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Ponniyin Selvan Part 1
Unironically, Jayaramettan was my show stealer!
It evidently has backing from a super strong source material but what's on screen, felt half hearted; the feel of watching a larger than life epic is simply not there. Ponniyin Selvan's world is gigantic, yet it feels constrained. The characters feel unidimensional with visibly zero arcs, nada. The film didn't essentially bore me, but if I'm asked to pick a favourite scene, I don't have much to choose from.
It is a praiseworthy attempt that, personally, doesn't stand anywhere near The Bahubali Duology or RRR. Hope the second part delivers better and speaking of the sequel, the tail end wasn't as great a cliffhanger as it should've been to generate any hype.
PS : I don't really get Mani Ratnam's love for wobbly camera movements, a complete turn off!