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The gang fighting over places. A youngster decides to gain control of the area. Can he complete his dream of ruling over the place? The gang fighting over places. A youngster decides to gain control of the area. Can he complete his dream of ruling over the place? The gang fighting over places. A youngster decides to gain control of the area. Can he complete his dream of ruling over the place?

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Michael review: Sundeep Kishan’s most ambitious film is a gutsy attempt

Michael movie review: sundeep kishan, gautham menon and vijay sethupathi's film has a great casting choice which makes it a great bigscreen experience..

Ranjith Jeyakodi’s Michael has to be the one of the best visually striking films in recent years. This is a statement that the film truly deserves and if you’re someone with a basic understanding of cinematography, every frame feels no less than a painting. This is a massively mounted action-drama that’s undoubtedly ambitious on all fronts but what it lacks is a story that can keep you invested right till the end. Even with the big twist in the end, you wish the payoff had come much earlier.

The film opens with a young Michael ( Sundeep Kishan ) arriving in Mumbai with a hunger for revenge. We get to know about Michael and his rise through the voiceover of a crucial character. Cut to a few scenes later, Michael aspires to be like Gurunath (Gautham Menon), a suave gangster who rules Mumbai. An opportunity presents itself when Michael risks his life to save Guru. Soon, Michael joins Guru’s gang and a few years later he becomes his most trusted guy who is quickly handed over the operations of Guru’s bars in North Mumbai. A few months later, Michael is sent on a mission to follow the daughter of Guru’s enemy and kill them both. As fate would have it, he falls in love with the girl, Theera (Divyansha Kaushik). Thanks to his actions, Michael earns the wrath of Guru and things soon turn bitter between them.

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Michael spends too much time in world-building and in making everything look exquisite. A lot of time is spent on justifying Michael’s anger but we’re never told the reason behind his thirst for revenge till the very end. By the time the reason is revealed, a lot of time is wasted in mindless action. As much as the action choreography deserves a lot of praise, it does get boring to watch after a point. It’s perfectly alright to make a violent film but when the violence lacks conviction and a strong emotional purpose, everything looks senseless. This is what happens with Michael for the most part and this is what lets the film down, despite being good in parts. Nevertheless, the film doesn’t shy away from being ambitious and it shows in Ranjith’s vision. Michael credits films like Nayagan, Deewar and John Wick as inspiration but it borrows heavily from KGF and even pays tribute to the Yash-starrer in a few scenes.

Sundeep Kishan is earnest from start to finish and he holds the film together with a very strong performance. He’s strongly complemented by Gautham Menon, who plays a gangster with effortless swagger. It’s a great casting choice and he isn’t your quintessential commercial cinema antagonist. Vijay Sethupathi has a special appearance but he still manages to shine in the few scenes he gets. Apart from the visuals, it’s Sam CS’s score that really elevates Michael and makes it a big screen experience worth cherishing.

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Cast : Sundeep Kishan, Divyansha Kaushik, Gautham Vasudev Menon, Varun Sandesh, Vijay Sethupathi and Varalaxmi Sarath Kumar

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MICHAEL MOVIE REVIEW CLICK TO RATE THE MOVIE

Michael is a film written and directed by Ranjit Jeyakodi and produced by Bharath Chowdary and Pushkar Ram under the banners Karan C Entertainments and Sree Venkateswara Cinemas. The film stars Sundeep Kishan, Divyansha Kaushik, and Gautham Menon in the lead roles while Varun Sandesh, Anasuya Bharadwaj, and others play supporting roles. Vijay Sethupathi and Varalaxmi Sarathkumar make special appearances.

Michael is a gangster film set in the 80s/90s period. Guru (Gautham Menon) is a don who is ruling Mumbai and faces a murder attempt inside the court premises only to be saved by a little boy. He asks his aide to adopt the boy, who grows up to be Michael (Sundeep Kishan). Michael saves Guru's life one more time, leaving the latter impressed. Guru sends Michael to Delhi for an assignment where he falls in love with Theera, and the mission fails. How does this change his life, and what happens after this forms the rest of the film?

When you break down the film Michael and look at each of the individual aspects, each and every department deserves heaps of praise. Sundeep Kishan is solid in the titular role and looks the part perfectly. The way he has shaped his body to become Michael is simply stunning. Gautham Menon portrays his character in a calm and composed way. Vijay Sethupathi and Varalaxmi Sarathkumar do justice to their special cameos as well, coupling mass with class.

On the technical front, Sam CS's background score is the film's biggest support. Had he faltered even at a single place the film would have completely crumbled, that's how crucial his music is to the film. The film is shot stylishly with a lot of slick slow-motion shots and that tone is maintained throughout. Both Sam CS and Kiran Koushik (Cinematographer) ensure the film is of high quality.

As mentioned before, when you look at these aspects individually, they're fantastic. But as a film is not just a sum of its parts. It's much more than that. Michael too deals with the same issue. When all these elements come together, there is a sense of letdown. It lacks cohesion and the dialogue sounds amateurish in a few crucial scenes.

The screenplay has a lot of flashback scenes but the film lacks the drama to keep us invested in them. The emotional beats are not properly established which makes it difficult to connect with the film. The voiceover in the initial portions reminds one of the KGF universes, and a different tone could have been used.

Overall, the film Michael when compared to a human has solid chiseled muscles, but the skeletal frame is not strong in the screenplay and dialogues, and if the film was a tad more engaging and non-predictable, the end product would have been miles better.

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மும்பையில் பிரபல தாதாவாக வலம் வரும் குருவை (கெளதம் மேனன்) எதிர்பாராத விதமாக ஆதரவற்ற இளைஞரான மைக்கேல் காப்பாற்றுகிறார். பின்னர், குரு அவரை டெல்லிக்கு அனுப்பி வைக்க அங்கே தாதா குருவின் மகள் தீராவுக்கும் (திவ்யான்ஷா கவுசிக்) மைக்கேலுக்கும் காதல் ஏற்படுகிறது. 90களில் ரெட்ரோ லுக்கில் நடக்கும் இந்த கேங்ஸ்டர் கதையில் விஜய்சேதுபதி எங்கே இருந்து வருகிறார். மைக்கேலுக்கும் விஜய்சேதுபதி கதாபாத்திரத்துக்கும் என்ன பிரச்சனை. குருவை முதலில் கொல்லத் திட்டம் போட்டது யார்? என பல ட்விஸ்ட்களை வைத்து இந்த படத்தை இயக்குநர் ரஞ்சித் ஜெயக்கொடி உருவாக்கி உள்ளார்.

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2010ம் ஆண்டு தெலுங்கில் வெளியான பிரஸ்தானம் படம் மூலம் சினிமாவில் என்ட்ரி கொடுத்த சந்தீப் கிஷன் தமிழில் யாருடா மகேஷ் படம் மூலம் அறிமுகமானார். இயக்குநர் லோகேஷ் கனகராஜின் மாநகரம் திரைப்படம் தமிழில் அவருக்கு ரசிகர்கள் மத்தியில் நல்ல வரவேற்பை பெற்றுத் தந்தது. மாயவன் படத்தில் நடித்திருந்த நிலையில், மைக்கேல் படத்தில் முரட்டுத்தனமான உடம்புடன் ரத்தமும் வியர்வையும் சிந்தி மைக்கேல் கதாபாத்திரத்திற்கு எந்தளவு வலு சேர்க்க முடியுமோ அந்த அளவுக்கு கடுமையாக உழைத்திருக்கிறார் சந்தீப் கிஷன்.

வெயிட்டான ரோல்

கெளதம் மேனன், வரலக்‌ஷ்மி சரத்குமார், அனுசுயா பரத்வாஜ் என ஏகப்பட்ட பிரபல நடிகர்கள் இந்த படத்தில் நடித்திருந்தாலும், அத்தனை பேரையும் தனது அசால்ட்டான நடிப்பால் தூக்கி சாப்பிட்டு விடுகிறார் வழக்கம் போல விஜய்சேதுபதி. விஜய்சேதுபதியின் வித்தியாசமான கதாபாத்திரம் இந்த படத்துக்கு பெரிய பிளஸ் என்றே சொல்லலாம்.

ஒளிப்பதிவாளர் கிரண் கெளசிக் 90 காலக்கட்டத்தை அப்படியே செம ரிச்சாக திரையில் கொண்டு வந்து நிறுத்தி ரசிகர்களை வியப்பில் ஆழ்த்துகிறார். அதே போல சாம் சி.எஸ். அமைத்துள்ள பின்னணி இசை மிரட்டுகிறது. சந்தீப் கிஷன், விஜய்சேதுபதி, கெளதம் மேனன் என முன்னணி நடிகர்களின் நடிப்பும் படத்திற்கு பெரும் பலமாக அமைந்துள்ளது. ஆர்ட் வொர்க்குகளும் அருமையாக உள்ளன.

ஆனால், அதே சமயத்தில் வித்தியாசமாக படம் எடுக்கும் முயற்சியில் திரைக்கதையில் வேகத்தை தவற விட்டு விட்டார் இயக்குநர் ரஞ்சித் ஜெயக்கொடி. முதல் பாதி நகரவே அய்யோ போதும்டா சாமி, பொறுமையை ரொம்ப சோதிக்காதீங்க என்கிற ரேஞ்சுக்கு திரைக்கதை ஆமை வேகத்தில் நகர்ந்து செல்கிறது. இரண்டாம் பாதியில் படத்தை கொண்டு முடித்த இடமும் வழக்கமான படமாகவே அமைந்து விட்ட நிலையில், படத்தை பெரிதாக ரசிக்க முடியவில்லை. புதிய முயற்சியை விரும்பி பார்க்கும் சினிமா விரும்பிகள் நிச்சயம் இந்த படத்தை ஒரு முறை பார்க்கலாம்!

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‘Michael’ movie review: A labour of love that does not soar

Sundeep kishan reinvents himself in this moody period gangster drama by director ranjit jeyakodi that has a lot going for it, yet falls short of finding its strong voice.

Updated - February 04, 2023 05:14 pm IST

Published - February 03, 2023 05:36 pm IST

Divyansha Kaushik and Sundeep Kishan in ‘Michael’ | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement

Some films instantly draw viewers into their world and the many characters that inhabit it. Some films keep viewers at an arm’s length, unmoved by what is happening on screen. And then there are movies that are midway between the two possibilities. Michael , the Telugu-Tamil gangster drama that is also dubbed in Hindi, Kannada, and Malayalam, directed by Ranjit Jeyakodi and starring an impressive Sundeep Kishan, falls in the third category. It is a labour of love that benefits hugely from an ace technical team that adds to the mood of the drama, and yet, towards the end, Michael falls short of rising to its potential. 

The story unfolds over different time periods — the 1980s and 90s but is largely anchored in the mid-1990s. The drama is set in Mumbai and Delhi; we learn about the titular character from the point of view of Swamy (Ayyappa Sharma) and this portion is curiously captioned ‘after the climax’. We first see Michael as a young lad in a chapter captioned ‘before the beginning’ — before he became a gangster. 

Cast: Sundeep Kishan, Divyansha Kaushik, Vijay Sethupathi, Gautham Menon

Direction: ranjit jeyakodi, music: sam c s .

The young Michael comes across as a brooding boy who can hide his emotions and not shy away from brutal violence. His quest will involve a bloodbath. There will be a backstory of his mother, as indicated by a photograph and a few of her possessions he holds on to.

In the 90s, however, Michael wins the trust of Gurunath (Gautham Menon), an underworld gangster. Things do not go as planned when Michael is tasked with killing a girl and her father.

Ranjit doffs his hat to The Godfather, John Wick franchise and several gangster dramas. He is aware that he is not reinventing the wheel, and manages to create a make-believe world with intriguing characters in an atmosphere that adds a lot to the drama. 

Cinematographer Kiran Koushik’s palette is filled with warm tones, often revelling in deep browns and blacks. Gandhi Nadikudikar’s production design recreates the period setting with cars, landline telephones and accessories of the time. The action sequences choreographed by Dinesh Kasi appear raw and real.

When you strip Michael down to the bare bones, it is a revenge drama of a man who hunts with fire in his eyes. Several visual references try to amp up the flames, symbolically.

The layers peel slowly to reveal the true colours of some principal characters. Several of them, including Michael, are neither stark white nor black. A few are sinister from the word go but do not add to the film despite all the aura around them; like Anasuya Bharadwaj and Varun Sandesh’s characters. Anasuya is no stranger to a gangster drama (Pushpa - the rise) and does her best in the role assigned to her, as a scheming woman who knows to play her cards. Varun amps it up to fit into an over-the-top character fairly well. 

However, the film belongs to Sundeep Kishan. As Michael, he speaks very little and conveys the character’s mystery and menace through his body language that stays firmly on cue. The film’s trailer indicated that this is a story of a man who fought and lost in love. When Michael meets Theera (Divyansha Kaushik), an unusual romance brews. She keeps reminding him not to fall for her and that she will break his heart. There is another love story at the heart of Michael that is revealed later. 

In the pre-intermission portions, when one of the pivotal character’s true colours is revealed, it is an indication that the film has a lot more cards to reveal. All of them come out swiftly towards the last 10-15 minutes. Since the climax shoulders the weight of the story, the portions immediately post-interval come across as middling and even boring. 

A long-drawn voiceover spells out how a character can return from oblivion. It goes on and on and after a point, I wanted to say, please move ahead. 

The welcome addition to Michael is the presence of Vijay Sethupathi and Varalaxmi Sarathkumar as a couple full of spunk who can instil courage in a bruised younger couple and tell them, ‘leave it to us’. 

Sundeep’s performance is the spine of Michael; he owns his part and looks like a man who is hungry and possessed. Divyansha gets a role that requires her to appear mysterious and enigmatic and she makes it appear believable. For those who have watched Gautham Menon in Tamil and Malayalam cinema, his portrayal of evil will not come as a surprise. He plays the gangster warlord with a poker face and Ranjit tries to add to his charisma by making him read books such as The Godfather, The Old Man and The Sea and Macbeth . Does all this add to the intrigue? Not quite. 

An asset to the film is the music by Sam CS. For instance, take Divyansha’s introduction sequence that’s heavy on guitar and ends with her playing one after a dance performance. The music does the talking, even as Michael is reminded of his own mother’s photograph with a guitar. Appreciably, the women of Michael are no pushovers.

The story puts forth several questions concerning forgiveness and redemption. Some of the dialogues are sharply written. However, the gangster drama has a been-there-seen-that aura that robs the film of its sheen. 

Michael is a labour of love that, at times, feels too laboured and tries hard to impress. Despite an earnest effort by its actors and the technical team, the film falls short of finding its own strong voice in the melee of gangster dramas we have seen in the last decade.

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Michael Movie Review: A hyper-stylised but muddled and chaotic action saga

Rating: ( 2 / 5).

At one point, Gautham Vasudev Menon, playing the suave gangster Gurunath in Michael is reading the Venus in Furs. It is a book about a man who has a fascination with a woman who is cruel to him. He has this book with him while sending his protege Michael (Sundeep Kishan) on an assassination mission that involves a woman, Theera (Divyansha Kaushik). Gurunath talks about the black widow spider and the insect's proclivity for murdering its sexual partners. It is a precursor to what is going to happen in Michael's life. His steadfast life, which is filled with murder, mayhem, and madness, will soon be torpedoed by a melancholic melody, courtesy of a woman. Just like in the book, Michael's unending love for Theera takes him back to her even if he has to face insurmountable odds. Such a connection between a book and the film's narrative is also seen when Gurunath reads The Old Man and the Sea, The Godfather , and Macbeth . While it is fascinating to make these connections, it isn't like these are passing references that are put out there to test our literary knowledge. We also have director Ranjit Jeyakodi giving us an elaborate exposition. While this game of 'connect the dots,' is undoubtedly fun, the reason why we actually play this game while watching a bloody saga of revenge and retribution is that the proceedings are unbelievably monotonous and droll.

Director: Ranjit Jeyakodi

Cast: Sundeep Kishan, Divyansha Kaushik, Gautham Vasudev Menon, Vijay Sethupathi

Michael begins with a prominent supporting character from the KGF universe narrating the story of a boy who came in as a nobody to Mumbai and became a much-feared don of the city. One might think this is straight out of Nayagan or even KGF , and they will not be wrong. After a rather long-ish buildup for the titular character, we see how the daring boy becomes the fearless man in Gurunath's arsenal. These scenes play out rather wonderfully setting the pace for Michael , which, by now, has reminded us of a bunch of films like Arun Matheswaran's Rocky that presented violence in a highly stylised format. However, Ranjit and Co don't really go all out on the visceral and gratuitous violence and keep it to a palatable minimum. We have one never-say-die assassin searching for a girl, who is held captive by the antagonists. In between all this, we have the age-old trope of a son wanting to become the next underworld don even as the father doesn't always favour him. We have seen this equation play out in films like Polladhavan, Bheeshma Parvam, and even... KGF . Oh also, there is a John Wick -inspired buildup for Sundeep, which doesn't really land well because, despite the never-ending elevation scenes, they just aren't enough to buy the actor as this dreaded Michael. Honestly, it isn't that Sundeep isn't giving it his all. He is the heart, soul, and bones of the film, which also has Gautham, Vijay Sethupathi, Varalaxmi Sarathkumar, and Divyansha giving it their all. However, for an ambitious film like Michael , it isn't enough that the actors undergo physical transformations, and spout punch dialogues every second minute. It is the writing that has to back the ambition and the pizzazz. That is where Michael falters quite a bit and oscillates between being a colossal disappointment and a mildly engaging style statement. There is an overwhelming sense of deja vu, and even the climactic twist isn't that much of a reveal in the first place. The way the narrative unfolds to this point is something Ranjit uses liberally throughout the film. The random timeline jumps within a single sequence manage to be both non-cohesive and engaging, but the makers play this card one time too many, and the monotony in the story finds its way into the screenplay too. The biggest saving grace of Michael is definitely the background score of Sam CS, and the cinematography of Kiran Kaushik, which is just terrific and elevates the mood of the film whenever it goes down the route of predictability. In the post- KGF world, guns and bullets have become so commonplace that there is very little novelty in such elaborate sequences anymore, and Michael suffers from the been-there-seen-that syndrome.  Also, it is time we do away with the trope of a gun-toting hero throwing his guns away to take on two burly henchmen instead of just shooting them dead and moving on. Even the never-ending bloody hand-to-hand combat scenes don't really engage after a point because the emotion behind it all isn't established strongly enough. Yes, we have Theera say things like "Don't fall for me, I will break your heart" and... she goes on to do just that. She says such strong statements and is established as a character with agency, and it is something we expect out of a Ranjit Jeyakodi film. While he impresses on that front by sketching a rather intriguing woman at the centre of things, mounting Micheal as a testosterone-driven action thriller doesn't give the maker the scope that he had in the heavily underrated Ispade Rajavum Idhaya Raniyum to explore the romance between the lead pair. So, when Gurunath, who is perplexed by Michael's actions, looks at him, and says, " Oru ponnukaagava idhellaam panne nu nenacha aacharyama illa... asingama irukku... " I couldn't help but nod my head in acceptance because the life of Gurunath is much more fascinating than whatever it is that Michael is brooding about. Also yeah, Vijay Sethupathi and Varalaxmi Sarathkumar play a rather fun couple who suddenly join this cycle of violence. In a film that is named after the lead, if the more interesting takeaways are the camaraderie shared between two characters playing cameos, and the list of books read by a satin-shirts-and-cool-shades sporting primary antagonist, then one thing is clear... all style and a semblance of substance make Michael a dull film. 

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Michael Review: All Style, But Little Substance

Movie: Michael Rating: 2.25/5 Banner: Karan C Productions, Sree Venkateswara Cinemas Cast: Sundeep Kishan, Divyansha Kaushik, Gautham Vasudev Menon, Vijay Sethupathi, Varun Sandesh, Ayyappa P. Sharma, Anasuya Bharadwaj, Varalaxmi Sarathkumar, and others Dialogues: Kiran Chakravarthy Music: Sam CS Cinematographer: Kiran Koushik Editing: R. Sathyanarayanan Producers: Bharath Chowdary, Pushkar Ram Mohan Rao Story, Screenplay & Direction: Ranjit Jeyakodi Release Date: Feb 03, 2023

Sundeep Kishan attempted a pan-Indian project with "Michael" after appearing in many bilingual films. It piqued people's interest.

Let's see if Sundeep Kishan's optimism paid off or not.

Story: It's the mid-'90s, and a young man named Michael has decided to kill his father. Gurunath (Gautam Menon), impressed by the boy's bravery, takes him under his wing. As an adult, the boy proves to be Gurunath's most reliable ally and protector.

When Gurunath’s son (Varun Sandesh) sees how much faith his father has placed in Michael (Sundeep Kishan), he becomes envious.

Gurunath eventually orders Michael to kill Theera (Divyansha Kaushik) and her father in Delhi. But Michael falls for her charm, and this sets off a chain reaction of events in which he is never quite sure who is on his side.

Artistes’ Performances: To look the part, Sundeep Kishan slimmed down. His Michael persona is spot on; he has less to say and more to do with action. The transformation of Sundeep Kishan is good.

Divyansha Kaushik is stunning at first, but her performance fizzles out later on. Vijay Sethupathi plays a small part that serves primarily to increase the film's star power.

Gautam Menon is miscast as a don. Varun Sandesh's portrayal of the jealous son is perfect.

Technical Excellence: The technical aspects of the film are excellent. The cinematography is superb, and the colour palette complements the theme perfectly. Besides the cinematography, the background music score is top-notch. The production values are first rate.

The editing department, however, ruined the mood due to the film's tedious pacing and lengthy runtime.

Highlights: Initial portions Stylized taking Technical and production values

Drawback: Weak story Dull pace Much build-up, less impact The climax portions

Analysis Similar to the opening of "KGF," in which a narrator who witnessed the entire event relates it in detail, "Michael" also begins with a narrator recounting the events he witnessed.

The story opens with the hero in his early years. It takes place in the middle of the 1990s. The visuals, music, and storyline all bring to mind "KGF" and "Vikram" films.

Ayyappa Sharma, who provides the voiceover for "Michael," effectively establishes the tone at the outset. Even though the sequences move at a painfully slow pace, the first interaction between Sundeep Kishan and Gautam Menon, the romantic track between Sundeep Kishan and the heroine Divyansha, and the first twist are all quite interesting.

Ranjit Jeyakodi, the film's director, uses the technique of withholding information and then revealing it in the film's climax. The film is interesting at first, but it quickly becomes tedious. It's easy to see that the director has lost control after a point.

This whole segment with Vijay Sethupathi and Varalakshmi Sarath Kumar, and the subsequent fight scenes, are incredibly tedious. By the introduction of Vijay Sethupathi, it becomes clear that the director lost the plot.

Also, with all this foreshadowing, we anticipate a surprising turn of events. But in the end, it's obvious that it's just a rehash of the "Munna" movie starring Prabhas.

So much buildup for a regular revenge drama!

It would have been different if the director had placed as much emphasis on the story as he did on the style. However, "Micheal" devolves into a futile attempt to tell a standard revenge drama in a stylized manner.

Overall, "Michael" is another example of a film that is more about style than substance. It's a gangster story. Sundeep's makeover, technical prowess, and slick visuals don't add much to the film, which suffers from a lacklustre narration.

Bottom line: Munna Michael

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Set in the early 1990s, Michael, a simple yet daring boy from the south moves to Bombay with a personal strong motive, grow under the wings of Gurunath, a dreaded gangster. Michael is assigned with a task of killing the man involved in the attempted assassination of Gurunath. Things take a turn as he falls in love with the target's daughter, Theera, in Delhi.

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“Michael” (2023)

Directed by Ranjit Jeyakodi

Telugu with subtitles

Culture Representation:  Taking place in early 1990s and briefly in the 1980s, primarily in the Indian cities of Bombay and Delhi, the action film “Michael” features an all-Asian cast of characters representing the working-class, middle-class, wealthy and criminal underground.

Culture Clash:  An orphan who was adopted by a crime boss grows up to be a thug innvolved the boss’ revenge schmes and murder sprees, while secrets and lies affect people’s motives. 

Culture Audience:  “Michael” will appeal primarily to people who want to watch a lot of gruesome and gratituous violence in a movie that doesn’t have anything of quality to offer.

“Michael” is yet another mindless action flick about gangs and other people who are out for revenge. The story is a narrative mess, the fight scenes are unrealistic, and the acting is terrible. And with a total running time of 155 minutes, this flimsy story is dragged out for too long and quickly wears out its welcome with a lot of bloody and empty violence until the movie’s very predictable end.

Written and directed by Ranjit Jeyakodi, “Michael” does nothing clever or truly original, since it rips off ideas that have been in much better films. The movie (which take place in India, mostly in the early 1990s) tells a sloppily made story about an orphan who was unofficially adopted by a crime boss and has grown up to be a leading enforcer in his adoptive father’s gang. It should come as no surprise that secrets from certain characters’ past lives end up being revealed as a plot twist, although viewers who’ve seen enough of these types of unimaginative movies can easily predict this plot twist.

The title character in “Michael” is a swaggering thug (played by Sundeep Kishan), who has a mysterious past. In the early 1980s, Michael was adopted as an orphaned adolescent by a Bombay-based crime boss named Gurunath (played by Gautham Vasudev Menon), who has taught Michael everything that Michael knows about how to be a ruthless criminal. Michael has become Gurunath’s most trusted and most powerful enforcer.

However, not everyone in this crime family is a fan of Michael. Gurunath and his wife Charulatha (played by Anasuya Bharadwaj) have a biological son named Amarnath (Varun Sandesh ), who’s about the same age as Michael. Charulatha and Amarnath seem to resent Michael and treat him like an interloper in the family. Amarnath is predictably jealous of Michael because Gurunath respects Michael more than he respects Amarnath. Michael will most likely be named the successor to Gurunath’s crime operations.

Michael’s loyalty to Gurunath will be tested when Gurunath orders Michael to go to Delhi to kill two people: another crime boss named Rathan (played by Anish Kuruvilla) and Rathan’s seductive daughter Theera (played by Divyansha Kaushik), who doesn’t do much in the movie except pout, act sexy, and do some awkwardly place song-and-dance numbers. Gurunath wants Rathan and Theera to be murdered as revenge, because some of Rathan’s goons kidnapped Michael and stabbed Gurunath.

The movie never shows how, but Michael escapes from this kidnapping. (It’s an example of the movie’s awful screenwriting.) The next thing that viewers see is Michael taking a huge slab of boned meat and going into a nightclub and assaulting people with this slab of meat. He then uses weapons and his fists to assault more people. Many of the men being attacked work with gangster RK (played by R. K. Mama), who is an associate of Gurunath and who is also in the nightclub. RK warns Michael: “Michael, the day I come back will be your death day.”

Before Michael gets sent on the murder mission, Gurunath warns Michael not to be seduced by Theera. This is an example of some of the terrible dialogue in the movie: Gurunath tells Michael that female spiders kill male spiders after mating with them. “Women do the same things,” Gurunath adds. “We just don’t see it.” As soon as Gurunath makes this misogynistic statement, you just know that Michael will be seduced by Theera.

Michael starts off by stalking Theera, who ends up getting a car ride from Michael and tells him that she knows that he’s been following her. Theera asks Michael to stop the car so that she can get some ice cream from a street vendor. Then she smirks and tells Michael: “I like to slap before I kiss … You’re not the only person I’m kissing. You want to sleep with me, no? You’re not my type. I’m warning you: Don’t fall in love with me.”

Be prepared for more mind-numbing and idiotic scenes like that, because “Michael” is full of them. There’s a subplot about Michael getting protection from an unnamed operative (played by Vijay Sethupathi) and his wife (played by Varalaxmi Sarathkumar), who have clues to Michael’s murky past. Michael also has a faithful sidekick named Swami (played by Ayyappa P. Sharma), who is kind of useless and isn’t in the movie as much as people might think he should be.

“Michael” is nothing more than bombastic and ludicrous fight scenes cobbled together, with a few musical numbers thrown in to make the movie even more erratic. All of the characters don’t have any real substance and just go through the motions. The action scenes are beyond stupid and just further lower the quality of this already low-quality movie. The ending of “Michael” makes it obvious that the filmmakers would like to make a sequel to this atrocity, which should be avoided if viewers care about preserving some of their own brain cells.

Karan C Productions and Sree Venkateswara Cinemas released “Michael” in select U.S. cinemas and in India on February 3, 2023.

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Michael is a 2023 Indian movie directed by Ranjit Jeyakodi starring Sundeep Kishan, Vijay Sethupathi, Divyansha Kaushik and Gautham Vasudev Menon. The feature film is produced by C H Bharath Chowdhary and Puskur Ram Mohan Rao and the music composed by Sam C S.

Director: Ranjit Jeyakodi Producers: C H Bharath Chowdhary, Puskur Ram Mohan Rao Music Director: Sam C S Cinematographer: Kiran Koushik Editor: R Sathyanarayanan Art Designer: Gandhi Nadikudikar Screenplay Writer: Ranjit Jeyakodi Dialogue Writers: Rajan Radhamanalan, Ranjit Jeyakodi Original Story Writer: Ranjit Jeyakodi Action Choregrapher: Dinesh Kasi

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Guru, a don, saves Michael when he is a kid and makes him one of his trusted gangsters. Though he has a huge trust in Michael, some gang members don’t want Michael to get a place in Guru’s Trust Book. When Guru was attacked, it was Michael’s turn to discover the truth behind the attack. Meanwhile, Michael falls for Theera, Guru’s daughter. Will he be able to win Theera and Guru’s love? The rest of the film deals with this.

Star Performance

Sundeep Kishan has worked very hard for this movie and his role. However, in some scenes, he looks a bit exaggerated. The same goes for Varun Sandesh. Divyansha is decent in the assigned role. Vijay Sethupathi, Varalaxmi Sarathkumar, and Anasuya appear in brief roles. GVM is the real show person with a pleasant performance.

Michael didn’t have a new story or extraordinary performances. But the cast is impressive, and that’s the significant success of the team in pulling the audience to the theaters. Though Vijay Sethupathi and Varalaxmi didn’t have much screen time, their presence created a huge expectation in the second half. Sundeep’s efforts should be appreciated, and his hard work is visible. The cinematography and the BGM are pretty decent. The film is predictable as it has no big twists in the script.

What’s There?

• The performances are pretty decent
• The visuals are good
• The cast is the biggest plus

What’s Not There?

• Predictable scenes are one of the significant drawbacks
• Not all the characters are made well

Though the film has the same old gangster story, the climax is perfect; it is not new, but it fits the script. If you are an action movie lover, you can try this film.

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Michael ( U/A ) 03/Feb/2023 Action, Thriller 2hrs 35mins

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Synopsis/Plot : Set in the early 1990s, Michael showcases the life of a gangster whose life intervenes in the web of underworld and love.

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Effective making and an intense narration resurrects sub par story.

Sundeep, who wouldn't have been an ideal choice for the role of a ferocious gangster, makes it look convincing with his stellar performance. Thanks to the writing that elevates him with the perfect mood. Divyansha Kaushik, who plays Sundeep's love interest, has delivered her best. The cinematography... (more)

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Sundeep, Vijay Sethupathi shine in technically sound film that�s bogged down by weak storyline

Michael is a gangster flick that�s more style than story for the most part. Having said that, Sundeep Kishan, Vijay Sethupathi and Sam CS are the absolute highlights of this film. (more)

Source: Latha, India Today

Bold, beautiful but falls short of delivering actual thrills

�Michael� is a genre movie trying too hard to look the part and unfortunately, it shows. While it may believe - even sincerely - that it is an homage to the action heroes of the norm; or that it is merely a repurposed vehicle for everything the audience desires to watch in an action movie, it ends u... (more)

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All Style, But Little Substance

"Michael" is another example of a film that is more about style than substance. It's a gangster story. Sundeep's makeover, technical prowess, and slick visuals don't add much to the film, which suffers from a lacklustre narration. (more)

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Sundeep Kishan's most ambitious film is a gutsy attempt

Sundeep Kishan is earnest from start to finish and he holds the film together with a very strong performance. He�s strongly complemented by Gautham Menon, who plays a gangster with effortless swagger. It�s a great casting choice and he isn�t your quintessential commercial cinema antagonist. Vijay Se... (more)

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Hulu has given audiences a first glimpse of Glen Powell in his latest role as the titular character in the upcoming comedy series Chad Powers . The streaming platform's reveal has already sparked significant buzz, particularly due to Powell's striking transformation for the role.

Known for his charming and versatile on-screen presence, Powell has taken on the challenge of portraying Russ Holliday , a once-promising college quarterback whose career spirals due to his own reckless behavior. In a bid to get back into the game, Holliday reinvents himself as Chad Powers and joins a struggling Southern football team , a storyline that blends humor with sports drama. A first look at Powell in the role can be seen below, per Variety .

Glen Powell Reveals Why He's Not Starring in Any DC or Marvel Movies

Glen Powell appears to be the man of the hour, but he's not currently part of any DCU or MCU projects.

Powell’s physical transformation for the role is particularly notable. In the first-look image released by Hulu, he is nearly unrecognizable, sporting a shaggy wig, a thin mustache, and what appears to be a prosthetic nose. This drastic change has been highlighted as a testament to Powell's dedication to his craft, as he fully embodies the character of Chad Powers. The actor shared this image on social media, expressing his excitement for the project, and even humorously acknowledged the challenge of living up to Manning's original portrayal​.

Glen Powell and Michael Waldron Co-Created the Series

The series, co-created by Powell and Michael Waldron , is inspired by a 2022 sketch from Eli Manning's Eli's Places , where Manning himself went undercover as Chad Powers during Penn State Football's walk-on tryouts. The adaptation of this concept into a full-fledged comedy series has brought together an impressive team, including NFL icons Eli and Peyton Manning, who serve as executive producers. They are joined by Jamie Horowitz, Ben Brown, and ESPN, with Adam Fasullo producing for Anomaly Pictures​.

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Glen Powell reveals why he cannot wait to begin shooting Edgar Wright's adaptation of the Stephen King novel, The Running Man.

The cast of Chad Powers features a strong lineup, including Steve Zahn, Perry Mattfeld, Wynn Everett, and Quentin Plair. Zahn is set to play Jake Hudson , while Plair will portray Coach Byrd, adding depth to the series with their performances. Tony Yacenda, known for his work on American Vandal , directed the pilot episode, bringing his unique comedic style to the series​.

Powell's involvement in Chad Powers continues his successful trajectory in Hollywood, where he has steadily risen to prominence. Following his roles in the 2024 blockbusters Twisters and Hit Man , Powell's ability to switch between genres has been widely praised. His performance in Twisters , alongside Daisy Edgar-Jones, was a summer highlight, while his role in the dark comedy Hit Man further solidified his status as a versatile leading man.

Chad Powers is set to deliver a blend of humor and heart, with Powell’s transformation at its center. The upcoming series is yet to get a release date or official trailer.

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