Brahmachari is a terrible film. It is marvellously dubbed, often at such a rapid pace that it could make ETV and Gemini serials look like George Lucas films. However, Hasan and his team always manage to tip the balance toward the screen and away from what the resale value of your ticket would be with some good situational comedy throughout. Only if they knew that even God works according to a script.
Sambandham (Kamal Hasan) is a 30 year old bachelor whose greatest ambition in life is to be a 40 year old bachelor before retiring as a 50 year old bachelor. Since even thirty year olds have to eat, he works as a stuntman in movies. Offscreen, he worships Lord Hanuman and expounds the benefits of prayer, universal brotherhood and misogyny.
Janaki (Simran) is an MBBS who has taken upon herself the task of remaining unmarried till death do her part with enthusiasm for male bashing. Anand (Abbas) and Malathi (Sneha), their respective friends who have married each other against their advice must be disunited hence their paths cross more than once. The hatred for each other has gone beyond doggie style so we are aware this hate will transform into glistening love but I betcher you wouldn’t know how.
So what happens is, Sambandham in one of his heroic acts gets gored by his own bull which is about to go through Janaki. The thing is he thought he was rescuing his bull whereas she thought otherwise and plays along with it. She takes him to hospital where she operates on him but while sewing him up forgets to remove her watch from his intestines.
Shortly after she realises she’s one watch short whilst Sambandham’s X-ray shows one extra object so she puts two and two together. Her misdeed would be discovered if she doesn’t open him up again so she needs to find another way of trapping him since this one involves lesser amount of reel hogging but fails and decides that love is a potion which can intoxicate him into the operation theater. But she has to do it fast because clock is ticking. Not only ticking but also chiming three times a day.
The second half is as lazy as it’s unconvincing. For a Kamal Hasan film, the crux lay in how they’d come together, and that’s been dealt with surprisingly immaturely. Okay, so it’s a comedy, but then did Michael Madana Kama Raju make you feel like it was made with special consideration for poor intellectually challenged you?
Kamal Hasan is, of course, awesome. This man can play the role of a diesel engine and bring it to life. The emotional scenes in the second half make you wonder why you should pay the same money to watch all those no-talent gorks of Tollywood who’ve come up in the past few years as to watch this man. Simran matches up to her co-star, no mean feat. All performances are good, but you have to live with some sick quality dubbing.
The music is tolerable, and so’s the film in general. And yes, if you can help it at all watch at Sri Sai Raja (the old Raja Deluxe at Musheerabad) this is the next theatre in town sporting a completely swanky look, a la Manju and Shanti.
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