You walk in the theatre with extremely high expectations for an epic period drama film but the first 20-30 minutes turn out to be disastrously cringe. Now that would be a total mood spoiler, right!
Well that’s what’s happening with Suriya’s ‘Kanguva’. The highly anticipated period drama is not getting the response it would have aspired for and it’s also quite disappointing for the fans who had been eagerly waiting for the much hyped tentpole project.
No doubt Suriya is being praised for his incredible performance and so is the period setting, the art direction, the world building, the VFX and the cinematography. But then it’s also being criticised strongly for the lousy screenplay, the uneven narrative, a clumsy reincarnation angle along with no well defined character arcs and lack of emotional connect. Moreover, people are finding it to be too loud and at times so much that it is becoming almost unbearable.
If these initial public reviews are to be the parameters to judge a film then ‘Kanguva’ is a big failed attempt. With such a huge budget and scale it was expected to be a grand magnum opus but these reactions show a different picture and looks like ‘Kanguva’ is going to be a lost opportunity that had immense potential to go down in cinematic history as one of the best visuals feast.
#Kanguva - Disappointing period drama which tries so hard to connects with us. Wondering what was Siva thinking when he was making those first 40 minutes. Few mass moments work well along with DSP's BGM 💯 Overall a clumsy product which could've been much better if executed well. https://t.co/QxVDVF3VQe pic.twitter.com/Ilep5ACqwc
— Kumarey (@Thirpoo) November 14, 2024
#Kanguva is one of the recent movies without second half curse as it makes you curse at the screens in the first half itself and second half feels like "Kola pasi la irukkavanukku pazhaya sore biriyani dhaan" as it is better compared to first half.
— Celluloid Conversations (@CelluloidConve2) November 14, 2024
Average watch 👍 .
— Prudhvi's tweets (@prudhviraaz03) November 14, 2024
A potential blockbuster subject wasted by weak writing and execution.
Many scenes were not executed to their full potential.
Suriya as kanga did his best and stood as saving grace for sometime
First 30 mins & Loud sound mixing were unbearable 🙏#Kanguva https://t.co/H87QzKajie pic.twitter.com/IPVWjlAC5r
#Kanguva@Suriya_offl - For his Efforts 🔥💪
— THILLU MULLU (@sk_tm95) November 14, 2024
Making wise - Grandeur & Good👍
Story is nice But Screenplay & Execution - could have been better to make scenes connect with us.
Voice clarity - can't hear the words for half of the film👎
Overall 3/5 for their vision & efforts