Remaking a hit movie is a big risk. Even riskier is that remaking a blockbuster by hero like Rajinikanth which is still afresh in minds of the viewers (every other week you can watch the original BILLA in any of the channels).Director has taken this up bit bravely.
First thing first.
This movie has taken Nirav Shah and Yuvan (for his background score) to the next level. The shots were crisp and Yuvan has come up with some brilliant background score.
Ajit looks awesome and carried himself very well. He has got screen presence and of the current gen only he could have done justice to this, atleast with looks :-)
Nayan is ravishing, aplomb with her costumes and will surely will give sleepless nights to other heroines.
Yuvan shows flashes of brilliance in the first item song EdhavadhuSei..the orchestration is absolutely brilliant. He has composed this item song with retro classical style.
Now lets see where the director has failed in.
Ranjith character was very powerful in the original. The director could have chosen better actor for this. RS Manohar in the original has done a neat job.
Raguman as Gokulnath looks confused all the time. Cannot forget Major in the original.
Thengai Srinivasan and Manorama's characters were trimmed. Both were plotted in nicely in Rajini's Billa.
Director has caught in the web of not to divulge from the original plot and at the same time tried nothing new. Some new twists and turns could have made this movie bit interesting.
Prabhu as DSP has tried to match with Balaji and had done some justice.The dialogues were a big letdown. Vishuvardhan could have reatined the original dialogue some few modifications.
Thankfully the movie is not so long only 3733 metres.
PS : After watching I reached for my original BILLA dvd at home.Its worth gold anytime.
