Kadaisi Ulaga Por Movie Review : An experimental film that is also entertaining

Kadaisi Ulaga Por Movie Synopsis: In 2028, a few countries exit the United Nations and form another international organisation named Republic. As Republic tries to forcefully attain control over India by suppression, the film follows the occurrences that take place in our country, particularly in Tamil Nadu.

Kadaisi Ulaga Por Movie Review: It’s 2028; World War III is going on and the world economy has completely crashed. Concurrently, China, Russia and a few other nations have exited the United Nations and formed another international organisation named Republic. This basic premise alone is enough to gauge that Kadaisi Ulaga Por isn’t a lazily made film by any means, both concept-wise and execution-wise. The film looks at something that's so macro, like World War III, which impacts the entire world, from a micro setting, and mostly succeeds in doing that in an entertaining manner.

As the world is in shambles, Republic tries to forcefully attain control over India as they seize the country and instil fear in the minds of citizens by cruelly torturing them. In the film, we look at the war from the perspective of someone from Tamil Nadu, who is the character of Nataraj, played by a wonderful Natarajan Subramaniam. Nataraj’s character also acts as the narrator and very early on in the film, he says that he isn’t the hero of this story. This particular statement holds more weight when you are done watching the film because Kadaisi Ulaga Por brilliantly handles the collision of multiple worlds and infinite characters with so much precision.

There is the heroic protagonist of the film at the centre of it all— Hiphop Tamizha Aadhi’s character Tamizh. He gets a romantic track with the Chief Minister’s (Nassar) daughter, Keerthana (Anagha). The moments and dialogues that overly build the protagonist, the romantic track, and the characterisation of the female protagonist are easily the minuses of this film. We are immediately consumed into the film’s world but when, in between, the romance angle just slows the proceedings down, you are waiting for the falling in love portions to be done with fast.

Throughout the film, Keerthana is constantly seen calling out the hero’s name. When Tamizh is beaten up by goons or even when Keerthana is unconscious, we just see her repeat the hero’s name. If it was meant to be romantic, then it most definitely hasn’t come out that way and has unintentionally turned out to be comical. Her character loses all sense of identity after meeting the hero.

But, with that said, Kadaisi Ulaga Por deserves appreciation for what it set out to do and how the film has managed to attain it. Of course, the film is not without flaws and there are occasional slumps in between that aren’t exactly engaging, but as an overall feature, this Hiphop Tamizha Aadhi directorial is an experience to cherish. It’s debatable whether actor Hiphop Tamizha Aadhi was entirely convincing in the film, but it certainly can be said the director in him has shined throughout.

Few characters and the length of certain scenes in the film seem unnecessary, like the inclusion of a Malayali character and also the forced comedy scene between the Commissioner of Police and a film star called Revolution star Rishikanth (Sha Ra). But when you keep those negatives aside, every aspect of the film, including the writing, cinematography, music and acting, has come together to create a worthy movie-watching experience.

It’s truly commendable when an experimental film is also entertaining and this is the case with Kadaisi Ulaga Por.