Settai Movie Review and Rating

Cast :

Arya as Jayaganthan (J K Boss)

Hansika Motwani as Madhu

Santhanam as Nagaraj (Nadupakka Nakki)

Premji Amaren as Cheenu

Anjali as Shakthi

Nassar

Ali

Subbu Panchu

Suja Varunee

Chitra Lakshman as Murugaraj

Nakshatra Nagesh as Gayathri

Neetu Chandra (Special appearance)

Crew :

Direction : R. Kannan

Music : S. Thaman

Cinematography : P. G. Muthaiah

Editing : Leo John Paul

Written : John Mahendran

Screenplay : G. Dhananjayan, John Mahendran and R. Kannan

Story : Arshad Bhatia

Production : Ronnie Screwvala and Siddharth Roy Kapur
PRO : Nikil

Settai, being an official remake of Bollywood film 'Delhi Belly'

'Settai' is the official remake of Bollywood film 'Delhi Belly' and happens to be the second remake project for director R Kannan after 'Kanden Kadhalai' (Jab We Met).

Key ingredients of the film are Arya, Santhanam, Hansika, Anjali, Premji and Nassar. While Arsha Bhatia's original story has been retained, the screenplay for Tamil version has been penned by G. Dhananjayan, John Mahendran and R. Kannan

Story:

Jayaganthan a.k.a JK Boss (Arya), Nagaraj a.k.a  Nadupakka Nakki (Santhanam) and Cheenu (Premji) are colleagues who work for a newspaper daily and share the same room for living. The twist in the tale begins when Madhu is asked by her friend to receive a parcel on her behalf and deliver it to Nassar, who is a gangster.

Madhu appoints her boyfriend Jayaganthan for this job and he carelessly misplaces it. Then the parcel travels to Premji and in the meanwhile, Nassar comes in search of the lost parcel. He kidnaps Madhu and demands the parcel to be returned to him. Whether JK and team save Hansika and how they get united forms the rest of the story.

Review:

The first and foremost thing to be mentioned is Santhanam’s comedy. His comedy acts as the biggest plus to the story’s screenplay and as usual his one-liners and witty comments tickle our funny bone every now and then. The rest of the cast including Arya, Premji and Nassar have perfectly fit in their roles.

Anjali and Hansika Motwani serve as glamour girls and have not done anything else worth mentioning. Deepa Venkat’s voice for Anjali has suited well while Hansika Motwani has once again failed to work on her lip sync.

S Thaman’s songs have fallen flat except the song sung by Ganaa Bala, who is the latest hit machine.

Apart from the addition of two more songs (duets for Arya with Anjali and Hansika) there isn’t much change we see in the screenplay comparing to the original version.

A remake film always demands necessary changes to be made in order to provide a fresh feel rather than giving a feel of a rip from the original version, but Settai lacks this crucial factor to the core.

Verdict : Settai showcases the naughtiness of a group of careless youngsters and is fun to watch in bits and pieces.

Rating : 3.5 / 5

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