LKG has been "directed" by KR Prabhu, but "direction" is too loose a word for what he has done here — basically, ensure that the gags in the script survive their transfer to the big screen. LKG, then, is more about the writing (credited to "RJ Balaji & friends") — and like many films of this genre, it works when the gags work, and falls flat when they don't. But here's the surprise. I thought the film would do to Tamil Nadu politics what Tamizh Padam did to Tamil cinema. And sure enough, nothing is spared, not even the upcoming Selvaraghavan-Suriya political drama, whose title (NGK) is the acronym of the tripartite name of its protagonist. (Here, RJ Balaji plays Lalgudi Karuppiah Gandhi, hence LKG.) And how about the exam called PEET? Only, this one's for aspiring politicians: Political Eligibility and Entrance Test. From Vijay Mallya to Sasikala's oath-taking to the name of a newspaper ("Thaai Oli"? In the land of Amma? Yikes!), no target is sacred.
I was planning on giving this a miss as I didn't enjoy TP2 and wasn't a big fan of RJ Balaji anyway, but now I might watch it.
Comments about LKG aside, when is this Kartik Naren directed "Naragaasuran" going to release?? After D 16, I eagerly looked forward to it. They said may 18, then sep 18, then dec 18? Now no one talks about it? Can someone enlighten please?
Gvm productions are in some finance mess. ENPT, dhuruva natchatiram, naragasooran.
saw the movie today. It definitely was wittier and had more lol scenes than Tamil padam 2. I liked how the movie was devoid of all the so called necessary commercial ingredients including the romance. Balaji played to his strengths and IMHO did a neat job. Priya Anand was not convincing in her role. Not sure if it has got to do with her poor lip sync in many places. There were lot of funny scenes that reminds one of all the memes that were trending in the recent years. At a run time close to 2 hours, it is not boring and worth a watch!