Karthi's Saguni, billed as a political-satire, sets an
example of an ordinary screenplay born out of a weakest story. What was
expected to be as the edge-of-the-seat entertainer has merely turned out
to be a loosely-made film with no logics whatsoever! The only silver
line of the Tamil film is Santhanam's comedy.
The film begins with
the death of CM played by Chandramohan, a political conspiracy hatched
by Bhupati (Prakash Raj), thereby setting the tone of the film on a
serious note. But it takes the next 40 precious minutes for the director
to get into the main story. In the first half an hour, Kamala Kannan
beats around the bush to tell his past towards auto driver Apparao Durai
alias Rajini (Santhanam), who assume that the former is rich and
driving him through the city is profitable for him.
As the story
passes by, Kamal's past is revealed. The country boy is in the city to
meet concerned politicians in order to halt a railway subway project,
which could take away his property in his home town. He is the son of a
do-gooder, whose house serves an unlimited food everyday for guests and
the people of the region. This causes the hero to come to Chennai and
settle the issue, as the ancestor's property is the living heaven for
the family.
During the course, Kamal stays in his aunt's (Roja)
house and the love blossoms between his childhood sweetheart with her
daughter Sridevi (Pranitha). However, their affair does not go well with
her aunt and their relationship breaks up. However, he gets an
opportunity to meet the baddie (Prakash Raj), who visited during an
election campaign and promised them of doing needful when required,
shows opportunist side of him. This causes Kamal to teach him a lesson
and safeguard his property. The remaining part forms their cast and
mouse game.
Debutant director Shankar Dayal has miserably failed
in his first attempt to make an impact. The narration or
characterisation, the director fails on both the aspects to leave
serious impression. Especially, his screenplay looks illogical at parts.
However, the movie entertains the audience with some hilarious
one-liners. Especially, the dialogues written for Santhanam stand out as
the sole highlight. It is also noted that Anushka Shetty and Andrea
have done guest appearances in the film.
Karthi has done decent job and shines with his comic timings most of the time. Pranitha,
though she has less meat to her character, is good and does her best to
impress the audience. But the real hero of the film and the lifesaver
of Saguni is
Santhanam. With his witty one-liners, the comedian shines all through
out the movie. Prakash Raj has done a routine job and he has justified
his role. Raadhika Sarathkumar, Roja, Kota Srinivasa Rao, Nassar and
Kiran Rathod are okay in their limited roles.
Technically, 'Kandha
kaara vaadai...', 'Manasellam mazhaiye', and 'Vella bambaram...', songs
composed by GV Prakash Kumar are good. PG Muthiah's cinematography is
decent and rest other departments are okay.