Everything
in
Good
Bad
Ugly
seems
copied,
rues
A
Ganesh
Nadar.
If
you
need
one
phrase
to
describe
Ajith’s
new
film
Good
Bad
Ugly,
it
would
be
‘Hey,
it
appears
to
be
a
copy!’
Right
from
the
title
borrowed
from
a
Clint
Eastwood
classic
Western
to
the
music
taken
from
popular
movies,
we
seen
and
heard
them
all
before.
An
entire
action
sequence
takes
place
with
Kamal
Haasan’s
title
song
from
his
movie
Sagala
Kala
Valluvan.
For
another
song
called
God
Bless
You,
they
have
taken
the
music
from
a
popular
song
called
Yo
Yo
Honey
Singh
from
the
film
Ethir
Neechal
and
simply
changed
the
lyrics.
And
for
this,
they
have
credited
G
V
Prakash
as
the
music
composer!
Adhik
Ravichandran’s
Good
Bad
Ugly
opens
with
scenes
from
Rajinikanth’s
Jailer.
The
hero
is
introduced
as
Billa,
a
Rajinikanth
starrer.
Then
they
show
him
as
a
don
in
Malaysia,
a
theme
picked
up
from
Rajinikanth’s
Kabali.
The
plot
seems
to
be
picked
up
from
Shah
Rukh
Khan’s
life,
where
a
hero’s
son
gets
arrested
for
possession
of
drugs
but
he
is
innocent.
Murder
is
added
to
the
story
to
make
it
more
convincing.
That
the
murdered
girl
turns
up
alive
is
a
predictable
sequence.
The
movie
is
a
series
of
action
sequences
with
songs
and
a
barely-there
story.
But
the
cast
is
very
impressive.
Trisha
Krishnan,
who
had
played
Ajith’s
wife
in
their
previous
film
Vidaamuyarchi,
returns
as
the
heroine
here.
She’s
a
knock-out,
yes,
but
what
value
does
she
bring
to
the
movie?
We
also
spot
yesteryear
heroine
Simran
in
a
couple
of
scenes.
Yogi
Babu,
who
is
the
king
of
comedy
in
Tamil
movies,
shows
up
for
exactly
one
scene.
He
has
only
one
dialogue,
and
that’s,
of
course,
praising
the
hero.
The
hero
worship
in
this
movie
is
on
another
level!
Usually,
the
hero
is
introduced
right
in
the
beginning
with
drama,
music
and
sometimes,
special
effects.
But
imagine
a
film
where
the
hero
is
introduced
throughout
the
move!
And
in
every
introduction
scene,
he
grows
in
stature
—
sometimes
referred
to
as
a
dragon
and
other
times,
as
a
lion.
The
movie
extols
Ajith’s
virtues
so
much
that
perhaps
even
he
may
not
believe
some
of
it.
The
villain
Arjun
Das
is
seen
in
a
double
role
and
surprisingly,
both
behave
the
same
way.
They
are
both
villainous!
Jackie
Shroff
plays
another
villain,
and
copies
Boman
Irani’s
laugh
in
Munnabhai
MBBS.
Like
I
mentioned
earlier,
everything
in
this
movie
appears
to
be
a
copy.
Sreeleela
plays
the
villain’s
scheming
girlfriend
and
honey
traps
the
hero’s
son.
So
original!
Mumbai
makes
many
appearances
in
the
film,
the
historic
Elphinstone
College,
the
steps
of
the
iconic
Asiatic
Library,
glimpses
of
Horniman
Circle…
A
car
chase
takes
place
in
Marine
Drive
but
we
are
told
it
is
Spain!
Whatever
the
film
may
be,
Ajith’s
fans
gave
it
a
warm
welcome.
A
multiplex
in
Chennai
with
16
screens
had
this
film
playing
on
all
16
screens.
Yes,
that’s
Ajith
star
power.
But
this
is
just
Day
One.
If
the
story,
music
and
action
gets
yawns,
the
producers
will
realise
that
audiences
don’t
like
recycled
movies.
Good
Bad
Ugly
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