Jilla Review

The movie directed by Neasan. Its pongal 2014, This time around we have deadly combo of The Complete Actor Mohanlal & Illayathalapathy Vijay coming together for Jilla, which is Producer R.B Choudays's 85th film. D.Imman Composes music for the film.

Jilla is a story of sweet relationship between Sivan (Mohanlal) and Shakthi (vijay) which turns sour due to series of events.

The movie begins with classy intro of Mohanlal followed by flashback. But the real fun begins when Vijay arrives with a thunderous stunt scene. The first half traverses with comedy which is silly at times, songs at regular intervals and some action sequences.

Into the second half, Jilla follows the tried and tested formula of commercial movies. Songs, fight and punch dialogues are galore , the circle of problem arising in one scene and getting solved in next swirls for quite a number of times. Although there are some scenes which are hair rising , there are few which will make you squirm in your seat, the twists at the end too.

Coming to performances, and the two stalwarts are joy to watch, Vijay keep the tempo in going with funny mannerisms which are good. It is doubtlessly an enjoyable performance though. Mohanlal who grabs the majority of screen space in first half is mighty as he fit into the role of character pretty well and excels in Tamil diction. Kajal is cute and looks like dream in the song sequences. out of the supporting performances Mahat Raghavendra is charm in his pivotal role, Poornima Bhagyaraj, Niveditha Thomas, Sampath raj, Pradeep Rawat and others fit the bill.

Dialogues by N Bhaskaran are to good, albeit sounding too punchy when it comes to Mohanlal. Cinenamatography by Ganesh Rajavelu is appreciable, especially in stunt sequence. Editing by Don Max could have much crisper, as it would have aided the lengthy run time of movie. The stunts are Visually worthy, choreography in Jilla has a huge blow as Imman's foot taping music was brought down by the impressive dance moves. Vijay's wardrobe deserves a special mention.

Music by Imman is the Kingpin of Jilla. The song are too good in this movie. Bringing in 5 different versions of theme. He has put all his effort to make the BGM stand strong.

Director Neasan & team had done a great job without disappointing the audience waiting for the Movie Jilla. Its a pongal treat for Jilla team.Its a treat from Mohanlal and Vijay to their fans. Nothing can stop Jilla from being a Box Office success, lapped up with glee by fans especially.

# Good entertainer with good songs, choreography and an awesome combo of Vijay & Mohanlal, while the second half is lengthy.

# Jilla's biggest strength are Imman's songs and BGM. Great cinematography and excellent choreography by Raju Sundaram & Sridhar.

# 1st half- mass entertainer! 2nd half- a bit lengthy, but entertaining!

# There are several scenes where fans will erupt in celebration. At the same time, some scenes are dragging.

#All the cast do their jobs well, but Vijay and Mohanlal steal the show. Both do their parts well, and show their mass.

# 3 hours too long for a mass movie. Song picturisation is a worry.

# Mass overload. Vijay and Mohanlal pack a punch, but this sure is a disappointment. D.Imman the saviour!