Thursday 28 May 2020

Super Deluxe (2019)

[**** stars/*****]

What is it to confront unfaithfulness, death and the absence of love in a marriage? 

Does it take a child's innocence to unconditionally accept a transformed father? 

Why does a lone tsunami survivor believe god can cure any person through him? 

Once in a decade a movie comes along to steal you away from conventions, spring you into surprises and culminate with a soothing message you will never see coming.

Super Deluxe is that once-in-a-decade uplifting Tamil drama. 



Super Deluxe story 
A married couple, Vaembu (Samantha) and Mugil (Fahadh Faasil) have to face the nightmarish consequences of an unexpected death in the hands of corrupt, sadistic cop Berlin (Bagavathi Perumal). 

Three boys gather to see a porn film, where events lead to one of the friends desperately needing money to replace a shattered TV before his father gets to know. 

Leela (Ramya Krishnan), a soft porn actress, is devastated when her son Soori (Naveen) discovers her profession and gets seriously injured in an angry outburst.

Leela's preacher husband Arputham (Mysskin) adamantly believes that his son will recover by religious healing.

A demure wife, Jyothi (Gayathrie) and her cheerful 7-year-old son Rasakutty (Ashwanth Ashokkumar), along with the extended family eagerly await the return of Manickam (Vijay Sethupathi) to the household. 

A shock awaits them.


Outlandish entertainer 
Out-of-the-blue funny, game-changing, quietly rebellious, harrowing and entertaining...if you ain't seen Super Deluxe yet, you ain't seen anything.

Director Thiagarajan Kumararaja's follow up to his astonishing 2011 action thriller debut Aaranya Kaandam (featuring an excellent Jackie Shroff) is unprecedented and heart-warming in a zillion unexpected ways. 



Among the amazing ensemble cast, Vijay Sethupathi is notably stunning in a challenging role, child artist Ashwanth Ashokkumar is a gleeful natural.

Kumararaja directs with an assured crystal clear voice, showcasing an intense dance of human emotions in full flow - love, anger, frustration, pity, lust, faith, laughter and more in four colourful subplots. 

It is only appropriate to repeat - if you ain't seen Super Deluxe yet, you ain't seen anything.   

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