hold the screenplay together, but the repetitive lines and the screenplay which aimlessly flounder give a lot of lethargy.
CAST:
Yogi babu as Kumaran
Gouri Kishan as Lakshmi
M.S. Baskar as Muthaiya
Chinni Jeyanth as Narayanan
Madhumitha as Vijaya
Sha Ra as Raja
Jessi as Irwin Domas
Kullapuli Leela as Muthumari
Akshath as Mahesh
CREW:
Production Company – Maali and Maanvi Movie Makers & Chimbudeven Entertainment
Producer – Prabha Premkumar
Co-Producer – C.Kalaivani
Writer & Director – Chimbudeven
Music – Ghibran
DOP – Madhesh manickam
Production Design – T.Santhanam
Editor – Dinesh Ponraj
Art director – S.Ayyappan
Executive Producer – Vel.Karuppasamy
Make up – Pattanam Rasheed
Costumer – Sai – Shiva
Colorist – G.Balaji
Vfx –DTM Lavan Kusan
Stunts- Sakthi Saravanan
Sound Design and Mixing – S.Alagiakoothan – Suren.G
Publicity Designer – Bharanidharan Natarajan
Co Directors – Vel.Karuppasamy – Bala Pandian – Yatra Srinivassan
Associate Director – Demurra
Assistant Directors – Naveen,Pa.Krish,Nishanth,Gangadharan, Siddharth
Production Executive – S.Krishnaraj
PRO – Nikil Murukan
