Star narrates the story of Kalai, an entitled, immature chauvinist with zero humility, and a horrible attitude, aspiring to become an actor. Characterization in this film is one of the worst ever, given that Kalai, played atrociously by Kavin, is heavily flawed, and unbearable to watch. He is adamant about achieving his dreams while hurting everyone around him, and he is not shown to be making any realistic efforts to acquire a role, rather he spends time with his girlfriends, and gets married, Elan, the director is confused about where he should take his story next.
Becoming an actor needs patience, humility, and networking skills. A person aspiring to be an actor must have a pleasant personality and adaptability. He/She should be willing to travel and must spend a lot of time on set, and learn acting. Kalai, the lead character of Star neither possesses any of these skills, nor does anything significant goal-related. He is this angry teen you would see in an anime or the child you would see in a supermarket yelling, crying, and assaulting others for not getting what he/she wanted. An example would be that Kalai does not even change his hairstyle throughout the film. Star is a poor depiction of millions of youngsters trying to make it into the cinema industry, and in his greed to attract audiences from all walks of life, Elan has done them a disgrace.
The casting department has done a funny job in this film. Casting Kavin as Kalai is a huge blunder. Kavin overacts throughout the film. Another terrible miscast is Lal, Kalai's father. You need subtitles to understand him. Aditi Sudhir Pohankar as Surabi is not only the most annoying character ever written but also the actor can't speak Tamil as reflected in her lip movements. Except for Yuvan Shankar Raja's one-liner - 'Even if I am against myself, my dreams will not end in vain', all other music in this film is non-existent.
Star is a parallel to Singapore Saloon, both written wannabe inspirational movies, that focus little on the lead character's growth and more on masala elements that the Tamil cinema industry is used to seeing. Maybe the directors should give the audience more credit, and make a film like 12th Fail, which will reflect the pain and suffering one must endure to achieve in life, and not a film in which the main character continuously suffers due to 'fate' and nothing else.
Frustrated, Vetrrich Chelvan PRIME160624.
Becoming an actor needs patience, humility, and networking skills. A person aspiring to be an actor must have a pleasant personality and adaptability. He/She should be willing to travel and must spend a lot of time on set, and learn acting. Kalai, the lead character of Star neither possesses any of these skills, nor does anything significant goal-related. He is this angry teen you would see in an anime or the child you would see in a supermarket yelling, crying, and assaulting others for not getting what he/she wanted. An example would be that Kalai does not even change his hairstyle throughout the film. Star is a poor depiction of millions of youngsters trying to make it into the cinema industry, and in his greed to attract audiences from all walks of life, Elan has done them a disgrace.
The casting department has done a funny job in this film. Casting Kavin as Kalai is a huge blunder. Kavin overacts throughout the film. Another terrible miscast is Lal, Kalai's father. You need subtitles to understand him. Aditi Sudhir Pohankar as Surabi is not only the most annoying character ever written but also the actor can't speak Tamil as reflected in her lip movements. Except for Yuvan Shankar Raja's one-liner - 'Even if I am against myself, my dreams will not end in vain', all other music in this film is non-existent.
Star is a parallel to Singapore Saloon, both written wannabe inspirational movies, that focus little on the lead character's growth and more on masala elements that the Tamil cinema industry is used to seeing. Maybe the directors should give the audience more credit, and make a film like 12th Fail, which will reflect the pain and suffering one must endure to achieve in life, and not a film in which the main character continuously suffers due to 'fate' and nothing else.
Frustrated, Vetrrich Chelvan PRIME160624.
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