When Telugu super-hit "Vikramarkudu" was intended to be made in Tamil little did the director understand that the tastes of two states are hugely different and making a frame by frame re-make isn't going to fetch good results. Director Siva who was in-charge of the Telugu version has wielded the megaphone for the Tamil version also but the problem is that the movie looks too alien for the Tamil audience.
Karthi who had enthralled the audience with his tremendous acting skills has for the first time acted in a dual role and with a screenplay that isn't too strong, it looks like he will have the first flop of his career.
Rocket Raja (Karthi) along with his side-kick Kaatupoochi (Santhanam) are good at looting things and they hardly leave anything behind at the crime scene. They both live in an abandoned cinema hall with all amenities possible. One fine day, when they decide to loot in a wedding party they come across the beautiful Swetha (Tamannah) and without any proper reason they both fall in love with each other.
Things take a normal route till now until fate plays a twister in Rocket Raja's life when he is entrusted the responsibility of taking care of a girl. Surprisingly the girl calls Rocket Raja as dad which is shocking for him and Kaatupoochi. This leads the viewers to the other story where Rathnavel Pandian (Karthi) DSP of police lands in a town at Andhra Pradesh where things are under the control of Don Babuji and his brother.
Things are so worse that they kidnap women from the house and treat them as sex slaves for Babuji's son. The men folk dare to question them as it would mean doomsday for their life. Rathnavel Pandian irritated by this sets on a mission to bring the criminals to book and when he is mid-way through his work, tragedy strikes and that leaves him hurt badly.
Destiny brings Rathnavel Pandian and Rocket Raja together and what happens thereafter and whether the villain is brought to book or not forms the rest of the film. The major flaw in the film is the location and the characterization of the villain. Looks like director Siva has wrongly understood the mindset of Tamil audience else what can be said to justify the selection of such locales that are hard to comprehend.
Karthi shines in the role of Rathnavel Pandian but is not up to the mark in the role of Rocket Raja. Santhanam talks non-stop on the guise of providing comedy while Tamannah is good at exposing her navel to the viewers.
Vidyasagar has made a mockery of the music while editing by V T Vijayan is way off the mark. The movie has a running time of 2hrs and 45 minutes and there are moments in the film where it looks like it will never get over.
"Siruthai" a bad re-make of a super-hit film.
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