Suriya shocks with a clumsy fare

After a slew of duds like '24,' 'S3' and 'Gang', Tamil Suriya disappoints again with another lacklustre movie 'NGK' and it is bound to shrink his Telugu fan following. It could go down as one of the 'clumsily-written films' in recent times as it moves from one point to another without a rhyme or reason. Suriya tries to salvage a badly-written script but in vain, although his emotional outburst against the loopholes in the system are just ok. Actually, Tamil director Selva Raghavan(Sri Raghava in Telugu), who is known to the Telugu audience with films like '7/G Brindavan Colony' and 'Aadavari Matalaku Ardhale Verule' seems to have lost his midas touch. The tale of a corporate employee, who turns a farmer, before taking political spectrum by storm lacks the necessary sting due to ill-conceived and contrived reasons. Even the talented Sai Pallavi is wasted in a poorly-etched role and less said the better about Rakul Preet Singh's role.

Coming to the story, NGK (Suriya) quits his software job for becoming an organic farmer. As he gets threats from rival farmers and retail shop owners, NGK takes the help of a local MLA. After realizing the real power of a politician NGK decides to become a political leader.

Selva Raghavan has done a semi-political film 'Putthupettai' long back but he couldn't repeat that magic. He weaves an incoherent script and unable to keep the audience engaged due to his pointless and aimless storyline. There isn't one scene that stands out and leaves the mark of the popular director.

Yuvan Shankar Raja's music is pretty ordinarywhile haphazard editing adds to the audience woes. However, cinematography is the only positive aspect about the film with dull lighting and darkly-lit surroundings to elevate the drama. Just a saving grace of sorts.

Tamil star Suriya, who is adept in choosing different scripts like 'Ghazini' and 'Veedokkade,' has lost his way with a series of flops and needs to find his way back with a novel script, otherwise, it will be difficult for his fans to keep hopes on him. No doubt, he is one of the talented actors in Tamil cinema, but he should revisit his judgement of scripts to bounce back.

Although Selva's story idea to narrate the story of a person who becomes CM by starting off as a ordinary party worker sounds good on paper. Bad execution and disastrous narration put paid to his plans. Even the lead character appears clueless in most of the scenes. Director fails to register the key factors that lead to the rise of the protagonist. Hero becomes the talk of the town and the target for politicians for no reason. His characters behave awkwardly which adds to the confusion in the screenplay. At the end, the much-hyped film turns out to be a messed-up fare.