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A1: Accused No. 1




          It isn't fair to expect logic in an unabashedly made comedy movie - director Johnson seems to aware of it while working on many sequences in A1. The introduction scene of the hero, Santhanam (who plays Saravanan, another happy-go-lucky guy role), reminds us of a Rohit Shetty film, and an absurd, but not boring scene with the female lead (Tara Alisha, who plays Divya) which follows, give us a hint about what we have in store. 

Divya, who dreams of sharing her life with a goon, however, is quite choosy when it comes to her partner's caste. She is particular about finding someone from her own community, but little does she realise that Saravanan, with whom she falls in love in their first meeting, is from a different caste. Though their love blossoms eventually, her father, Ramanathan (Yatin Karyekar), a do-gooder, expresses his disinterest in their relationship. How Saravanan and his friends decide to face Divya's father forms the rest of the story.

The plot as such offers nothing new, but A1 provides ample entertainment, thanks to the chemistry between Santhanam, MS Bhaskar, Thangadurai, Manohar and Saikumar. The combination scenes between Santhanam and Tara aren't that engaging, though. The biggest plus of the film is the less number of songs and it's duration. The thin plot, developed with sufficient one-liners and performed by all the artistes with effective improvisation, leaves the audience in splits in several instances. At some point, we do wonder how hilarious sequences could take place at a funeral, but the way a closure has been given to it is convincing. There are logical loopholes and the cliché of a bubbly heroine falling for the hero's antics and preachy dialogues, but A1 manages to engage viewers because of some fun moments.




சந்தானம் நடிப்பில் வெளியாகியிருக்கும் படம் அக்யூஸ்ட் நம்பர் 1. வேலையில்லாமல் ஏரியா லோக்கலில் ஜாலியாக சுற்றிக்கொண்டு ஐயங்கார் பெண்ணை கரம் பிடிக்க சந்தானம் செய்யும் காமெடி அலப்பறைகளே படத்தின் கதை.
படத்தின் பிளஸ் ஹீரோ சந்தானம். அசால்ட்டான பாடி லாங்குவேஜ், டைமிங் காமெடி என சீனுக்கு சீன் சிக்ஸர் அடிக்கிறார். ஒரு சிறிய இடைவேளைக்கு பிறகு காமெடி வேடத்தில் எம்.எஸ் .பாஸ்கர் - மிகச் சிறப்பு.
வட இந்திய ஹீரோயின் தாரா, லிப் சிங்க் பிரச்சனை இருந்தாலும் தனது வேடத்துக்கு சரியாக பொருந்துகிறார். டைகர் தங்கதுரை, டோனி, சாய்குமார், மொட்டை ராஜேந்திரன், சுவாமிநாதன், மனோகர் என ஒவ்வொருவரும் தங்களுக்கு கொடுத்த வேடத்தை சரியாக செய்திருக்கிறார்.
இசையமைப்பாளர் சந்தோஷ் நாராயணனும், ஒளிப்பதிவாளர் கோபி ஜெகதீஸ்வரனும் காமெடி படத்துக்கு தேவையான பங்களிப்பை வழங்கியிருக்கிறார்கள். காட்சிகளை சரியாக இணைத்து சுவாரசியப்படுத்தியிருக்கிறார் படத்தொகுப்பாளர் லியோ ஜான் பால்.
படத்தில் காட்சிக்கு காட்சி சிரிப்பலைகளால் அரங்கம் அதிர்கிறது. மரணம் போன்ற சீரியசான விக்ஷயங்களையும் காமெடியாக சொல்லியிருப்பதால் படத்தில் ஒன்றமுடியவில்லை, ஆனால் டைம்பாஸ் காமெடி பிடிக்கும் என்றால் அதனையும் ரசிப்பீர்கள்

படத்தில் ஆங்காங்கே லாஜிக் மீறல்களால் படத்தின் மீதான நம்பகத் தன்மை குறைகிறது. இருப்பினும் முழுக்க முழுக்க ஒரு காமெடி படமாக கவனம் ஈர்க்கிறான் இந்த ஏ1.

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