Unnai Pol Oruvan (UPO) is a tribute to Tamil cinema. Maybe Indian cinema. I would like to add a short review about the movie. Letting out the whole story would make the movie meaningless. Its about terrorism and its effects on the public. Here a common man's aim is to eliminate terrorism. He inspires all to take interest in the welfare of the public and have an eye out for wrongdoings. His way of providing justice may sound a little too much. But atleast he has some interest in the welfare of the public.
Terrorism is widely prevalent throughout the world. None can deny it. Numerous leaders (of nations) have given lectures and speeches that eliminating terrorism is their main motive. How many have actually taken the necessary steps to eliminate it? Not many. Very few indeed. You can count them very easily. Here a common man does something which should have actually have been done by the leaders. A sound and dignified performance from Kamal. The entire film has been taken very well. Some scenes could have been avoided (they drag the film). But kudos to the entire crew for making such a wonderful film.
A wonderful performance from Kamal Haasan and Mohan Lal. They played their roles to perfection. Some would say that the original film, "A Wednesday", was far better. Nevertheless the remake also lived up to expectations. How many of us would fight against people who do injustice? We always ran away from it. We don't care much about what happens to others, as long as it doesn't affect us. We don't even care about the petty wrongdoings happening around us. I am not asking anyone to beat up people who do bad things. None would even have the courage to do that :P. But at least you could raise your voice against injustice. That would inspire others too. How many people can a bad guy beat ? Certainly not many. At the maximum, he can beat up 2 - 3 guys. The rest can still bash up the bad guy. Cant they? But the only thought everyone has is "as long as my family and me are safe who cares what happens to others ". But when the same problem happens to us , we would think why none comes to help us. No hero would jump from the skies or burst from underground to save the helpless people. The society should reform.
The same though of who cares what happens to others exists across the entire nation. The people in Tamil Nadu(TN) would not care what happens in Gujarat. Who cares about the innumerable deaths that take place in Gujarat. Sometimes we would not even know the news of a bomb blast in some other state. Leave bomb blasts, people show scarce interest in issues of floods. Some people do not even remember the dates of such unfortunate incidents. Even i don't know but am taking measures to at least remember certain things. The society always complains about less police protection. But even they are helpless. Scarce in number, they can't provide security to all the crores of people. Nowadays even officials are hypocrites.
Kudos to Kamal Haasan for making such a short film. The film has no songs (except for an album song played initially). Mohan Lal excels in the character of the police man. He is upright, honest and disciplined. The way he deals with certain things is quite impressive. Ganesh Venkatraman essays his role with ease. As for the lady reporter, she was charming and also haughty (even smokes , smoked 3 cigars in the film !!!) . Certain scenes were unnecessary, but still the film ended well. Being very short is a plus point to the film. Its a must watch movie. We waste money in various things. You can waste once in watching this movie. The film's worth your money. Inspite of all this leaders aren't going to rectify their mistakes. Even then small steps will later help in reaching the ultimate goal. Lets try :) .
