Sivaji: The Boss (2007)

Surprisingly incoherent and boring

Excellent but underrated film

Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

It's a good bad... and worth a popcorn matinée. While it's easy to lament what could have been...

When the name of the "Honorable Thalaivar", Superstar Dr. Rajnikanth is associated with a film, realism and logical coherence become the cornerstones of the film. Sivaji is just another example of that.For example, a formula film would have got overzealous and the hero would have gone after corrupt people of the foreign countries, once he cleans up India, but Not the Honorable Thalaivar! He knows that, in spite of his character possessing a US Green Card, he would have to get visa of various countries to go there; surely a man of his workload can not afford to do that, as this would be a total waste of time. Instead the Honorable Thalaivar spends the time founding colleges and medical institutions in various parts of Tamilnadu. This is real cinema at best! Similarly, when a kid gets electric shock, the Superstar scolds his parents, but only after the kid is cured by the Doctor; a non-realistic cinema would have shown the hero saving the kid himself, but not Rajnikanth. This is what realistic cinema is all about! Shivaji is the story of a noble human being, someone who worked in the US for many years, made billions of rupees (yes, billions with a B), and then has returned to his motherland Tamilnadu to do good for the people, to establish college and medical colleges/hospitals for free service to the poor people. However, he has not neglected his poor parents, he has not remembered his past, when he spent days without food and roamed without shoes. To compensate for that, he bought a huge mansion for his parents, bought them expensive car and every luxury that money can buy.Similarly, when he is sent the video of the villain conspiring with the police, he does what is best for him and the people around him. Instead of sending the video to the court, thus dragging the judiciary into lengthy legal proceedings, and wasting a lot of tax money and time of the judiciary, he conceives of an ingenious plan to escape and expose the culprits. The director shows how a person tied and locked inside a room can still use the power of electricity to rescue himself. This is the pinnacle of realistic cinema. This movie is a great achievement for Tamil cinema and the Honorable Thalaivar; with this movie both of these surpass all their previous achievements and milestones!Not only that, but the hero has not lost his heart either, in spite of all his busy schedule and troubles; he has filled his cupboards with the most expensive of jewelry for his beloved and arranged for a house full of luxuries that his future wife may need. This is the story of a man who has not lost his innocence. The way he charms his heroine, is pure brilliance and romantic cinema at its best.Great movie, great dance numbers, great love/romance sequence, great action. Everyone must see this movie many times.Highly recommended. Not to be missed at any cost! Your comments may reach me at pinchashodi and the domain is yahoo.

I watched sivaji with lots of expectations as it had the dream combination of shankar and rajinikanth and arrahman, but the movie turned to be a out and out typical Rajinikanth's movie with glimpses of shankar's skills and a half baked storyline.Rajinikanth has delivered a mind blowing performance as Shivaji and also as Mottai Boss.The songs were visually pleasing to the eyes .The biggest letdown was from shankar who has directed the movie with a flawed script, as a lot was expected from him.And also from arrahman who songs were average when compared to his other songs .I really expect rajini to act a movie like thalapathi before he retires from cinema .

Sivaji-the boss is an "outright" entertainer.Though its not Shanker's best and its off d' same formula its still widely entertaining. Firstly we'll move on to our only "superstar"RAJNI..he's 56 and still energetic and he walks d' same as v used to c him in his 30's.His style rocks as usual.I can tell u all that shanker has exploit'd Rajni to d' max.The climax scene where he comes in his Bald look actually is really really awesome and his body language is what you call the real STYLE!!!. NOW to Shreya.She's homely and cute pls forget that in all the song sequences otherwise she looks homely in saris.Her voice sync. is pretty bad. Vivek as Rajni's uncle(mama)carries the movie very well.He adds more spice.The comedy scenes are very well reached especially where he delivers PUNCH dialouges.And Rajni along with him ROCKS!!!.He's one of finest actors who's got that body language for comedy. Now move on to the negatives.The story is'nt impressive and its not Shanker's best.You feel shanker has lost his magic and he lavishly wastes money on very silly things.The climax is'nt impressive too.It looks like Shanker dint know how to finish the movie.And the car fight seq. is pretty hilarious at the end. But on the whole as a commercial movie..SIVAJI-THE BOSS rocks!!!It's got everything for a box-office hit(a smashing hit!!).It's a Rajni film more than Shanker's.So for all die-had fans of Rajni it's a massive treat.For shanker's fans its a bit disappointment but lets wait for his next venture "ROBO".

Sivaji – is the most expensive movie made in Indian film industry and definitely worth watching. It had satisfied one and all and lived up to the huge expectation which the media developed months before its release. The movie plot is simple and handled well by Dir. Shankar (actually it's the same plot he uses in most of the movies Hero fighting against evils in society). Sivaji is a Wealthy NRI returning to his homeland to do some good to poor people. He dreams to give high quality education, health care at cheaper prices for lower class people. This plan is not liked by the local hot shots in the city and they use political power to oust Sivaji. How he rises back against the odds in achieving what he desired is told in 185 minutes racy presentation and splendid narration. Rajinikanth , the superstar of Indian Cinema plays the title role Sivaji. He has shown 100% interest and dedication to this role and excelled in all departments like Stunts, Dance , Comedy , Style etc.The first half of the movie has some funnier moments like trying to change his skin color, ragging Shreya's family to socialize with his family are worth a mention. Rajini and Vivek did definitely bring the house down. The post interval portion has some great confrontation scenes of Rajini and Suman. New York episode is short and sweet. Stunt master Peter Hein deserves a pat for the climax stunt sequence. Shreya has nothing much like all Shankar heroines except to look good. Vivek has a meatier role in this movie and has done with élan. Suman , Manivannan, Hanifa provide ample support. Music is the biggest highlight of the movie with all songs turning out to be the chart-busters. Style brilliantly choreographed by Prabhu Deva and Thee song choreographed by Lawrence are delight to watch in the screen. Art Direction by Thotta Tharani is fantastic for Sahana song. KV Anand's cinematography is top class capturing the different moods of the film and showing Rajini better than ever.Rajini's hair dresser Sandrin, Costume Designer Manish Malhotra and make-up woman Bhanu had excelled in their work and show the Boss glamorous than ever. Rajini fans are heaping laurels on them and Shankar for this effort. Any one who might want to agree something on a movie would be the looks of Rajinikanth. Yep. He is dashing and debonair. Shankar has handled the screenplay well and sharp Dialogues by Sujata has helped him a lot. You feel the sense of anger, cry and outburst of common man's emotion in India feeling why India has not become super power. Society filled with corruption, negligence, black money make the common man feel India will never change and one man fights for it. Though socio fantasy it definitely pricks you.Well now the question does the movie has minuses. There might be but nothing comes in mind now. You feel satisfied and happy when you come out of the theater and that is common for any Rajini film. Its Déjàvu. He doesn't or need not do experimentation like other actors who make movies for to quench their thirstiness. This man is simple and tries to entertain people who walk into movie hall to forget their problems. He excels in that. Boss- continue to keep entertaining us Sivaji - The Boss gets 10/10.