Shining in glory

In 'Kireetom,' one gets to see many facets of emotions like family relationships, individual expressions, straightforward dispensing of one's duty, love, exploding in anger when stretched to the limit of one's tolerance and innocent fun.

Cop Ajith routs up and thrashes convicts who escape jail and is hailed loudly by the general public. Chief cop Rajkiran salutes his superior Ajith. They are none other than father and son.
Just when we think that one is subject to such sentiments from beginning itself, we see a bleary eyed Rajkiran wake up from sleep and the scene we just described was his dream. Father wants to make his son a top cop and Ajith also works hard on his part. But just when it looks like things are working out, fate intervenes and the climax ends with an out of the usual solution.

From stealing the Pillayar statue from Trisha's house to other pranks, Thala's role gains momentum. "I've written the exam for the SI post. A year after I get a job, we will marry. At the earliest, we will first have a son, then a daughter. That OK with you?" says Ajith in a mater of fact manner way of expressing his love, instead of the usual sickening coyness. This immediately endears him to Trisha as well as the audience.

On one sentimental track, we have Rajkiran playing the good, dutiful father who coaches his son in sports, studies and expressing his heart's desire to his son to buy a house after he gets a job. That's what any father would desire for his family. Ajith suddenly takes an action avatar and the story gathers momentum.

The villain grabs Ajith's dad by his shirt and when Ajith's actions lands the villain in the ICU, one can see the tiger in him. There's fear that if the villain survives, anything could happen to anyone at any time, but just when everyone is quaking in fear, director Vijay turns into the sentimental track and this could have been avoided.

Trisha mistaking Ajith for a petty thief and finally being astounded when she discovers his true identity, and when she talks ill of Ajith's parents when sitting in the water tank on the terrace and blushing when she realizes she has made a gaffe, are good opportunities to show her acting talent.

As a house husband, Vivek appears now and then to do his comedy track, but he suddenly goes missing and one can say in his own words, "ada paaveengalaa! "
In the midst of a song, a scene shows the parents of Ajith and Trisha finalizing their betrothal and this shows the director's sharp thinking.

The villain waits with mad rage to finish off Ajith but it is ridiculous when he's wounded and killed by Ajith in a weak manner. "Akkam pakkam yaarum illai" is a good song by composer GV Prakash, who has also done a good job of the background score.
Thiru's cinematography is wonderful and one could well say that no one else but him could have made Trichy Palakkarai look so beautiful.

Thala's 'Kireetom' is shining in glory!