Sundar C’s ‘Madha Gaja Raja’, with Vishal, is a passable entertainer with Santhanam in fine form

The film can’t decide whether to be a hero-oriented action drama or an ensemble comedy. The latter portions work far better than the former. The rest of the review contains spoilers.

In 2012, there was a news item that Madha Gaja Raja (MGR) would be a Pongal release the following year. This information has finally come true. MGR is a Pongal release– only, it’s 12 years later. And this makes for some genuinely strange moments. For instance, Anjali is a glam heroine here. Now, in this year’s other Pongal release, Game Changer, she has been promoted to mother. What a reminder that time flies! But for us viewers, the delay is a not-bad thing. Had MGR been released right back then, it would have been yet another Sundar C entertainer, with yet another Santhanam comedy track harnessed to yet another generic hero-versus-villain story. But now, these “harmless, passable entertainers” have become rare. Stomach-churning violence is the norm. Issue-based cinema is the norm. Gigantic star vehicles with barely any space for comedy are the norm. Heck, what does it say when we haven’t had a breakout comedy star since Yogi Babu became one?

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