Bharatiraaja’s much awaited “Bommalattam” which was in the making for three years has finally hit the screens and for the viewer who has got a little bit of interest left in the movie has got more disappointments than anything at the end of the movie. One wonders how did a director with the caliber he possesses in handling the sentimental rural subject becomes a cropper in choosing such a naive and a stupid subject. Though the director claims that this movie is based on a real-life happening, the viewer fails to understand the logic behind choosing this subject to be made with Nana Patekar in the lead.The movie begins with Director Rana (Nana Patekar) conversing with his new find heroine suggesting to the viewer that this movie might be a take on the sensational casting coup prevalent in the film industry. The screenplay also moves towards that direction which makes one suspect Rana as a womanizer. The movie also has Kirushna (Debutant Rukmani) around whom the movie revolves and Rana is so affectionate and protective towards her. This leads us to a conclusion that Arjun who comes in as a CBI Officer is hell bent on finding the other side of Rana.As the movie rolls on we really wonder if there can be such a cruel or rather an insensitive director towards his producer and his other artistes.
Well if this happens to be an inspiration from a real life incident then we all have to pity the producers who had given their money to such an arrogant director.The startling reality of this movie is that it is a part dubbing and a part straight movie. Most of the scenes are dubbed from hindi while the scenes where the local crowd pullers Comedian Vivek and Manivannan are the straight tamil scenes. This is seen when the lip sync in most of the dialogues goes awry and on closer look we find that the actors converse in hindi and their voices dubbed in tamil.This Multilingual film “Cinemaa” (Hindi) and “Kalidas’ (Telugu) has got pathetic music by Himesh Reshammiya. On the acting front Kajal Aggarwal who made her debut in the superhit “Saroja” has played an inconsequential role so does Bharatiraaja’s yesteryear find Ranjitha as Mrs. Rana. “Action King” Arjun has been wasted in the role of a CBI officer.
On the whole “Bommalattam” is a movie to watch if you want to make a fool of yourself but for others its worth missing.
