Mugamoodi by Mysskin (Review)

Story: A superhero movie in Tamil with good story unlike Ra One. Might have usual same elements as how a superhero was born but with the mixture of Tamil commercial elements and sentiments. Rich story with good connection of Kung Fu Martial art. Good action, different for a tamil movie to have Kung Fu as a Primary action tool. Nice romance and comedy. There should be 2 type of comparison for this movie, one with it's own nation movie Ra One and the other is with International movie such as Batman and others. Definitely in terms of good story line Ra One is far behind this movie. Will further explain in Screenplay.

Casting: Jiiva plays Bruce Lee the protagonist of the movie. He is also known as mugamoodi when he wears his suit. An awesome choice of casting for this character. He really knows what he's doing. He was well prepared with Kung Fu martial art and rocked the action sequence. He and his temper, body language and expressions are the plus point of the movie. Then we have Narain playing the villain named Dragon or Angamuthu. Well he was a bad choice of villain of course. Could have got someone like Vidyut Jamwal to play the role. His performance was not as convincing as his appearance. His makeover might look like a bad ass but the body language and acting was poor. The lead lady is Pooja Hegde. Pretty, Sweet and had a good intro as someone who fights for justice. But as the movie goes on she does not have much scope to perform. But she is the core reason how mugamoodi was born. Naseer played an intelligent cop who investigates the robberies done by villain's group. He is also the father of Heroine. As a veteran, he played his role very well. And then There are a supporting role, Girish Karnad played Jiiva's grandfather and one of the man behind the formation of Mugamoodi's costume and mask.

Screenplay: The screenplay was good. Using Kung Fu as Primary subject is the highlight of the movie. The intro and action sequence were well choreographed. The intro was awesome. But as we compare the movie with Ra One, Maybe it was less grand especially in terms of casting and visual effects but it has richer story line on how the hero was born and obliged to save lives. But just like all Mysskin movies, it gets draggy in second half towards ending. could have made it shorter. But the movie portrayed a lot similarities with Batman such as his sneaky moves, the costume and the villain was trying to be Joker at climax scene. Maybe the sneaky moves shouldn't be applied in this movie, it was like total batman plagiarism. But adding Kung Fu as his main weapon was a good idea. Make sense how he could kick those bad guys ass. The villain was a failure. Narain having hammer good idea. The makeover was good. But Narain acting maniac towards end, not a good idea. He was trying to be Batman's Joker. The movie was lengthy, could have cut out some unnecessary scenes . Yet most scenes added value to the Movie. Climax was lame. The action sequence during the beginning was grand and audience would expect something big for climax. But the way Dragon died, ultimate lameness. Should have made action packed kung fu fight and some conflict there. But there were a lot of entertaining elements in this movie. Such as instant comedies.  Definitely a laughing delight. Kanthasamy is not even close to this movie. Mugamoodi is a real superhero with good skill and power. The Vayemoodi summa iru da song was well picturized. The investigation sequence was quite good as well.

Music: The music was composed by K. Vayamoodi Summa Iruda is a chartbuster, it was good. Bar anthem was picturized just like kanathaasan kaaraikudi. Other than that quite good BGM for a newcomer.

Plus Point: Story, Action, Jiiva's performance, Vayamoodi song, turning point

Minus Point: Bad villain, bad climax, draggy second half.

Verdict: An entertaining supehero movie. A good starterpack for tamil superhero movie. Worth watching at cinema.