It seems like Rajinikanth had fun playing the role and he shows us exactly why he is the superstar. But Petta gives us the Thailavar that we love - in spades. The antagonist's characters could've been written in a better way and the songs are unnecessary and jar the narrative. It drags on for a bit too long and the college sequences, especially, are an overkill. The casting of Simran and Trisha also is curious as they are two actresses whom everyone felt had missed doing a film with Rajinikanth.Īt times, watching Petta does seem like revisiting a collection of Rajinikanth's greatest hits, but nobody would complaint about that. In fact, it feels as if the director is ticking off a wish list of fans in the movie at various places that shows the comic side of the superstar, punch dialogues, action and of course, his inimitable style.
Make no mistake, Petta is a crowd-pleasing film all the way and it seems like it has been made just for the fans. Soon, Kaali comes head to head with Singhar Singh (Nawazuddin Siddiqui), a politician in Uttar Pradesh, and his son, Jithu (Vijay Sethupathi). However, this isn't just a rosy, college fare as there is much more to it than meets the eye. He helps out a young couple in love (Megha Akash and Sanath), finds a love interest of his own in a student's mother (Simran) and puts Rowdy boys, headed by Michael (Bobby Simha) in their place. He soon goes about fixing things in his own playful style. Kaali (Rajinikanth) joins a college as its new warden and immediately has his task cut out. Karthik Subbaraj, however, keeps several variations and twists while using the Baasha template as the basic premise to avoid the risk of turning it into a predictable fare. Petta's basic plot is the reinvention of Rajinikanth's biggest hit, Baasha. But Karthik Subbaraj's Petta unleashes the entertainer in Rajinikanth that made him the superstar in the first place. The superstar has done sci-fi films (Robot series), a motion capture animation film (Kochadaiyaan), a commercial film that turned formula into a parody (Lingaa), and dark films that brought out the actor in him (Kabali and Kaala). Petta Review: Over the last few years, we've seen Rajinikanth experiment with various types of genres. Petta Story: A hostel warden with a mysterious past seeks to set things in order at the college but circumstances force him to take on a crooked politician and his son
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