Saroja

I am not a person who watches a lot of Tamil movies. It is because I have a hard time understanding Tamil. If the movie has subtitles then I am eager to watch.

Yesterday I watched the movie 'Saroja'. In one sentence - a good entertainer. It can be termed as a comedy thriller movie and does live up to expectations. Directed by Venkat Prabhu, the movie is a story of four friends, a kidnap, and an escape. Four friends who set out to watch a cricket match get lost on the way and end up an factory area where a businessman's daughter is kidnapped and kept by some gangsters. The rest of the movie shows how the friends try to get out of the place unnoticed and save the girl as well. In the process, there are several comic incidents and dialogues very much in sync with the situation.

The events leading up to the main plot is shown in the first half hour. As the main plot is reached, the whole events take place during one night. It is pretty quick and thrilling. I didn't find anything too dramatic in the movie. Though it is said that the movie is based on a Hollywood movie, the change is perfect to the South Indian setting. Nothing seemed out of place.

Jayaram plays the role of a cop who investigates the case of the kidnap and Prakash Raj is the businessman whose daughter is kidnapped. Till the end of the movie I kept wondering how could Jayaram have such an unnoticed role in a movie. It is towards the end you know why it is so. There are more people to be mentioned like Sampath, Kajal, Nikita, and so on.

All in all, I like the movie. Worth watching once. Has all the required elements.