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    Thanks to Moderators for making it a separate thread. (Special thanks to Camel)

    SPIRIT - MY REVIEW

    Review written on last Sunday (17th June)


    "Wine is bottled poetry" - SPIRIT
    "Mohanlal is a living poem" - Through SPIRIT


    I work in Bangalore and film released in Bangalore on Friday. As I was traveling on Friday, couldn't watch it. Saturday , First thing I did
    after reaching home was to try booking spirit.
    Tried for ticket in Cinemax and Q cinemas. Most of the shows were
    already full or only frst row seats were left. So went to Savitha by 3
    pm to reserve tickets for second show and came to know reservation is
    full for all the shows till Sunday night.

    As I didn't want to wait for another day , went to theatre by 7 for the
    9pm show.
    And not surprised to see queue of around 50 already there.
    As the ladies queue was small (less than 25 ) mom got the tickets
    easily. Even in Sangeetha, Spirit was playing.
    Both Savitha and Sangeetha were houseful and many left even before they
    started giving tickets .
    (in saritha , there was no one in Frst class
    queue and a couple for balcony , why didn't they play Spirit in Saritha
    the 1000 seater)


    Film started at 8.40 itself (9 pm show). Thanks to Ranjith for wishing
    Jagathy to get well soon. I was wondering why Jagathy was not remembered
    during any titles.

    Thought / Subject : In a day where sex and terrorism is considered to be major
    concerns by so called new generation films. And many others struggling
    to get a subject, Ranjith deserves an applause for taking up one of the
    major concerns of the society.

    Rating 2 / 2

    Script / Direction : But after deciding what you are going to cook , if you cannot cook it the way you wanted , it will not taste good. Here Ranjith knew what he is going to cook. Started very well and made a good recipe. After the first half I had a feeling that this is gonna be another delicious dish from the master chef . But here were flaws and in the second half he failed to make it an exotic dish. Towards the end of the film , film lost its punch . After the racy first half , second half was average.

    But the flaws in the script were overcome by the characterizations. Raghunandan , Plumber Manian , Pankajam , Captain , Alexi , Meera , Sunny , Sameer and the ASP were characterized in a perfect manner.

    Rating : 1.5 / 3

    Performance : At many places , script lacked the punch to hold the audience to the seat , especially towards the end. But acting extravagance by the finest actor of the country overcomes it . Be it a dialogue , a look or the shivering hands or the way he drinks and smokes , Mohanlal lived as Raghunandan. No one , yes I said no one , in this world can replace him. The scene just before the interval made me write the below quote.

    "If he can act even with his fingernails , call him the Acting God..
    If he make even the smoke coming out his cigarette act , call him Mohanlal..."

    Thilakan was amazing as usual , Madhu was superb , Nandu had his career best role , Shankar wont get a better debut And Kaniha , Lena , Sidhardh , Tini Tom , Govindan Kutty and Kalpana did justice to their roles.

    Rating 3/3

    Others : Few dialogues are really catchy and when Mohanlal delivers it , it becomes the best.
    Songs were placed at the positions where it was most needed . When the first song is to show the character of Raghu Nandan , other two songs are there to show his change. BGM really helped to set the mood , especially the day Raghu starts enjoying the world.

    Rating 1.5 / 2

    Last Word
    : I have never heard such a loud applause at the interval of a film. But Ranjith couldnt convert it to a standing ovation at the end. But still its a must watch for its subject and Mohanlal.

    Overall Rating : 8 / 10


    Verdict : Super Hit
    Last edited by MovieJockey; 06-22-2012 at 09:57 AM.

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    thanks camel nd moviejockey

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    thanks for the review

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    Thanks...nice review

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    Thanks Shaji..

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    Quote Originally Posted by MovieJockey View Post
    Thanks for creating a seperate thread camel
    Welcome....

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