Coo-LIE!!

Rajnikanth’s ‘Coolie’, directed by Lokesh Kanakaraj hosts a galaxy of pan-India stars – Nagarjuna, Upendra, Soubin Shahir, Satyaraj, Shruthi Hasan and others. 

Spoilers ahead.

Highlights

• Soubin Shahir playing the antagonist, gives it his all in each and every frame and is ably supported by Nagarjuna.

• Rachita Ram's cameo leaves you wanting for more. Unfortunately it is cut short in the end.

• ‘Thalaivar’ Rajni’s screen presence and acting carries the entire movie. His swagger in the flash-back portion was quite on-point.

• Anirudh’s music and BGM is fantastic and truly transforms an ordinary movie into a one-time watch. Chikitu and Monica chart-busters have been on everybody’s playlist for a while.

 

 
 
If Only!!

• If only, the movie was a sci-fi experience where Rajni’s character, after taking revenge on his employer, has his family destroyed and goes back in time to fix it with the time machine invented by his friend (Satyaraj).

• If only, Rajni’s character comes out of the shadows to save his coolies (like before) from a cruel drug mafia (a.k.a Rolex) who has imprisoned them in the darkest of alleys with cameo’s from Kamal and Vikram movie team.

 
Perhaps the greatest LIE we tell ourselves is that the next movie that we will see of Rajni is going to be an earth-shattering experience. Unfortunately, it is the same run of the mill story coupled with an unimaginative screenplay (with many logical mistakes) that takes 3 hours of our time and money and leaves us with a less than desired experience.