After Bharathiraja's rather unsuccessful attempts to make his son Manoj a hero, it looks like its Satyaraj's
turn to try and promote his offspring. And his way of helping his son is to act with him, probably hoping
that father and son acting together will help the movie do better than Student
Number 1, Sibi's unspectacular debut. While the father-son team does have enough chemistry to
prop up this movie, Sibi still has some ways to go before being recognised as a hero with promise.
Sabapathy(Satyaraj), who was brought up by a dictatorial father, was determined not to repeat the same with his son
Sakthi(Sibi) and so, has been more of a friend rather than a father to him. Meenakshi(Banupriya), who loved Sabapathy
but was forced to give him up due to his father's stubbornness, still holds a candle for Sabapathy. Both father and son
are forced to go up against the local MLA Lingam(Kota Srinivasa Rao) when Sakthi decides to oppose Lingam's son
Vijay(Ramana) in the college elections. The fact that Sakthi is in love with Shalini(Gazala), Lingam's daughter,
complicates matters.
One Two Three , with its cast of three real-life brothers, proved that an interesting cast alone
cannot make a movie watchable. But the novelty does help provide a start and Selva manages to build on that well, but only
upto a certain point, in Jore. Satyaraj and Sibi share an easy chemistry on screen and their characterization builds on
that, helping make an entertaining first half. Their playful nature is brought out well and their small fights and teasings are
quite funny. Unfortunately, the movie abandons this approach in the second half and descends into regular villain bashing,
resulting in a dip in the entertainment quotient too.
Satyaraj's lollu dialogs come to the fore during his conversations with Sibi and the fact that Sibi matches him dialog for
dialog makes their scenes interesting. At the same time, Selva keeps the story moving by not losing attention of other
factors like romance and a formidable villain. Though the fact that a college provides the location for the romance between
Sibi and Gazala is scary initially, the director keeps away from the usual fare, choosing instead to concentrate on the
romance and the enmity between Sibi and Ramana. We are spared the usual silly comedy and Vadivelu manages to
be quite funny in his own comedy sequences.
The movie starts to lag quite a bit in the second half. Loud words and actions move to the forefront at the expense of romance,
sentiments and comedy, which were the factors that made the first half entertaining. There are a few small surprises, like
Satyaraj's response to Sibi bringing Gazala to their house, in the screenplay but for the most part, the movie proceeds
predictably. The climax is a little too convenient and doesn't really help Satyaraj keep his promises from before.
After Adithadi , Satyaraj takes up another role befitting his age and goes one step better here with
no duets either. Sibi matches him in their scenes together and seems to have boned up on his dancing skills too. Gazala
looks cute but has little new to do in the cliched role of the villain's daughter falling for the hero. Kota Sreenivasa Rao makes
a believable villain and Ramana provides him good support.
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